[NatureNS] Raccoons and feeders

Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:33:42 -0400
From: Lois Codling <loiscodling@hfx.eastlink.ca>
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A few years ago we had a raccoon raiding our feeders at night.  One 
evening Don found him and chased him up the Apple tree.  Then he got out 
the garden hose with a nozzle on it and gave him a good soaking!  It was 
a young raccoon, and he looked so miserable that Don couldn't keep it 
up.  But it worked - we never saw him again, nor did he raid our feeders.

At the moment I have one which cleans out the low platform feeder every 
night.  In the daytime the birds use it, but I make sure there is food 
there for the coon at night.  So far (since spring) he has left the 
other feeders alone and I don't have to bring them in at night.

Lois Codling

Eleanor Lindsay wrote:
> 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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