Got Raccoon Problems?
By Gary Bogue
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007 at 7:10 am in Raccoons.
Did you wake up this morning and find your back lawn had been removed?
Are you having trouble getting along with your raccoon neighbors because they’re tearing big holes in your lawn as they search for tasty earthworms … or tossing all your lawn furniture in your swimming pool … or entering your house through the cat door and going through your kitchen cabinets looking for breakfast cereals and other tasty things to eat?
Living in the urban and suburban wilderness isn’t always easy. To help you deal with some of Life’s furry little surprises, I’ve put together a 7-page “Raccoon Fact Sheet” that’s filled with handy and humane tips for dealing with these 4-legged bandits. We ARE smarter than they are, you know. (I think.)
If you’d like me to e-mail you an electronic copy of my “Raccoon Fact Sheet,” please click on “Comments” at the bottom of this entry and leave your name and e-mail address. If you’d prefer to communicate with me directly, I can be reached at gbogue@cctimes.com
It would also help if you can also leave me a brief description of your raccoon problem in case it isn’t covered in my fact sheet, so I can send you a “custom” response.
If you’ve come up with your own humane and hopefully friendly way of dealing with these beautiful creatures, please let me know so I can add it to my collection the next time I update my fact sheet.
You never know what will work with these intelligent and clever animals and it’s best to have a lot of ideas in your wild bag of tricks.
** Before you leave, did you know: According to a BizRate Research survey conducted in 2005, 56 percent of female pet owners surveyed said their pets are more affectionate than their romantic partners.
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that we spent an estimated $41 BILLION on our pets last year.
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May 16th, 2007 at 10:09 am
Betty Inzerillo
bettyinzerillo@comcast.net
May 20th, 2007 at 7:37 am
Our raccoon problems have ended since I stopped feeding my dog & cat outside. But the raccoon still sleeps under the deck, because my dog goes crazy sniffing between the boards. I know he’s saying, “Lemme attem, Mom!”
However, my friend Jeanette in Martinez is plagued with raccoons tearing up her yard. Please send your raccoon document - I hope we can help her solve this problem without harming the animals.
Thanks.
May 21st, 2007 at 7:54 am
please send raccoon fact sheet - thanks!
May 21st, 2007 at 8:44 am
Hey Valerie & Jesse Golden:
I can’s e-mail you copies of my Raccoon Fact Sheet if you don’t leave me an e-mail address to send them to! /Gary
May 21st, 2007 at 2:23 pm
If the raccoon is in an enclosed space (approx 3-4 ft by 3-4ft area) you can drop an old t-shirt soaked with a 1/2 cup bleach into that space & the wildlife will leave and take their babies with them. It is also baby season and raccoons will rip open the roof to get into the attic to have their babies. They will not go into a trap at this point because of being protective of her babies, so I use my wildlife audio repellants. I’m a HUMANE TRAPPER for Orange County, California. You can email me for info.
June 21st, 2007 at 10:44 am
Please send your fact sheet!
Thank you.
June 28th, 2007 at 3:17 pm
Please send the Raccoon Fact Sheet a.s.a.p.! I read your column in the CC Times when I’m visiting my mother in El Cerrito. Thank you, JJ
July 12th, 2007 at 10:57 am
Hi Gary,
I went on the web (ask Jeeves) to try and find help with my problem and your site came up which I am thankful for. Sounds like I have found the right person to help solve my problem.
I have put in a new lawn and something is tearing it to pieces after dark. I assumed that it was coons because I have live trapped 3 of them (and 1 possum). But, it’s still going on. Have they gotten trap wise? I live in the middle of 15 acres of woods (little wonder that I have critter problems, huh. Is there help for me, or do I grin and bear it?
I would like to get your email news letter.
Phil
August 2nd, 2007 at 11:54 am
I have something getting into my patio room 2 to 3 times a week. It only happens at night, and they never “close” the door when they leave. I figure it’s either a raccoon or a very stupid peeping tom. There is always a bowl of cat food in the room, and it has only been “empty” on one of the occasions. Please email me your “fact sheet”, I am most interested in reading it.
Thanks
Bill
August 3rd, 2007 at 2:45 pm
Hello,
I woke up to see five raccoons this morning on the fence outside my kitchen windows.
I’m worried they will hurt my small dog when he is in the back yard.
Please send your fact sheet.
Thanks!
August 10th, 2007 at 5:56 pm
I have had raccoons eating with my cats - they don’t seem to care what time of day it is, and the cats are outdoors. I have also lost numerous cats and wondered if the raccoons could be preying on them. Please send your fact sheet - I don’t want to make them move if they are not hurting my cats.
August 14th, 2007 at 8:52 am
Gary, I thoroughly enjoy your column and am looking forward to tales from Alaska.
I have recently put in a new lawn and would appreciate your tips for raccoons sheet. Even though I seranade them nightly with a country western music station (from one of your tips my sister remembered, who also reads your column), every morning is a different result on the patchwork the raccoons do. The lawn has been in place for almost a month and the number of rolled back sections is more than several hundred. The worms are fat and juicy and the prime attraction for the raccoons. I enjoy wild life; have a great garden, a riot of beautiful flowers and, lots of birds plus a resident toad, but I would also like to keep a lawn. I am looking forward to the fact sheet. Many Thanks,
Diana Torres
September 2nd, 2007 at 11:14 am
We just moved and had new sod put in. We wake up to our yard dug up every morning.
what can we doto stop that. We want to deter them.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:51 am
Please send raccoon fact sheet
Thank you
September 22nd, 2007 at 12:38 pm
Hi,
The last couple of mornings I have woke up to find a section of our front yard ripped up. A neighbor thought it may be raccoons and suggested your site. Please send me your Raccoon fact sheet.
Thanks.
Don
April 13th, 2008 at 5:39 am
racoons are destroying my recent planted ground cover
April 13th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Please send raccoon factsheet - we have ornamental stones under our trees and they have started a ‘raccoon latrine’.
April 14th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
Could you send me the raccoon fact sheet?
Just the usual problems–they come in the house through the cat door and eat the cat food, also, at my mother’s house, they are destroying her lawn.
I kind of like these raccoons but I worry about my cats–I had an elderly, irritable cat who was probably killed by a raccoon that she may have tried to attack on my front porch instead of just running away—the raccoons were likely a bit disoriented also because the city was re-doing the neighborhood storm drains which they use to travel from the local creek.
Thanks in advance for the fact sheet.
Henriette
April 20th, 2008 at 9:20 pm
We have a cabin in Lake Tahoe.
We put new sod in and every time we are there the little monster has flipped it over so its not rooting
HELP PLEASE
I love animals but I love my sod too
Thank you
May 29th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
For about a year now we have had about 3 or 4 raccoons that come up and eat with our outside cats. They seemed to get along fine with the cats and vise versa. But latley they are fighting with the cats over the food and I believe they have killed two of my cats and would have killed a third if I wasn’t there to get them apart with a broom. I believe the raccoons are nursing, maybe thats why they are so aggressive. Please help! I don’t want any more dead cats and I don’t want to kill the raccoons! What can I do?
Thanks for any help!
May 29th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
The best thing is to keep your pets safe indoors and leave your urban wildlife friends outdoors. They do not know about our boundaries where our fences lie or where our cat/dog doors are installed. To them, everything is wild and they are free to roam.
I enjoy watching the urban wildlife and sometimes go out at 2 or 3am searching for them. I have seen many wonderful and playful animals, at a distance. They don’t stop to look for NO TRESPASSING signs.
Also, I am sure that they will treat any pet the same as a wild animal. The difference is that your pet doesn’t know the rules to the game that wildlife plays.
June 2nd, 2008 at 6:04 am
Please send info about raccoons to :
kiplori72@embarqmail.com
THANK YOU!!!!
June 3rd, 2008 at 8:48 am
Same problem as many others with racoons entering our outdoor cats’ shelter through the cat door and eating all their food.We have tried moving the food dispenser to various locations, but the racoons find it every time. Looking forward to your “raccoon fact sheet”
June 9th, 2008 at 5:50 am
Hi Gary,
I stumbled on your site while looking for information about raccoons. Could you please send your brochure to me? We have a raccoon nesting on a tree in our front yard and they killed 2 of my guinea pigs. I am trying to protect the remaining 3. We live in Shoreline, WA. Thanks is advance.
June 9th, 2008 at 6:44 am
Racoons re flipping my newly planted sod and tossing my garbage. Please send me your sheet and thanks.
June 15th, 2008 at 7:43 am
there’s a raccoon under my house scratching up a storm. it might want to have babies. i’ve opened a lil door that leads under the house but how do i make it want to get out in the first place?
June 15th, 2008 at 11:56 pm
Hello!
What appears to be a nursing mother Raccoon has started to visit my 1st floor apartment in order to dine on dry cat food. I do not want animal control to take this creature away, abandoning her babies, but I also don’t want my cats to catch any disease. I’m hoping you can help me!
Thank you, Lisa
June 18th, 2008 at 7:47 am
It’s hard to believe that someone would lose cats to a raccoon and yet continue to let the cats outdoors…the best way to protect your cats is to keep them indoors - especially at night. Also, some of these cats may have been lost to coyotes. If any readers live in Marin and have these sorts of wildlife conflicts, contact Wildcare at 415-456-SAVE for humane help.
I would like the raccoon fact sheet, please. gd4bird@yahoo.com.
Maggie
Novato
June 26th, 2008 at 9:57 am
We have a mama raccoon and come to find out her still young babies living in our attic. I have seen her on the roof and I saw her leave last night so we set a trap to catch and relocate her and ended up with a smaller raccoon than what I saw last night. We were going to relocate this one and set the trap again tonight. I was curious at what age they stop nursing? This one ate everything we put in the trap and looks about 6 pounds or so. Very cute!
June 30th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
I would love to get a copy of your fact sheet and any other suggestions you may have. I have something that recently starting to come into my backyard and chew on all my new raspberry plants. This pest has not bothered the older bushes that have begun to flower and fruit, but I am sure that it is only a matter of time. Its frustrating since the bushes and leaves are not even being eaten and used as food, just chewed up causing all my new bushes to die. This animal has been coming back for about 10 days now on an off and uses the same area in the yard as a bathroom spot. I am not sure what to do or what it is. I have no pets, so no cat or dog food, and I dont and have never kept bird seed in the feeders as we have lots of neighborhood cats. I do have some water cans in the yard as decorations in my garden that fill up with water due to the sprinklers, and have seen that 2 have been knocked over a few times in the morning when I have gone out to dump the water out to prevent misquitos, but that is all that could be thought of as “food or water” in my yeard. Any thoughts ? I am getting desperate and will have to get a professional out there to catch and put the animal down if I cant figure something out.
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:17 pm
Hi
I live in San Rafael and have a mama raccoon who made a den under our house and had 2 babies. My husband found them and put moth balls in the area they were in to scare them OUT of the house. Well , the moved but instead they came further into the house in a crawl space that is still under the house but much harder to get to. What do we do now? We would love your tip sheet. We thought of trapping them but what happens if we only get the mama? Do have to go in after the babies.They won’t come out on their own wil they??? I also don’t want to release Mama without the babies.They shoudl stay together…
They are a nuisance; they scratch alot at night and the thought of all the poop and pee going on frankly grosses me out and I read there is such a thing as raccoon worms that are contagious to humans and other pets. Also, how do we keep from having OTHER raccoons come back to make a den. I read they DO come back; sort like the word spreads in raccoon world…we dont have food etc out; they simply like the dark cozy space we seem to have.
Molly molly@licenzing.com
Also is it tru you can get traps from the humane soceity and then return them?
July 3rd, 2008 at 11:39 am
Help, I need your sheet!
July 4th, 2008 at 9:41 pm
please send raccoon fact sheet
July 5th, 2008 at 12:19 pm
We have a raccoon problem in our back yard…please send us the fact sheet. Thanks
July 7th, 2008 at 5:25 am
Please send the racoon fact sheet. Thank you.
July 8th, 2008 at 9:50 pm
We have racoons pooping on a roof-help! Please send us your fact sheet. Thank you!
July 9th, 2008 at 1:16 am
We have 5 raccoons in the neighborhood. They are tearing up our lawn and digging up my newly planted plants. I need help in getting rid of these raccoons.
Please send me your raccoon fact sheet. Thanks
July 9th, 2008 at 12:18 pm
I live in the Poet’s Corner section of Pleasant Hill. There is one raccoon who digs up my beautiful garden every night looking for juicy worms. I replant the plants and the next night they’re dug up again!
Please send me your fact sheet. I am desperate!
July 10th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
We have 2 raccoons nesting on our backyard pergola for the last week & going up on the roof at night. Please send your “Raccoon Fact Sheet”. Thank you.
July 10th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
Help! We have 5 raccoons (4 babies) who made a den in our palm tree in the back yard. They are making large amounts of poop in front of the tree and are are tearing up our lawn. I need help in getting rid of these raccoons as we have small children and cats. Its not safe to have these guys crapping in my yard possibly entering our house through the cat door.
Please send me your raccoon fact sheet. Thanks!
July 13th, 2008 at 1:30 pm
Please send me your raccoon fact sheet. Thanks!
July 22nd, 2008 at 12:02 pm
Please send the raccoon fact sheet. Thank you.
July 22nd, 2008 at 8:32 pm
I have raccoons pooping on my patio, particularly around and in one of the basement window wells that meets up to the patio surface. I have never had this problem in the past, and nothing has changed on my patio to my knowledge. No pets or pet food around. My garbage can is at the opposite end of the patio and they never touch it, but they are making an absolute mess out of my basement window well not to mention the smell. Any suggestions?
July 23rd, 2008 at 6:28 am
We have a raccoon coming thur our pet door at nite. Does keepiing a light on or radio help with the problem.
Please send me you raccoon fact sheet
Thanks
July 25th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Hi, we have a raccoon problem at my church. They’re digging up the lawns and gardens. We’d really rather not hurt them, but would like to help them find somewhere else to dig up food. Ideas are welcome, and I’d appreciate a copy of the fact sheet. Thanks!
July 25th, 2008 at 3:03 pm
raccons tearing up lawn and gardens
please send facts sheet
July 25th, 2008 at 6:33 pm
Please send your fact sheet. I heard a very loud noise on our deck tonight and when I turned on the light I discovered 4 very large raccoons! I suspected that there may be ine in the yard but I had no idea that there were 4 and they were that large!!!! I have to get rid of them and soon.
July 29th, 2008 at 11:03 am
Please send your fact sheet. Raccoons are tearing my front lawn to shreds.
July 30th, 2008 at 7:20 am
Hi
I am having trouble with racoons eating my tomatoes. Please send me you fact sheet.
Thank you
July 31st, 2008 at 11:50 am
I have a raccoon constantly grabbing in the same spot - near my window wells. Please tell me how i can get them/him/her from doing this.
July 31st, 2008 at 1:17 pm
Racoons crawl onto our pool cover at night and leave lots of droppings.
Please help and send me the fact sheet.
Thanks,
Jungle J
August 1st, 2008 at 12:09 pm
We just have a few racoons visiting off and on. But would like to get your fact sheet so the visits don’t become more frequent or turn into residency.
August 3rd, 2008 at 7:52 am
Please email your raccoon fact sheet. They are digging up the edges of my newly laid sod.
August 4th, 2008 at 9:38 am
Please send your fact sheet!!!
We are on the 2nd floor flat of an old house in the city and we can’t enjoy our porch any longer — the raccoons are using it as their bathroom and playpen! We have two cats, but they’re indoor animals (though they can see through the screen door), we do not keep food on the balcony, either. We’ve tried leaving the cat’s litter (in bags) on the porch to mark their “territory” and try to deter the ‘coons, but to no avail — they tear the bags open and play with the litter! We’ve also tried using a spray that’s supposed to keep animals away, but it only works on the cats!
I was thinking about putting chicken wire floor to ceiling around the porch to keep them out, but i’m not sure how I would handle the entrance — it’s our only way out of the house from the second story (our apartment) and it may be dangerous to have a door. Any suggestions? Thank you!!!
August 4th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
Please send me a copy of your raccoon fact sheet.
August 7th, 2008 at 3:37 am
Can you please e-mail me your fact sheet. Thank You,
M.V.
August 7th, 2008 at 9:26 am
I would appreciate a raccoon fact sheet. I think it is Raccon’s eating my tomatoes. first the ripe ones, so I started picking them half ripe, now he is eating the green ones. BTW we live in Virginia I hope they act the same on both coasts. It defianltelu is not deer as we ahve a 6 ft high fence around the property. Not rats because some of these have been eaten off a place higher up the plant than a rat could stand up and eat. Could be a fox because we do have a red one who lives nearby and we see him crossing the front lawn sometimes. But, I would say unlikely because we ahve a cat and two big dogs and I think they might be more likely to keep a fox at bay, so to speak.
Thansk for the info
August 10th, 2008 at 8:28 am
Please send copy of fact sheet. They are feasting on my tomatoes! Thanks.
August 11th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
Help ! Every morning more lawn is dug-up. Please send your Raccoon Fact Sheet ! I’m getting real tired of the trap & release routine.
M.K.
Michigan
August 12th, 2008 at 7:18 pm
Please send a copy of the fact sheet for the raccoons. They are leaving giant piles of cherry pit ridden poop in the same place in the center of my lawn every night! Even removing the poop with a shovel every day doesn’t work, it’s in the same spot each morning no matter what. Now that it’s finally getting hot out here in NW WA the stench is coming in through the windows to boot. Lovely.
August 13th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
Hi,
Please send a copy of your raccoons fact sheet to me.
Thanks,
Dave Mao
August 13th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Please send raccoon fact sheet. Thanks
August 14th, 2008 at 11:23 am
Please send your raccoon fact sheet.
Thank you.
August 14th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Hi—
I’m in Costa Mesa. I am afraid of the Racoon in the backyard. It is begining to own the place.
If I trap him, will the Animal Control kill the rodent.
Is there a safe way to capture him?
Terrified from the lil critter,
Grace
August 14th, 2008 at 3:06 pm
Please send your fact sheet. We have a family of 8, yes eight, raccoons that tear up our lawn and flower beds each night and move boards and bricks placed on top of our fountain to drink. They’re costing us a fortune. Placing cayenne pepper around grass and flower beds hasn’t help much at all. We do not leave out any pet food. What can we do so they don’t want to come back? Advise please.
August 16th, 2008 at 8:30 am
Please send me your 7 page raccoon fact sheet, thanks
August 16th, 2008 at 6:43 pm
Please send me your raccoon fact sheet, this family of raccoons aren’t even afraid of the dog and keep destroying our garbage. We changed garbage cans and they still won’t give up…
August 18th, 2008 at 9:34 am
We 1 small pond and 1 fountain which we do not use any longer and raccoons poop in them continually. We have not food source (except grass which harbors bugs I suppose). We clean out the poop, wash the area and the next day they have returned. The fountain is off the ground and they just climb on up and poop. The pond has a large rock formation which was a waterfall years ago and they climb onto the rocks and poop. It is a challenge to clean these rocks and we can’t sit out there without first cleaning up there mess. Thank you.
August 18th, 2008 at 11:15 am
I have a problem with racoons eating my cat’s dry food outside. I’ve eliminated the food outdoors but now I have my cats pounding on the screen door at night to get inside to eat. I guess it is a battle of the wills, but I end up letting them in to eat and then of course they want out right after eating!
Please send me your racoon fact sheet.
August 19th, 2008 at 2:45 am
Please help. Raccoons dumping over my trash cans and pooping on my lawn. I have two small kids and don’t want them to get worms.
Thanks!
August 19th, 2008 at 11:23 am
please send me the racoon factsheet.
My cat faught with one last night and I want to keep them out of my property.
Thanks.
August 19th, 2008 at 10:39 pm
I would like to get your racoon fact sheet.
August 20th, 2008 at 11:28 am
We have a rock waterfall fountain on our patio in the backyard.After a month ago we discovered Raccoon poop in the fountain water. We cleaned the fountain and placed new water in it, it stayed clean for three weeks and now the Raccoon has decided to make this his or their pooping grounds. I am talking about loads of poop, not just a little it can not possibly be only one Raccoon. We cleaned it and place bleach inside the fountain and ran the fountain thinking this would remedy the problem. Well I got up last night around 1:00 a.m. and looked out onto the patio and there was water everywhere so I new they had been their, went out in the morning and lots, and lots, of poop! We empitied our bird baths and no longer have any water in them. They have not poop there since. We miss the birds coming daily and bathing and drinking the water. Can you help us we really do not want to empty the fountain, our elderly Mother watches it all day since she is bed ridden and enjoys listing to the water. Help Us Please!
Please e-mail me the raccoon fact sheet! Thank you
August 20th, 2008 at 5:07 pm
hi,
could you please send me a copy of your racoon fact sheet.
Our two main problems- 1. going the bathroom EVERY night on our lawn and 2. going thru our trash every night. We cannot bring our trash inside and we have tried keeping it closed tightly but they just tear the trash cans apart to get in them. Any help would be very appreciated.
August 21st, 2008 at 9:46 pm
Please send me your fact sheet.I had has what i thought was one racoon come in thru the doggie door and eat all the cat food.I started putting a bowl of food outside thinking that would solve the problem.Now i have three baby coons coming with the mom and im beggining to think it was not such a great idea to leave food outside.How do i solve this?
August 23rd, 2008 at 4:20 pm
please send fact sheet to:
belzberg@msn.com
thanks
August 24th, 2008 at 8:12 am
Raccoons are flipping over my 1 month old newly layed sod !!
August 24th, 2008 at 9:41 am
Dear Gary,
Could you please send me your fact sheet.
We have a new problem of raccoons coming in the cat door and maybe raccoons in the attic crawl space.
I’m a veteran of 2 live baby raccoons stuck in our old homes basement furnace exhaust pipe.(summer time and the furnace was off.) That was a great story left for another time.
Thanks,
Dan
August 24th, 2008 at 12:43 pm
Please send Raccoon fact sheet. Thanks
August 25th, 2008 at 7:32 am
We love “our” racoons, but they keep rolling back our new sod lawn. Please send me your fact sheet so we can all live happily together!
Thank you,
Shari
August 25th, 2008 at 12:36 pm
I’d like a copy of your raccoon fact sheet. I think they are guilty of tomato robbery & destruction!
Thanks
August 26th, 2008 at 5:45 am
Hi there,
I would very much appreciate a copy of the racoon fact sheet. Racoons are invading our back elevated deck every night, knocking over our plants and generally disturbing the peace. We have a bbq up there and I’m sure they’re attracted to that…
Thank you!
August 26th, 2008 at 9:55 am
I would appreciate a copy of your raoon fact sheet. Came home from vacation to find our recently sodded lawn, which we had enjoyed for a couple of months, completely torn up.
August 27th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
Hi Gary,
Can I get a free email fact sheet on raccoons?
I lived in a rural section of San Diego county and a racoon and mama have been coming down the oak tree for visits. Then- the mama seems to have left junior with the keys to the car, and he’s a wild driver! I love animals and want to co-exist peacefully. I let them eat the leftover peanuts that the Bluejays don’t eat, but they get feisty when the peanuts are all gone. I have a domestic house rabbit and am afraid the racoons may come inside and try and eat him! We live in a mobile home with a California Room, which could be an “in” if they choose.
thanks for any info!
August 28th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
Hi Gary, can you send me your raccoon fact sheet please.
Thanks,
Nicol
August 29th, 2008 at 7:35 am
Hi Gary,
We have a mother raccoon and 2 baby raccoons in the crawl space under our house in San Ramon. They are tearing up the heating/air conditioning ducts and insulation. Please send me a copy of your raccoon fact sheet as soon as possible.
Thanks,
Susan
August 29th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Dear Mr. Bogue,
It seems that raccoons have made their way into the underside of my parents house thru a vent that it looks like they bent to get in. My parents (who are 83) don’t want to do anything…I think we need to move them out of the house..Your thoughts..will they do damage?
thank you for your advice.
roslyn weinstein
August 30th, 2008 at 11:05 am
Dear Gary,
The raccoons are back as of yesterday and beginning where they left off last year on my lawn. I used beneficial nematodes two years ago, followed all the directions and here they came again. And yes, I did follow all the instructions and put down the BNs during the suggested months.
I need help or a copy of your 7-page answer piece ASAP. Today is August 30, 2008 and I really can’t go through last year again. Thanks.
August 31st, 2008 at 6:46 am
Hi Gary, can you send me your raccoon fact sheet please. We live in the country and the raccoons are using a corner of our house and fence as a latrine.
Hope you can help.
thanks.
September 1st, 2008 at 8:42 pm
Please send me your Racoon Fact Sheet. I thank you kindly.
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:28 pm
Hello I have three raccoons swimming and partying every night in my swimming pool. can you please send me your Racoon Fact Sheet? I really need it.
thank you Petra
September 2nd, 2008 at 5:26 pm
Most mornings I wake up to find racoon shit on the deck. How can I get them to do it on the neighbours deck instead? Please send me the fact sheet.
Thank you,
Jim
September 3rd, 2008 at 6:04 am
Please send me the fact sheet. We just built a new home next to the woods and we wake up to our sod thrown everywhere along the tree line. We thought it was moles, until I have been reading this. Now I think it might be racoons.
Thanks,
Amy
September 4th, 2008 at 11:32 am
Hi there. Raccoons pooping on our back deck, stone patio and gravel areas. Was lots of weeds and tall plants back there. Pulled them all, but raccoons still coming nightly. Please send fact sheet. Thanks!
September 5th, 2008 at 7:28 am
Hello,
I am desperate to rid our deck/porch of raccoons. Please send me your raccoon fact sheet.
Thank you,
Margaret
September 6th, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Please send me a fact sheet! Racoons are out in the broad day light eating cat food. Afraid to go in my own yard.
September 7th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
Hi There!
Please send me a copy of your fact sheet! A family of five has moved in, and I’d really like to understand what all I’m in for… I do not know much about raccoons - so any information would be much appreciated… Thanks!
September 8th, 2008 at 9:24 am
Please send me a fact sheet! We moved in our house about a month ago. I counted 8 raccoons of various sizes washing up on the first step of the pool. We have a deck at the corner of our lot that protects the roots of a large oak tree (probably 3 feet of clearance under it). My neighbor has a similar deck doing the same thing since the Oak tree sits on the corner of their lot. I am sure they live under that deck. In Danville, are there any companies that will trap them and take them away?
September 10th, 2008 at 8:04 am
I believe racoons are digging up our lawn nightly. We have a small yard with high fences…but many racoons in the area. I need a humane way to discourage them. In searching for info I saw a posting of a woman complaining that her farm dog, a middle aged submissive Golden Retriever, is digging up her lawn at night. She has begun to tie him up at night. She said she has never actually seen him do it and that he has a whole farm to run on but only digs the lawn and at night! Poor dog is being blamed for the racoon work…hee hee! Please send me the electronic info…thank you!!!
September 11th, 2008 at 12:39 pm
Gary…
Recently, a good-sized section of my back lawn has been turned up. I’ve heard of raccoons being the culprit, and found your site in my search to find possible preventative measures I can take to reduce the likelihood that they’ll return to tear up my repaired or replaced lawn. I’d appreciate your fact sheet. Thank you!!
September 11th, 2008 at 4:22 pm
Pls send me your fact sheet, they’re digging up my front lawn every morning. Thank you!
September 14th, 2008 at 9:58 am
please send fact sheet. thanks you
September 14th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
I would like a copy of your Racoon Fact Sheet. We are unindated with them by nightly destroying our lawn. Thank you.
September 15th, 2008 at 6:42 am
Hi Gary, I’ve emailed you already, but trying to cover my bases all around, since I have the nightly raccoon rocking and rolling going on! I’ve dropped 100 bucks at the garden store already with products that did NOT work . . . hoping the grub control I put all over the lawn will work (but gee, nothing else I bought worked, so will this work too?) in the meantime, I need repellent info asap. My lawn is looking like a bomb went off, nothing new, I suppose.
thanks, and I do love everything you write, faithful reader for many many years!
Julie
September 15th, 2008 at 6:43 am
I forgot to add: I need your Raccoon Fact sheet! (duh!)
September 15th, 2008 at 6:16 pm
My brother is having issues with raccoons digging up his lawn. He is a bit cheap and doesn’t not want to pay a whole lot, but he is getting frustrated.
Thanks
Greg
September 15th, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Hi Please send your raccoon fact sheet. Thanks.
September 16th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Help I am desperate to get rid of the racoons in my roof. I have used a friendly trap and have caught over 15 racoons over the last 5 yrs. Everytime we think we are rid of them they come back. They dug a hole in our roof and is hard to access.
September 16th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
Please send us your fact sheet.
Thank you.
cathy@mercon.net
September 17th, 2008 at 7:46 am
Please send your fact sheet. Raccoons have just recently started pulling back the new portions of my lawn in search of bug delights.
September 17th, 2008 at 8:45 am
please e-mail your facts sheet on racoons they keep digging up our lawn.
thanks,
Gordon
September 18th, 2008 at 6:24 am
A raccoon keeps pooping on my stone patio, i have poured bleach and even put obstructions such as lawn mower and snow blower in the area and it still finds space around the garden stone patio to poop. how can I make this area unflavorable for this raccoon?
September 21st, 2008 at 6:55 am
hi please send me the fact sheet.
misteri1@hotmail.com
thanks
terry
September 21st, 2008 at 11:43 am
please send a fact sheet on raccoons- are there any herbs that will persuade the coons to stop pooping- I was wondering about lavendar
thanks
September 21st, 2008 at 2:38 pm
Please send your information about raccoons. They have torn up my lawn to the point where it is bare.
Thank you.
September 23rd, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Hi- please send the factsheet. We have them tearing up our lawn and then going for a swim in the pool each night. thanks
September 23rd, 2008 at 8:23 pm
I’d love some help. I tried black pepper…maybe I didn’t use enough…but it only seemed to encourage them digging up the lawn. Please send the fact sheet. Thanks!
September 24th, 2008 at 10:55 am
Hi Gary
Every year around this time, I wake up in the morning and there is raccoon poop right outside my sliding door on the deck.
Im getting sick and tired of cleaning this up, can you please send me the fact sheet also please.
Also i do hear them sometimes late at night running across my roof, help please
Thanks
September 24th, 2008 at 3:18 pm
Hi Gary, please send the fact sheet. My mom has a problem with raccoons pooping in the pool. Every time, she drains the whole things, cleans it and fills it up again. She doesn’t want to spend the money to get a cover but it’s such a waste to keep draining the pool. Thanks.
September 25th, 2008 at 8:51 am
Gary, Please send me your Raccoon fact sheet.
Thanks, Tom McCauley
PS I sent you an email to another address earlier today, and then found your article later.
September 25th, 2008 at 12:09 pm
Please send me your raccoon fact sheet. Thanks. Nikki
September 25th, 2008 at 4:12 pm
They are crapping on my deck (4th Floor) every night
Cincinnati Ohio
September 25th, 2008 at 5:28 pm
We have had a raccoon latrine on our roof for over 10 years…probably longer than that as we purchased it then.
Can you help get rid of the latrine? We can remove it as we did before but they come right back. No animals or food left out here.
Thanks,
Nancy
September 26th, 2008 at 8:06 am
Please send the Racoon Fact sheet. Thanks.
September 26th, 2008 at 1:29 pm
Please send racoon sheet ASAP…they are tearing up yard looking for grubs. Thanks.
September 27th, 2008 at 9:48 am
Please send the Racoon Fact sheet. Thanks. They are using our stair landing as a toilet.
September 28th, 2008 at 4:55 am
we put in new sod and the raccoons are rolling back the sod nightly. we are going crazy! we have now someone coming mout daily with traps but they are going to cost a fortune. we would like to take care of this ourselves. help!
September 29th, 2008 at 9:10 am
I have raccoons under my deck. Instead of paying a trapper, i was hoping you would have a better idea, a deterrent to not want to return….any ideas would be great. The fact sheet would be great.
THanks
September 30th, 2008 at 11:05 am
please send me a copy of your fact sheet.
The raccoons tear up my sod every night. We have trapped three but they just keep on comming. What do I do. They are not afraid in fact they will follow me around the yard. Please help!
October 1st, 2008 at 9:36 am
Hi Gary - Thank you for offering this information. We would appreciate receiving your fact sheet. Our story is similar to so many I’ve read here, except that our’s seems to involve just one baby (that’s not so little anymore). He/She is out often during the daytime and when we saw it chasing down a cat along the top of our fence yesterday, that was the last straw. It has gotten so that our kids and other family members look over their shoulder when going out to the garage or outside. We live in Walnut Creek and adjacent to open space, so we are marveling at the fact that we’ve closed off our deck, cleared all fruits from the yard, treated the lawns for grubs, have no cat food available and he just won’t move on!
October 1st, 2008 at 2:40 pm
please send me your fact sheet
October 2nd, 2008 at 7:47 am
Hi Gary
Please send me the raccoon fact sheet. Our new sod is constantly upturned by raccoons. We are in Fremont.
Some suggestions I have received:
Treat lawn for scrubs - Done, did not work
Spray Coyote Urine - Yet to try
Sprinkle chili powder - Yet to try
Thanks
October 2nd, 2008 at 8:02 am
Please send racoon fact sheet
Thank You
October 2nd, 2008 at 10:34 am
Will moth balls keep the racoons from tearing up my grass — if not what will work? Please send your racoon bulletin. Thanks
October 2nd, 2008 at 10:35 am
Will moth balls keep racoon from tearing up my grass — if not what will? Please send racoon bulletin - thanks
October 3rd, 2008 at 8:03 am
Racoon is tearing up all the grass in the backyard. Please help
October 3rd, 2008 at 4:54 pm
Hi Gary, I see that many people are having the same problem as me: racoons are tearing up the backyard in search of food. I am hoping your fact sheet can help.
Thanks!
October 4th, 2008 at 11:33 am
Our lawn is being ripped to shreds each night! We’re not sure if it might be deer or racoons. Please send your fact sheet. Thanks!!
October 4th, 2008 at 12:00 pm
Please send your fact sheet.
October 5th, 2008 at 9:57 am
My lawn is a wreck. Everything points to Raccoons. Please send your Raccoon fact sheet. Thanks…
October 6th, 2008 at 4:41 am
Racoon is tearing up my yard . please help
October 6th, 2008 at 8:50 am
We have 3 caged rabbits, along with a family of 5 kitties and their ma and pa in our backyard. The past couple of weeks the two raccoons have been climbing the trees and walking along the fence back there. What do you think is attracting the coons to our yard? Someone mentioned it could be the feces of the animals? Is there anything we can do to prevent the coons feasting on the other furry friends?
Please send your fact sheet. Many Thanks.
October 6th, 2008 at 9:26 am
Please send me your fact sheet. I’ve had my lawn pulled up 4 times in the last 8 days and I’ve found raccoon prints in the mud under the torn up lawn. Also, why are they attacking my lawn as opposed to the scores of other lawns in the neighborhood?
October 6th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
Gary:
We live in Alhambra Valley near one of the major creeks which flow from Briones Park. Needless to say, raccoons are prevalent and are doing their yearly dance on our backyard lawn. Your suggestions and fact sheet would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks - Bob Trebino
October 8th, 2008 at 8:27 am
My backyard has a pear trees and a cherry tree. I tried to get the harvest before the critters do. This year the pears are flourishing and trees to tall to pick all of them. I have problems with Raccoon shiting at teh deck a few years ago and suddenly it vanished for another few years. And this year, It keeps on shiting on the same spot. I tried to remove all fruits on the ground bitten. The next morning, the shit on the same spot gets bigger and bigger. It seems to be the raccoon wants to claim its property right and assume it is owner of the yard and protested my picking away the fruits. How do I tackle this problem.
Thanking for your reply
October 8th, 2008 at 10:33 am
Gary
Please email a copy of your “Raccoon Fact Sheet.” In the past we would occasionally have a raccoon use our roof as a toilet, but now we seem to have one that has made this the spot to go every night. I hope you have something that will stop this behavior.
Thank you for your help.
Art
October 8th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Please send the racoon fact sheet if you still have any! We love our racoons, but they have recently taken to competitive pooping on our wooden deck stairs.
Thanks!
October 8th, 2008 at 9:13 pm
Hi,
Can you please send me the raccoon fact sheet. I have a few raccoons that have been tearing up the landscaping in my yard. Thanks.
October 9th, 2008 at 6:55 am
Please send me you fact sheet. Our racoon tears up our lawn every night.
The dog almost caught him last night. They were growling at each other, but I managed to call my dog off before she got hurt
Thanks!
October 9th, 2008 at 9:53 am
Please send me your factsheet. Thanks!
October 9th, 2008 at 10:32 am
Dear Gary, I had a racoon roll up my precious peppermint thyme.I am trying to save what is left of it. Please send me your racoon fact sheet. Thank you. Doris
October 9th, 2008 at 10:34 am
Please send me your raccoon fact sheet. Thank you. Doris
October 11th, 2008 at 10:59 am
Please send me your raccoon fact sheet. Thanks.
October 11th, 2008 at 12:25 pm
Pls send me your raccoon sheet asap. THe little critters (raccoon or skunk) are tearing up what is left of my backyard.
Thank you
October 12th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
I live in the suburbs of Arlington, TX and I noticed that both my front yard and back yard has numerous small holes. The back yard is fenced in. I suspect racoons as I saw a large one in the street the other night but I don’t know what to do to get rid of them. Please send me your fact sheet: mcdonaldk@aafes.com
October 14th, 2008 at 8:41 am
Could you please send me a copy of your raccoon fact sheet. My newly sodded back yard needs your help.
October 14th, 2008 at 11:34 am
please send fax sheet
October 16th, 2008 at 6:35 am
We have a second story deck off our city home and the racoons like to sleep in one corner and poop in the other. Any suggestions would be wonderful. Pls send fact sheet.
October 16th, 2008 at 9:59 am
Pls send the fact sheet, thanks a bunch!
October 16th, 2008 at 11:02 am
Please e-mail me a copy of your racoon advice.
October 16th, 2008 at 2:59 pm
PLEASE SEND ME A COPY OF YOUR FACT SHEET. IN THE LAST WEEK I HAVE HAD 1 ADULT CAT AND 6 KITTENS KILLED IN MY YARD. I’M READY TO KILL THE COONS MYSELF AND I LOVE ANIMALS. MY WHOLE FAMILY IS DESTROYED ABOUT THESE CATS. INDOORS OR OUTDOORS THESE CATS AND KITTENS BECOME FAMILY!!!! SAD, IN NEW YORK CITY
October 16th, 2008 at 4:20 pm
I would really like a copy of your 7-page pamphlet on how to get rid of raccoons.
Thanks a lot.
Carol
October 16th, 2008 at 5:46 pm
Please send your racoon fact sheet, thank you very much.
Every morning we wake up to racoon droppings in our lawn and we are not sure how they are getting into our back yard.
October 16th, 2008 at 5:53 pm
I would love for you to email me your fact sheet. I have something, presumably racoons, tearing up or making puzzles to put back together as my wife and I say every morning, in my front lawn. I have loaded the lawn twice with grub and insect killer that lasts a few weeks and they come back.
Thank You,
Gary Collins
October 16th, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Please send me a raccoon fact sheet.
Thanks,
Joanne
October 16th, 2008 at 8:06 pm
I’d appreciate a copy of your raccoon fact sheet.
October 16th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Please send fact sheet. Thanks in advance.
October 17th, 2008 at 8:52 pm
Please send the fact sheet. We currently have raccoons ripping up our lawns (first the back, now the front) - a little more each day.
Thanks.
October 18th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Please email me a copy of your Raccoon Fact Sheet.
Thanks, Leon
October 19th, 2008 at 12:56 am
We’ve lived here (Antioch, CA) for 9 years and this is the first time we’ve had this problem. I believe it is raccoons digging up our back yard - they are digging in one specific area and really making a mess of it - we put the sod back and then the next morning it’s torn up even worse. It’s not new sod at all either - this lawn has been there for a number of years. We have a cat and lots of cats/dogs in the neighborhood so anything that would harm them is out. Also, I don’t want to hurt the little guys - they are just hungry, but they need to move elsewhere. Thanks for the help!
October 19th, 2008 at 10:42 am
I like a copy of your raccoon fact sheet.
Thanks
October 19th, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Please send the raccoon fact sheet..thank-you!
October 19th, 2008 at 6:51 pm
please send me the racoon fact sheet
October 20th, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Please send the fact sheet. Raccoons are tearing up our back lawn every night.
October 22nd, 2008 at 2:46 pm
Please send fact sheet ASAP!
October 26th, 2008 at 6:40 am
My friend heard that there is a virus that one can catch just from the racoons presence?Please send me your fact sheet.Belle
October 26th, 2008 at 8:39 am
please send me your raccoon fact sheet.
thanks
October 26th, 2008 at 5:24 pm
I feed the raccoons because their habitat is growing so much smaller.I take out my cat door at nite so they can’t enter the house.I would love to get your raccoon fact sheet if possible.
Thanks
October 27th, 2008 at 6:47 am
Gary,
Over the last three nights raccoons have been entering my home. They come in the cat door and have found where we keep the cat food. They have not been able to get into the container but they are trying. The first night it was just one raccoon but he/she brought a buddy the next night. We have five cats and it scares me that this could become an issue for the humans and felines.
Can you send me your fact sheet?
October 27th, 2008 at 11:16 am
I need your fact sheet!!!!!
October 27th, 2008 at 2:00 pm
Please send me your fact sheet as the racoons have figured out how to lift up the little electric fence and crawl under and into the fish pond. The beautiful fish are gone and the lilies are trashed.
October 28th, 2008 at 11:55 am
Hello. Can you please email me your raccoon sheet? P.S. I love your column.
Best regards,
Tracy Murray
October 29th, 2008 at 2:05 pm
Please email me a copy of your 7 page raccoon fact sheet..
Thank you,
Mike Baugh
November 2nd, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Please send me a racoon fact sheet my poor lawn is being torn up by them but I dont want animal control to euthanize them either
November 2nd, 2008 at 5:33 pm
Please send a racoon fact sheet. I have a large area under a fig tree filled with nasty looking poop. I think the raccoons have turned it into their bathroom :0(. Thanks for your help!
November 6th, 2008 at 5:34 am
Please send a racoon fact sheet.
November 8th, 2008 at 9:38 am
I sent you an email regarding our flipped over sod. Please send your racoon fact sheet…FAST! Thanks.
November 11th, 2008 at 8:36 am
Help! My roof is a racoon bathroom and my husband is at his wits end. It’s flat and we live in a village where the racoons are plentyful.
November 15th, 2008 at 5:42 pm
I have two 6 month old cats in my garage. I leave the garage door cracked open for them to go out when they want. I noticed the cat food has been going fast lately and today opened the door to find a racoon scarfing the cats dinner. Please send your fact sheet as soon as possible. Thank You
November 16th, 2008 at 9:39 pm
Raccoons are tearing up part of my back lawn. Please send your fact sheet on how to deal with this problem.
Thanks
November 17th, 2008 at 5:00 pm
Hey, could I get a get a raccoon fact sheet? I appreciate it.
David
cpddilworth@yahoo.com
November 21st, 2008 at 9:05 am
please send racoon fact sheet
November 21st, 2008 at 6:57 pm
Please send your raccoon fact sheet — thanks!
November 26th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Please send info on Racoons. Have a big racoon keeps coming into house from cellar through kitchen plumbing at kitchen cabinet. have 2 cats and worried that he will get them. tried barricades, boards, he just tears it up and comes in. Put all catfood in closet. this morning discovered he had pried the floor boarding off to get in the closet. Has no fear of me. He just came right up to me and put his paws on my legs while i was watching television. This dude is harder to get rid of than a crackhead.
November 30th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Please send helpful info. We feed a blind, stray cat outside, which (I know, I know) attracts raccoons. Now, the raccoons are pooping on one of the porch steps. I hate to let the poor blind kitty starve, but If I quit feeding her, will the raccoons go away and quit pooping on my porch? Is there something I can put out or spray that will keep the nasty critters away, but not deter the cat?
December 1st, 2008 at 10:35 pm
Would love to get your raccoon fact sheet. I hear em on the roof and would love to get rid of em!
December 2nd, 2008 at 1:58 pm
Raccoons use a roof overhang as their latrine. There are multiple points of entry to my back yard, multiple access points to the roof, and different places on the roof for them to poop. I live in an urban area of connected townhouses. None of the powders, ammonia, sound detectors, etc. work. What can be done?
December 3rd, 2008 at 9:56 pm
I have 3 raccoons apparently living under my backyard deck. One entered the house and ate the cat’s food. I fixed the cat door so it locks. Tonight three of them fought for about half an hour. Seemed really vicious. Please send your info.
Thanks!
December 4th, 2008 at 3:49 pm
please send raccoon fact sheet.
I’ve got problems with a raccoon(s) leaving their droppings on my hay in the barn, and on my front porch.
My barn cats and their food are locked in at night but they still come around.
December 9th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Racoon is tearing up our backyard. The grass is all very mushy. Pl. send me your fact sheet ASAP.
Thanks!
December 21st, 2008 at 1:57 pm
Please send fact sheet - we have four raccons living under deck in a window well and we need help to get them out! It is absolutely freezing in Chicago right now and I’m sure it is nice and cozy under there for them - they don’t seem to be leaving for food - are they hibernating? Thanks for your time and MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!
December 24th, 2008 at 6:07 pm
HOUSE UNDER CONSTRUCTION , HAS RACCONS LEAVONG THERE FOR 1 YEAR
December 30th, 2008 at 5:55 pm
Please send your fact sheet, as the beautiful racoon we have visting our deck leaves a pile of poo every single night. In the same place. It is growing. Very disturbing. Seems to be a trend here. Sure hope you have a solution - but doubt anyone knows why a racoon poops over & over & over in the same exact place. Do you???
Thanks & hope you have a “cure”
January 4th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Im becoming neurotic about my lawn, never a good thing. I take it the City takes no responsibility??
Give me the facts … im thinking fire cracker trip wires.
cheers
January 11th, 2009 at 11:33 am
please send raccoon advice
January 13th, 2009 at 12:08 pm
Please email me a copy of your “Raccoon Fact Sheet”. I have an outdoor fish pond. This year raccoon have been raising havoc with the pond and dining on the fish. I live in the San Fernando Valley.
Thanks,
frank
January 16th, 2009 at 11:07 am
I would love a copy of your “Raccoon Fact” sheet.
I had a problem with droppings on my deck (no cat or other food in vicinity) over the summer - helped by leaving ammonia in a container with holes in lid. The last 2 (frigid cold) mornings i have found my CAR has been pooped on from above - the tree next to the driveway. Yup, it’s a raccoon.
Thanks,
Derby
January 18th, 2009 at 4:14 pm
Tearing up my yard every night. Please send factsheet on how to get them to stop.
Thanks
January 21st, 2009 at 12:20 pm
Raccoons are digging up my grandparents garden and breaking things around the property. They have tried trapping but the raccoons reached through the wire and grabbed the food without entering the trap. Please send your fact sheet. Thanks!
January 25th, 2009 at 9:23 pm
Please send raccoon fact sheet…. PLEASE!
January 27th, 2009 at 5:27 pm
I have been having several weeks of annoying raccoons under my mobile home. I do not know how to get rid of them, they make such a racket at night they often keep me up at night. I do not see where they have gotten in and do not want to go under my house. Do you have any ideas?
February 1st, 2009 at 2:48 pm
Hi,
Please send the Raccoon Fact sheet to gbeane@att.net, as well as to me at kera108@mac.com. I appreciate your help with this!
Happy Groundhog Day.
Kerry
February 9th, 2009 at 9:29 am
Hello - my raccoon problem is that one or more are entering my pool patio through the slots in the fence during the evening or night, then crapping on the first step in the pool; this step is underwater about 4 inches. We have no pets nor anything edible on the patio, but there are spaces under the patio where I know armadillos have been in the past. I don’t know if any other wildlife animals are presently under there.
Please send me your Raccoon fact sheet that I may attempt to solve this problem, and thanks.
February 22nd, 2009 at 7:28 am
Please send me racoon fact sheet
February 23rd, 2009 at 8:22 pm
How large of a dog will be safe from a city neighborhood raccoon? Do they bother small dogs if there is no food around?
February 24th, 2009 at 4:55 am
Leslie: It really depends on the raccoon. While raccoons usually don’t attack dogs, there have occasionally been encounters when dogs rushed up and started barking at them. In such cases, I’ve heard of raccoons attacking a shepherd, as well as small dogs like a Dachshund. Small dogs would definitely be at a disadvantage if a raccoon decided to fight back. I’ve never known a raccoon to attack a dog if unprovoked. But it could happen. Best solution would be to keep your dog in at night if you think there might be a problem./Gary
March 3rd, 2009 at 10:03 am
Please send me racoon fact sheet
March 4th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Have a raccoon ripping up new roof. Large Evergreen trees surrounding home, provide easy access. Paid to have one trapped and removed a few years ago. Seems to be a birthing place, however I can not find access to attic or other sheltered area. Chimney may not be sealed off (covered, I’ll check this weekend). Neighbors have previously seen young on roof (prior to the last trapping) Please send your raccoon fact sheet.
March 5th, 2009 at 10:01 pm
Please send me a fact sheet.
I have seen raccoons in my back yard. They come back year after year. I am pretty sure they have gotten in my chimney somehow because I hear scratching.
I have heard raccoon carry diseases. Should I be worried about my sandbox my children play in… ??
March 10th, 2009 at 4:48 am
Hi,
Please send me your Raccoon fact sheet. We are going nuts with Raccoons tearing apart out outside trash cans every night. Please help!
March 12th, 2009 at 7:34 am
Please send fact sheet…I need a raccoon repellant?…the commercial ones are too small quantity for $$, and then I see my $$ wash away in rain….so I’m wonderinf if moth balls or chili peppers will help? and how to get either to last during spring rains (even if they don’t dissolve, they just wash off roof during rain)…I need to treat several roofs, and can’t climb up and re-treat after each rainfall.
March 16th, 2009 at 6:41 am
I have bird feeder mounted on top of a 4×4 (in the ground in the middle of the lawn) aprox. 7ft high. The critters apparently climb the 4×4, remove the bird feeder and have themselves a party while the birds go hungry. Any suggestions?
Thanks
John
March 16th, 2009 at 6:42 am
Please send a fact sheet.
March 16th, 2009 at 5:36 pm
I have a large palm tree that the raccoons seem to like. There was no problem until they started breaking off the ends of the old fronds, cut to make the “pineapple” shape under the crown. I remove the fruit and they still are climbing up there. I’ve read about putting a metal band (>18″) around the tree, but would rather not because of aesthetics and the tree is prominent in our yard. Any thoughts?! I’d appreciate your fact sheet as well.
Thank you,
Tom Hansen
March 23rd, 2009 at 7:43 am
Hi Gary,
I live in southwest florida and have noticed twice 2 small racoons climbing my lanai pool cage to get to the roof of my house. Yikes. They are not bothered if I stand there and shout at them
any recommendations? Quite bold they are. . .
March 27th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
Hi, could you send me the email for raccoon problems.
Thanks!
March 27th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
Please send me a fact sheet on racoons.
March 27th, 2009 at 6:21 pm
Hi, hope u can help, would like your fact sheet as this will probably be a fountain of info for. the coons are using our shed roof for their latrine purposes, not sure what would be the best method, heard they are clean freaks, like to lick their paws- would hot pepper flakes do the trick ?
any help would certainly be welcomed
March 30th, 2009 at 11:31 am
Sorry, don’t have time to review all comments to see if our problem has been addressed. Racoons are using our pool as a toilet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! … on the first step of the pool. (We live in the Ft. Lauderdale FL area.)
They also have been having horse size bowel movements behind our shed.
Thanks for any help you can give.
March 30th, 2009 at 11:36 am
Also would appreciate your fact sheet. Thank you!
March 30th, 2009 at 11:38 am
PSS Have a dog so does that pose a problem with some of your remedies?
March 31st, 2009 at 5:47 pm
Please send me your fact sheet. I assume my lawn is being ripped up by raccoons. Thanks.
April 7th, 2009 at 9:43 am
Hello,
Please send me your raccoon fact sheet. Thanks!
TESMUS
April 7th, 2009 at 9:27 pm
Hello Gary,
My front lawn is completely ripped and turned by raccoons, as I could see them coming out at nite from my neighbours’s backyard. Please send your solution.
Thanks
Daniel
April 11th, 2009 at 4:41 am
A raccoon in my backyard & vegetable garden must have a Ph. D. I put some peanut butter on a piece of celery & placed it in a Havahart trap. The next day I could see that the peanut butter had been licked off but the celery was still in the trap. And there was no raccoon. Your fact sheet or ANY solution would be appreciated.
Doug
Charlotte, NC
April 11th, 2009 at 6:39 am
I have coons pooping on my spa cover
April 14th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
Hi Gary,
A raccoon attacked the hind end of our cat and the neighbors’ cat. We both have cat and dog food outside at night. The raccoon and/or raccoons are quite a threat to our neighborhood as of late, and it is illegal to trap them in city limits. I would appreciate any advice as to how to deter the raccoons in a humane way. Thank you.
Paul
April 18th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
coons are poopin on my upper deck under my natural gas grill. of course i can’t move it to clean. also on my patio rug. i’ve trapped a few and taken them to a safe place. but all winter when i can’t do this, they’ve been havin a poopin good time! help! ps. their poo grosses me out
April 19th, 2009 at 10:54 am
Hi Gary,
I would appreciate a copy of your fact sheet on raccoons. Last night I heard something chewing away on my fence and this morning I found it to be heavily damaged. My next door neighbor found three partially consumed squirrels on her roof. At night I hear movement in my bushes. This morning I found quite a few bird feathers near where the fence was damaged. I’d love to get to the bottom of this ASAP. I do have a toy poodle and now I’m concerned about letting her out at night. I’m also afraid to venture out at night in my own backyard.
Thanks so much!
Barbara
Grosse Pointe, MI
April 20th, 2009 at 5:36 am
I’m guessing the squirrels damaged your fence. They are great chewers. And it sounds like a hawk maybe caught the squirrels and ate them on the roof. Same with the bird. There may also be raccoons involved making that noise at night. Or foxes or skunks. If you have a light in your back yard, you can leave it on at night and watch to see who’s visiting.
Meanwhile, here’s my raccoon information. Good luck. If you figure all this out, please drop me a note and let me know. /Gary
April 20th, 2009 at 10:15 am
Gary, I have a coon that will not go into the trap and is coming up on my deck every night.
Please send fact sheet you have.
Will large rat traps help irritate or discourage them from coming back? If I screen my deck door will that prevent him from coming through spokes or will it just climb up over gate?
Please let me know because we are at war.
April 29th, 2009 at 4:08 pm
Gary, I live in the north coastal area of San Diego county. The raccoons are tearing up my vegetable garden. They are digging up seedlings, tearing leaves and even dismantling my pvc drip pipes.
April 30th, 2009 at 8:26 am
I am having trouble with the racoons destroying my birdfeeders. Any suggestions will be helpful. Thank you.
May 1st, 2009 at 11:02 am
Please send me a fact sheet.we seem to have a raccon that thinks his latrine should be in front of our patio door on the beach stone .Any ideas on how to stop him?
thanks Gary
May 2nd, 2009 at 2:44 pm
We need a racoon fact sheet, please.
May 2nd, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Please send a fact sheet!
I am one of the multitudes having a problem with raccoons pooping on the roof every night! Help!
May 4th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
Help. Racoons digging up my lawn. I have sprayed for pests but they keep coming back. Please send my your fact sheet.
May 6th, 2009 at 5:16 am
Have had racoons empty my birdfeeder, and now are taking to using my window well as a toilet, help?
thanks!
May 6th, 2009 at 5:40 am
Please send fact sheet. We have a latrine on our deck and I must stop it! Our 18 month old wants to explore the deck now that the weather is nice. Thanks!
May 6th, 2009 at 9:30 am
Sir.
We have raccoons pooping in our pool. Please send the fact sheet!
Can the pool water be sanitized? Lots and lots of chlorine?
Thank you.
May 8th, 2009 at 5:51 pm
Hi there! I live in the city just outside of the downtown core. We have racoons and they used to come in the cat door and eat the cat food in the kitchen until I baracarde the cat door. But now I see that they are pooing in the back yard and it’s gross. What can I do to stop this and also they do make holes in the lawn. Please send me the fact sheet.
May 13th, 2009 at 8:17 am
I have a problem with racoons pooping on my balcony deck. There is no food, garbage, compost or recycling out there at any time. I can’t understand what the attraction is. They seem to climb up from my side yard during the night and leave presents for me to clean up each morning. They definitely do not live in my attic or on my property. We have had one of them professionally trapped and now - a couple of weeks later I’m having the same problem.
Please send me the fact sheet!
May 15th, 2009 at 8:51 am
Sir, I have a big problem with racoons pooping in my yard. Please send me the fact sheet asap. Thank you so much.
May 16th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
Hi please send factsheet.
Thanks,
John
May 16th, 2009 at 11:29 pm
please send me your fact sheet!!! i live in san francisco and i have two known raccoons coming around my house and clambering all over the roof at night. i used to leave food for my cat outside, but since encountering a giant raccoon on my porch, i’ve changed my ways. how can i discourage these raccoons now?
May 17th, 2009 at 4:17 am
Racoons are actually walking up my deck stairs and pooping on my door step. I don’t like this morning greeting. I am not an animal lover and I would shoot these $#@%$#$%&!!! in a heartbeat, except I don’t own a gun. Please send me your fact sheet.
May 19th, 2009 at 7:17 am
Gary
We too have a Racoon Problem. They have crossed thhe line though……They are comming ito the house thru the doggie door.They made an absolute mess of the kitchen. I had someone here yesterday to give me an estimate on a new roof and low and behold there must of been 50 Racoon “poops” up there.Very messy. Soooo they gotta go. Please send your fact sheet. Thank you
Regards
May 19th, 2009 at 1:49 pm
I have a raccoon tearing up my newly planted pots of flowers. I know he doesn’t want the flowers. I’ve thought of offering him a nice pot of new dirt filled with worms that he wouldn’t have to go to the trouble of moving my new flowers out of the way!
Please send a copy of your fact sheet. Thank you.
May 20th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
I have a small fountain with empties into an small brick enclosed pond. If I put fish in the pond, the racoons eat them.
Also, they are using my rooftop for a toilet.
Please send me a copy of your fact sheet.
Thank you.
May 21st, 2009 at 5:10 am
Gary,
I am noticing a lot of issues with racoons and pools. Unfortunately, we are having the same problem. We have not uncovered our pool yet since it looks as though racoons are going on top of our pool and defecating on the cover. I am afraid to uncover the pool for fear that they will climb in and tear the liner. What can we do? HELP!!!
Thank you for your help
May 24th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
Gary,
Racoons have ravaged my garden. They eat all of the tomatoes before they become ripe. They also dug up my squash. I have captured 3 in the last 5 days ain my Havahart trap and have relocated them. Is there anything else that I can do?
Send me your fact sheet. Thank you,
May 25th, 2009 at 6:21 am
Hi Gary,
Can you please send me the raccoon fact sheet. My son just moved into a new home and he has a raccoon leaving feces on his deck quite often. Wondering if previous owners fed the raccoon and its mad? Thanks you for your help.
May 25th, 2009 at 7:35 am
i am having problems with something eating the tops of my flowers. i got one of the humane harts traps and i got a the next morning instead of a ground hog there was a large racoon, which i freed it/let it goe in my yard.
then it dawned on me is it possible that racoon eat plants/flowers. i know groundhogs love flowers and plants and if you trap them you should et them go far from ones house or they will return and create the same problems with ones yard.
can you please send me any facts that racoon do or donot eat plants/flowers.
thanks
May 26th, 2009 at 3:59 am
Good morning.
Writing from Port Hope, Ontario
For the first time in 4 years of having our pool, racoons seemed to have taken a fancy to leave us a little present on the top step each morning. We’ve never had this problem before, and needless to say, would like for it to be resolved.
Would appreciate you sending the fact sheet.
Thanks.
Sincerly,
Allan & Tina Humphreys
May 26th, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Hi,
We live in Los Angeles County.
A racoon has made his or her home under our house. We know where it enters and can close off access but we wonder if the racoon is a female with babies she’s left under the house. We don’t want to harm the racoon or any babies that may be with her.
Would you send us your fact sheet, please?
Thank you.
Sandra
May 26th, 2009 at 7:14 pm
Good evening? I’ve got a raccoon using my window well and the back side of my home as a toilet. What can I do to prevent it from happening in the future.
Thanks!
May 26th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
Please send me your fact sheet. Thanks!
May 27th, 2009 at 5:23 pm
Please send me a raccoon fact sheet
Thanks!
May 28th, 2009 at 3:15 pm
I have a mama coon and her litter nesting in my 2nd story soffit. I can’t really get at the area even if I wanted to.
Please send me a copy of your raccoon fact sheet and any other ideas you may have.
Thanks!
May 28th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Could you sent me your brochure?
Thank ou
May 28th, 2009 at 5:20 pm
I would like your raccoon fact sheet.
Thank you!!!
May 29th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
I have raccoons living in my eavesdrop, please send fact sheet.
Thank You!
May 31st, 2009 at 10:23 am
I have a racoon problem ie leaving me presents on my deck please help
May 31st, 2009 at 1:32 pm
I have a raccoon or raccoons under my cabin near the Chequamegon National Forest in Sawyer County Wisconsin. My cabin is on blocks and skirted with wood but no basement and they have taken up residence in my crawl space. We’ve set up a motion detector camera and have about 12 or 14 pictures of the critters going in or out. I desperately need your raccoon fact sheet.
June 1st, 2009 at 11:15 am
Please email me your Raccoon Fact Sheet. Thank you.
June 2nd, 2009 at 1:34 pm
Please send the Raccoon Fact Sheet. Thanks much! Marcia
June 2nd, 2009 at 2:37 pm
I have a water fountain in my backyard and lately I have been seeing some animal poop in the fountain. I clean it up and fill it up up with fresh water and the poops back the next day. I kept the fountain dry for a couple weeks and the poop wasn’t there and I recently filled it with water and the poop started showing up again. Do you think its a raccoon issue? I don’t have any pets. Thanks.
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:27 am
Please send me your fact sheet. They are leaving poop on my wood deck. Started in April and not every night. Put moth balls around deck but that didn’t matter. What can I do? No food left outside. I have indoor cats but no outdoor pets.
thanks
June 5th, 2009 at 11:35 pm
Please send fact sheet.
My grass is destroyed and now my flowers are dug up; and rolled in.
Help.
Johanna
June 5th, 2009 at 11:40 pm
Raccoons are destroying my lawn and roll in plants as well is digging them up to look for worms.
I live by a creek in Santa Cruz, Ca
Please send fact sheet.
Thanks, Johanna
June 7th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Please send us your raccoon fact sheet so that we can attempt to outsmart this critter ? Thanks !
June 7th, 2009 at 8:51 pm
need help driving me crazy in the roof
June 8th, 2009 at 3:49 am
We have had planter boxes along the railing of our deck for three years. This year, raccoons have trashed them twice, so far. I look forward to receiving your fact sheet.
June 10th, 2009 at 8:41 pm
Hello,
My wife and I have a problem that may be raccoon-related. About two weeks ago some animal started urinating on our patio, about two feet from the back door. The smell is intense and ammonia-like. As soon as we clean the site it returns, sometimes twice in a 24 hour period. At first we though it was the neighborhood cat but last night I ran into a raccoon on the roof of the patio. Now we don’t know what to think. I have set out a trap but it is ignored so far.
Any thoughts?
I would also like a copy of your fact sheet.
Thanks,
Tom Lill
June 11th, 2009 at 1:42 pm
Help, raccoon poop in the backyard!
June 11th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
In the Summer and Fall of 2008, my family lost a kitten, it’s mom and my eighteen year old cat “Miss Mew”. I did not know these devils ate family pets so any fact sheet would be too late for us.
I do know that shooting them, even here in the heart of Reseda CA is not only the best way to remove them but a source of gleeful delight following our great loss just six months ago. The police have shown up a couple of times but leave upon viewing the 30 pound plus carcasses. Shoot em!!
June 12th, 2009 at 10:38 am
Hi-Please, please send me your raccoon fact sheet. Live in San Antonio and just saw a new Momma Raccoon who’s decided to nest on top of my metal patio cover under the flashing from the roof. She climbs up and down using the metal support/post. Makes a racket in the morning. Saw blood and feathers on my front sidewalk and blamed it on a cat.
June 13th, 2009 at 10:37 am
Help! Racoons are digging in my container pots on my deck. They climb two storries up to this little deck and are destroying the only bit of outside colorful flowers I have. And once they dig up the flowers they throw them over the side railing and leave piles of dirt on the the deck floor. Please send fact sheet ASAP!!
June 15th, 2009 at 8:29 am
Please send raccoon fact sheet
June 15th, 2009 at 12:42 pm
hi gary,
we recently trapped a racoon on the roof. it was in our chimney 12ft deep X 3ft at the bottom. we looked down the hole she had 3 babies very young and still snowing here. we felt we’d let her go back to the babies and they would leave when it got too crowded. but i don’t think she can get these big pups out such a deep hole, her back is bald, she wedges herself to climb in and out. i have a cat and a small dog. please send your pamphlet to my email
thanks ruth malin
June 20th, 2009 at 2:16 pm
We are having lots of racoon problems. They (5 of them) are constantly on the roof at night. They have established what they think is a bathroom up there (approx 5′ dia area) on our tile roof. They swim and bathe in the swimming pool and now have started using it for a bathroom.
I would appreciate any advice you have that would discourage them from coming around. Please send your Racoon facts sheet.
Thank you,
Tom
June 21st, 2009 at 12:01 pm
Hi Gary,
In spite of attempts to remove them, I’ve had raccoons in my barn for 15 years. I’ve closed up any spaces near the roof, dug around the perimeter and buried chicken wire, played music, burned lights all night, trapped and relocated them, to no avail. They always return. The loft gets loaded with droppings and items large and small are routinely knocked off the shelves. Opening the doors usually rewards you with an overwhelming wave of urine-and-feces smell.
I’m ready to start putting out chemicals to kill them. Please help and send me your fact sheet!
Thanks,
Karen
June 23rd, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Raccoons crapping on my roof!! My neighbour won’t let me put an electric fence along our adjoining fence. I am desperate!
June 29th, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Please e-mail me a copy of your raccoon fact sheet. We have a family of 5 ransacking our neighborhhod in Costa Mesa. The yards involved have no children or pets.
Thanks
June 30th, 2009 at 9:45 am
Hello,
Please send your Raccoon Factsheet. The little critters (actually not so little) tear up my lawn, tear down a small royal poinciana tree (four times), and knock over and tearup any new potted plant I put outside.
Thank you!
July 1st, 2009 at 9:27 am
Hi there,
My raccoon..since it’s now like a pet…has been destroying my hummingbird feeders and emptying my bird feeders. Critter Ridder did not work at all…Any ideas?
Thank you so much!
Vicky
July 5th, 2009 at 9:11 pm
Hi , We live in South Dakota just a few miles out of the city. When we bought the house it came with outdoor cats…The cats have an outdoor shed that holds their food, water and bedding.. The only access to the shed is to jump up through the window(over 6 feet). There is a ledge that allows the cats to gain access. Well the racoons think they need to come in and eat too…I still havnt figured out why the wash the cat food in the bowl…they must think the cat food is dirty..Ha Ha Anyways..this is the only shelter for our outdoor cats and I cant afford to feed all of the wildlife too…Please help and send a fact sheet!
July 6th, 2009 at 6:37 am
Hi,
Ww have a Raccoon pooing on the deck all the time. We have 17 month old baby who cannot be out in the yard for the summer due to this problem. Please send you Raccoon fact sheet.
Thanks.
July 6th, 2009 at 11:10 am
please send me your fact sheet on raccoon’s they have carried off my mom’s birdfeeders and she loves feeding the birds but the raccoon’s not so much.
July 6th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Having similar issues with a dug up newly sodded lawn. would take any help i can get right now and would appreciate the fact sheet. Thanks.
July 6th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
Please send me a electronic copy of “Raccoon Fact Sheet”
Thank you!
July 9th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
Please send me a copy of the fact sheet. We have a raccoon entering our home through the cat door, and also going through our outside garbage cans on a regular basis. Please help! Thank you.
July 10th, 2009 at 11:35 am
Please send me a copy of the fact sheet. I have raccoons. eating my tomatoes off my plants. Thank you COOKIE
July 16th, 2009 at 8:44 am
I have a racoon pooping on my deck every night. Why do you think this is happening and how do I stop this.
Thank you.
July 17th, 2009 at 5:25 am
Saw a racoon for the first time last night in my backyard. I live in Brooklyn, NY and didn’t think they were a problem in that area. Appreciate a copy of the fact sheet please.
Merci
July 17th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Hello,
We live in the woods and have recently begun to have a problem with raccoons digging up our potted plants. This occurs in the middle of the day or the middle of the night. The pots are often turned over, all the dirt scraped out and plants strewn all over. The roots of the plants are never ALL gone but I think they are partially eaten. Would love a copy of your fact sheet. Thanks!
July 20th, 2009 at 6:04 pm
Raccoon Fact Sheet
July 21st, 2009 at 8:12 am
Please send me your fact sheet. A raccoon or raccoons devoured a chipmunk on my deck and left pieces everywhere. They have also pooped and recently tore up a kids spongey baseball bat all over my yard.
July 22nd, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Live near woods and river. Raccoon coming in yard and in daughters play house.
July 23rd, 2009 at 12:07 pm
I live on a golf course, no fences, and a large pond. I am trying to save my new upholstered patio furniture. Our last set lasted about 10 years, but the cushions (Sunbrella Fabric) have been chewed and or clawed in lots of places. We have lots of racoons, squirrels and skunks all around. Will you send me your fact sheet. We were told to try the coyote urine spray! Thanks
July 26th, 2009 at 6:51 pm
PlEASE SEND THE FACT SHEET.
THANKS,
ROGER
July 27th, 2009 at 4:57 am
Hello,
May I please request a copy of your racoon fact sheet. Thanks
July 27th, 2009 at 9:24 am
Please send the fact sheet - thanks!
July 27th, 2009 at 10:39 am
Please send me your fact sheet!! I am sick of cleaning up loads of raccoon poop from outside my patio doors every morning! Ugh.
July 29th, 2009 at 7:25 pm
Please send the fact sheet. I have tried to trap this racoon for 8 nights, but no luck, He comes in the cat door for food in my bedroom.And he can arrive anytime from 8pm to 6am.I cant lock my cat out or lock him in allnight. I thought of building a barricade acrpss the bedroom door of 34 inches high. Could a racoon scale that(my cat can jump it.)
August 13th, 2009 at 9:49 am
Shoot them. If you don’t have a firearm, use an axe or a shovel. Be prepared to strike repeatedly, protecting your pets can be hard work…
August 13th, 2009 at 10:00 am
Frederick: That’s silly. You’re not protecting your pets. Raccoons don’t bother them.
August 20th, 2009 at 10:15 am
Hi Gary. Please send me your raccoon fact sheet. FYI I also sent an email requesting this to your email address that I found elsewhere on your site, so sorry if this is a duplicate request.
Thanks again.
August 23rd, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Hi Gary,
PLEASE send me your raccoon fact sheet! Our grass is being destroyed every night and my lawn has animal feces on it every morning.
Thanks.
August 27th, 2009 at 8:35 pm
please send me raccoon fact sheet
August 31st, 2009 at 2:00 pm
please send fact sheet
August 31st, 2009 at 2:34 pm
last year coons in my attic , trapped abot a dozen , now the suburb I live in does not have traps or removal of the coors from traps . digging up my sod taking bites out of my tomatoes please help ? Thanks gary
September 2nd, 2009 at 7:04 am
Please send me your raccoon fact sheet.
September 3rd, 2009 at 7:53 am
Could you please send me your fact sheet? I live in Seattle, and I just realized that we have a racoon latrine (not just a large cat latrine, as I previously thought). Thank you.
September 8th, 2009 at 11:34 am
Hi Gary, Please send me your fact sheet on racoons. We have had 2 of them trapped. They were burrowing underneath the pool patio wooden deck and used the top step of the pool to use as their latrine area. Have not had any activity in the last 4 nights, but I am concerned about the poop in the pool and the possibility of roundworm. Any ideas to rid these things?
Thanks in advance ,
Steve 9/8/2009
September 9th, 2009 at 10:59 pm
Hi. Please srnd me the racoon fact sheet. Having poop problems on both of my decks. Thank you!
September 13th, 2009 at 5:44 pm
Please send raccoon fact sheet.
September 13th, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Please send raccoon fact sheet!!!
September 17th, 2009 at 3:58 pm
Please send your raccoon fact sheet! I found a pile of poop on my back deck, my gas grill hose was chewed and tonight I found a walnut fruit right next to the knob that turns on my propane. Maybe my neighbor’s new chicken coop is attracting visitors???
September 18th, 2009 at 3:12 pm
Desparately need help. Raccoons have a nasty toilet situation under my house. They must be coming in from three counties!! How can I ’sanitize’ the site?
September 19th, 2009 at 8:32 am
Hello. Would appreciate your tips on stopping the raccoons tearing up the lawn. Seems to happen in spring and fall, especially. Looking forward to your fact sheet - thanking you in advance.
Kathy
September 20th, 2009 at 11:36 pm
Hi,
Have racoon(s) defecating on my back fence and just below it. Is a small yard (back of townhouse). Have no pets, no garbage out…etc. Just moving in in 2 weeks. Tired if cleaning up their poop! Also, there are young children next door and I know the feces carries a bad bactieria.
Thank you. Please send your tips and any ideas to deter them.
Yvonne
September 22nd, 2009 at 12:46 pm
I have raccoons pooping in my basement window wells. What can I do. Send me your e-mail tips on raccoons.
Ken
October 4th, 2009 at 1:04 pm
5 large racoons coming into backyard, please e mail your fact sheet! Sounds like this could be an unhealthy situation.
October 4th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
Please send fact sheet. Appreciate your help.
David
October 5th, 2009 at 6:17 am
I saw 6 raccoons bathing in my pool last night (Ft. Lauderdale, FL). Please send me your fact sheet. Thanks.
October 7th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Please send me a copy of your Raccoon fact sheet. Thanks.
October 7th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
have a problem with a family of raccoons leaving their business in our yard every night. would love your fact sheet (Burnaby, BC) i have caught them in our cherry and plum trees as well. Thanks, Jeroen
October 8th, 2009 at 11:14 am
Please send me your raccoon fact sheet
Thanks
October 12th, 2009 at 9:30 am
i would like your raccoon fact sheet as i have a raccoon living in my window well under the dack and would like to evict it.
October 14th, 2009 at 7:20 am
Please send raccoon fact sheet.
October 18th, 2009 at 6:41 pm
Hi- Could you send the raccoon fact sheet? We’ve had a ball watching this little family grow up. Our back deck, though, has recently become the “poop deck.”
October 19th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Hi Gary - Yes we have that problem… raccoon tearing big holes in our lawn every night for about 3 weeks now, they usually came about 3 days and were gone, but this year they are really persistent and keep coming back. We’ve tried a lot of different method, balloons on the lawn works for about 3 days, spread spicy water on the lawn worked but have to do that every night, please send us the raccoon fact sheet, thanks!
October 20th, 2009 at 7:05 am
Please send raccoon fact sheet.
October 23rd, 2009 at 5:50 pm
Hi there
Raccoons are tearing up my lawn. I do not have any food or trash outside. I have no pets. I have a large fountain in the front yard. I have seen them bathing in and drinking the water from the fountain at night. They do not eat any of my plants - just dig up the lawn. They have only been here for 2 nights so far. Please send your fact sheet! Help!
October 24th, 2009 at 8:07 am
Hi Gary,
We have just learned that 3 raccoons are enjoying our back yard in the evenings and we’d like to make our yard as unfriendly as possible before they decide to stay.
Please send a copy of your fact sheet and thank you for providing this service.
October 26th, 2009 at 1:36 pm
Gary, have critters will travel. I would veru much like a copy of your Raccoon guide. I will be striving to recalim my lawn.
October 28th, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Hi Gary, Can you send me a copy of your Raccoon Fact Sheet? Thank you!
October 29th, 2009 at 9:22 pm
please send me your solutions to my raccoon “issue”. I live in foothills and they seem to have no fear! Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
October 31st, 2009 at 8:12 am
Please email your raccoon fact sheet. Thank you.
November 2nd, 2009 at 12:37 pm
please email your raccoon fact sheet. thanks
November 3rd, 2009 at 11:56 am
Please email me the raccoon fact sheet. My lawns have been dug up regularly. I have no pets or food outside.
November 3 2009
Thank you,
Elaine Freund
email is elainefreun@aol.com
November 4th, 2009 at 1:59 pm
please email your raccoon fact sheet lawn dug up every night thanks carolyn
November 5th, 2009 at 8:26 am
Please send me a copy of the racoon fact sheet. I have coons using my barn loft for a toilet. thanks
November 5th, 2009 at 3:47 pm
Would like your raccoon fact sheet please, thanks.