We bought a 30 year old house 5 years ago that was last lived in by a guy who thought he was handy. Besides replacing and grounding all the wall outlets, we have been redoing a lot of his projects. Your site provides a lot of insight.
I had a neighbor that had raccoons actually taking vent covers off the eves and raising babies in their attic. They even tried traps provided by animal control. What cause the racoons to leave was mothballs---lots of mothballs. The house smelled horrible for a while, but the racoonss decided to live elsewhere.
Goodluck
I would try putting moth balls down the chimney
I heard they will leave the area because they don't like them
Hashed Coon
Skin and clean raccoon
Boil meat in water, with:
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp oregeno
1 tsp basil
1/4 tsp garlic powder
1 Tbsp. worchestershire sauce
Remove bones, return meat to seasoned water
Add:
3 diced potatoes
one diced green pepper
one diced onion
Cook until potatoes are tender
(Any wild game can be subbed for raccoon)
I know this sounds really crazy but put chocolate bars there. We had a bad problem in the top of our barn last year with raccoons and they were actually coming out in the evening while we were in there. I was worried about my girls getting bitten so I did some research. so I have 2 suggestions.
First off...you can try to trap them with marshmallows...they absolutely love them. We have a trap that we purchased at our local farm and tractor store. As soon as we caught it, and took it somewhere else it would come back or tell its friend, because we always seemed to have 3 adults and we would be back in the same boat we started in.
I was told by an old farmer that they hate the smell of chocolate. So I went to the grocery store and bought a package of Hershey bars. Broke them up and placed them all about the barn. We didnt have a problem again until this past fall. I am assuming the chocolate got eaten by other critters but did seem to work.
We also got a bag of hair from the local beauty salon and sprinkled it throughout the barn. It carries the "human" scent and deters many preditors. Hope this helps. Just be very careful because they can be nasty especially if they have babies to protect.
I don't know my parents acutally had the same problem...they were left awake many nights to the sratching, thumping, pounding at night and found out from an exterminator that it's bats living up in their attic so I don't know if you have actually had someone come in tell you this information but you may want to watch what your doing if you don't know exactly what the animal is. Maybe whom ever would come and look at it and fix the problem would be able to do a finance plan for you so you can do small payments. My parents have to pay $1000 to get rid of the bats. Good Luck to you!
I have been invaded by a racoon family in my garage! In the kennel portion they literally chewed through the asphalt shingles and roof! We boarded that over and I set off a flea bomb that seemed to get rid of them, but I later learned that they moved into the garage attic! I tried moth balls and all they did was play with them. They tore up all the insulation and destroyed one part of the garage. Now they are tearing up stored documents, etc.
If you want a hassel free remedy hire a professional at least to cap the chimney once they raccoons are either removed or leave.
Remember moth balls are highly toxic and usually do not work for raccoon removal. Read the label for your safety.
Moth Balls. Raccoons & skunks hate mothballs. Expose them to mothballs & they will leave.
