OT: Raccoons In The Attic!

[JTyson]

I can tell you how to get rid of them, but its cruel, they will die an agonizing death, it will be ugly. For the record, I love animals of all kinds. I dont hunt either. But if somthing was keeping me awake all night, I would be forced to swiftly put an end to that. If you are interested PM me.

 

[Digital Jams]

Try peanut butter, big old lump of it

 

[amiller]

I can tell you how to get rid of them, but its cruel, they will die an agonizing death, it will be ugly. For the record, I love animals of all kinds. I dont hunt either. But if somthing was keeping me awake all night, I would be forced to swiftly put an end to that. If you are interested PM me.

Thanks for the offer, however, the misses would not let me hear the end of it if I harmed the critters...still...

 

[amiller]

Try peanut butter, big old lump of it

Yeah, it works for mice why not raccoons.

 

[AmpliFIRE]

Try peanut butter, big old lump of it

exactly

 

[PeteLaramee]

Traps schmaps. All you really need is a few beers and a wiffle bat.

 

[JTyson]

I can tell you how to get rid of them, but its cruel, they will die an agonizing death, it will be ugly. For the record, I love animals of all kinds. I dont hunt either. But if somthing was keeping me awake all night, I would be forced to swiftly put an end to that. If you are interested PM me.

Thanks for the offer, however, the misses would not let me hear the end of it if I harmed the critters...still...

Mine would not either

 

[amiller]

Traps schmaps. All you really need is a few beers and a wiffle bat.

Oh yeah, that'll work. At least I'd have fun trying.

 

[Digital Jams]

Traps schmaps. All you really need is a few beers and a wiffle bat.

LMAO!!!!!

Now that is quality entertainment right there and would pay bucks to see that

 

[JTyson]

That would be bloodier than a UFC fight gone wrong And, most of the blood would be Petes

 

[amiller]

Batter up!

"Rocky burst in and grinning a grin
He said Danny boy this is a showdown
But Daniel was hot-he drew first and shot
And Rocky collapsed in the corner."

 

[PeteLaramee]

Actually all I can think of is the episode of the Family Guy where Peter keeps getting attacked in the face by the raccoon.

 

[headlessdeadguy]

Have you actually witnessed the raccoons presence ?
Could be rats chewing on stuff. That would explain why the trap is not working.

 

[amiller]

Have you actually witnessed the raccoons presence ?
Could be rats chewing on stuff. That would explain why the trap is not working.

Oh yeah, I seen the bastids! I actually have some pictures I took of them...'they weren't the slightest bit camera shy either. I also shined a flashlight on a male and female going at it in a crawl space in the attic last year. They both turned and looked at me like..."please, what the hell are you look'n at."

 

[stratotone]

When I was a kid, we had a opossum take up residence in our attic. Mom went to the laundry room next to the garage and the opossum hissed like dracula... scared the crap out of her.

Dad put a rope in a length of PVC pipe with a noose on the end, got it around the opossum's neck and took him outside. Then he pulled a revolver out of his waistband and shot the possum gangland execution style.

Later that day, I made sure all my chores were done on time, washed my hands before dinner and cleaned my plate.

Pete

 

[vultures]

That blows, is the trap some kind of cage? If so they might be pulling the bait out from the outside.. Try putting cardboard on the sides of the cages so there's only one way in.

Otherwise I'd say get a tranq gun and have some fun!

 

[amiller]

When I was a kid, we had a opossum take up residence in our attic. Mom went to the laundry room next to the garage and the opossum hissed like dracula... scared the crap out of her.

Dad put a rope in a length of PVC pipe with a noose on the end, got it around the opossum's neck and took him outside. Then he pulled a revolver out of his waistband and shot the possum gangland execution style.

Later that day, I made sure all my chores were done on time, washed my hands before dinner and cleaned my plate.

Pete

Me thinks your dad is a smart man!

 

[AmpliFIRE]

When I was a kid, we had a opossum take up residence in our attic. Mom went to the laundry room next to the garage and the opossum hissed like dracula... scared the crap out of her.

Dad put a rope in a length of PVC pipe with a noose on the end, got it around the opossum's neck and took him outside. Then he pulled a revolver out of his waistband and shot the possum gangland execution style.

Later that day, I made sure all my chores were done on time, washed my hands before dinner and cleaned my plate.

Pete

 

[RaceU4her]

The saga continues. I bought two traps designed specifically to catch raccoons. There's even a picture of a raccoon on the box. I baited, as specified in the instructions, and set the traps. I came back half an hour later and found one of the traps had been triggered...NO raccoon and no bait left. The other trap had not been triggered but the bait was also gone. I rebaited the traps and checked them this morning. Neither trap was triggered...no bait left. The bastids are taking the bait but avoiding getting trapped some how. I plan on suspending the bait by a string inside the trap to see if that works.

I determined!

i had this problem once, we had a boat that they started living in. you gotta put plywood or something up around the cage, they are smart bastards and find ways to get it without tripping the thing.

 

[* velcro-fly *]

smack the bish with a shovel up long' side the head...done deal