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Index of Subjects For years we use to leave food for the racoons away from the house, (out by compost pile) they left our feeders alone. If I forgot, they hit the feeders. We hardly ever see the anymore although from time to time I hear them. Lots of coyotes here, though. Marg Millard White Point, Queens co. http://margmillard.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eleanor Lindsay" <az678@chebucto.ns.ca> To: "NatureNS" <NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 5:50 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Raccoons and feeders > Many thanks everyone for the wonderful range of suggestions about how > to manage my aggressive raccoon! > I decided to adopt the KISS principle and start with my trusty Woolco > water-blaster gun, working up from there only as necessary (it made not > the slightest difference!) - but, as it happens I have just tried > Suzanne's suggestion _before_ reading her E-mail - and very much to my > surprise, as I threw down several handfuls of seeds prior to removing > the feeders for the night the raccoon gave only a few halfhearted growls > and settled down quietly to eat the seeds, leaving me to remove the > feeders in peace - it is still munching away as I write. > It's too soon to tell if this simple approach will really work over the > long term - I will keep you posted! > Eleanor Lindsay >
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