Recent content by Doug from Elkhart

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    Raccoon -- feeling guilty

    also being proactive, I have metal now to put over the access hole we just discovered in our roof, little bastards made a big old hole down through our asphalt shingles through the plywood through the drywall and into an upper room we never use. I have severely underestimated their capacity to...
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    Raccoon -- feeling guilty

    that's a really good point. Obviously we all will avoid taking action if we can, but sometimes the best action would be to do the unsavory task when it needs to be done . . . very good point. Your thing if you could even consider it as inaction was only because you're compassionate. This...
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    Raccoon -- feeling guilty

    I really needed these responses, I am a humerous guy but I was most definitely having a crisis accepting that there is a part of me now that is very clearly going to put any future raccoons in serious danger. I felt like two different people, one is a scary monster I was unaware of. That was...
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    Raccoons, rats, and capsaicin

    we've been fighting a home raccoon infestation for years the things that work to keep them away are radios, lights, and fans, and we use black pepper which seems to be pretty solid for the task. I joined this group to find out how chicken keepers prevent raccoons, I know nothing about chickens...
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    Raccoon -- feeling guilty

    I uh, I gave two raccoons the lead injection Euthanasia a year ago, AND I WAS NOT AT ALL COMFORTABLE WITH THAT!!! I did it because we've been fighting raccoon infestations for 20 years, and I had had enough. Well, I felt terrible about it, I put special rocks in the spots where the two raccoons...
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