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Index of Subjects 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 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.30/1127 - Release Date: 12/11/2007 9:19 PM >
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