Racoon AGAIN....grrrrrrrrr

[freerange freaks]

We just got two coons in two days with traps. We borrowed them. If you ask around, I'm sure someone will have one kicking around. We had two leg holds, a snare and a conibear (sp?) all set up at the same time.

I would hang something that the cats might be frightened of. Maybe a plastic grocery bag. That won't stop a racoon but it may scare the cats enough that they won't go near the traps.

 

[Bizzybirdy]

Just talked with my neighbor WAY in the back who lost all his Buff Orps to racoons last year. He has since built a chicken house and purchased more. He has a Hav-a-Hart set up all the time but hasn't caught anything in it....said I could maybe borrow it.

Will try one or two more nights with the 20 g. pump. Then I may try the trap with marshmallows but still think my curious cats will end up in it. Last night I fell asleep.

 

[millhoff]

If you have a catch and release trap set it out. If you catch one of your cats you can let it out the next morning (no harm done), and if you catch a racoon in it you can let it out the next morning (with a very big hole where it's head used to be)

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[spook]

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Amen mmajw!!! That is how I do it, easier to release a cat in the morning. Set the trap with a can of Tuna. Take care and good luck!

 

[ninjapoodles]

We caught a feral cat once in a HavAHart trap when we had it baited with tuna, but we've never caught one of our own.