Who is digging a hole next to my coop?

[wombat]

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Yes, especially the coons. They are quite clever little beasties.

... I also forgot to mention foxes, another possibility.

Coons are the most likely, though, and they don't give up once they know there's a meal to be had.

 

[rufus]

Set a rat trap in the excavation area. Even if you don't catch the critter, you will scare it off.

Rufus

 

[juliawitt]

Can't say enough how useful a "Deer Cam" is. Place it near the dig spot and I guarantee you will know exactly what is digging and then you will know exactly what you are dealing with.

 

[zatsdeb]

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Oh Yeah! We put one up at the neighbors and found out we had a fox! took a newborn baby pygmy goat and neighbor was so upset!

 

[Bedste]

I woke up to little possum prints in the sprinkled flour this morning..... OMG!

I am so thankful to GOD that they did not get my girls the night before.

You can see that their tunnel made it all the way through.... just a little pin hole ... but the dog must have startled them. OMG

I could have lost everyone of my girls to those nasty critters....

 

[ErieSpurs]

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62 degrees means wearing shorts and playing Frisbee up here. lol

I'm glad you found the culprit, Possums aren't too difficult to trap. Just place a trap in the hole it was digging and you should get it rather quickly.

I would then fill the hole back up with rocks and dirt. Good luck.

 

[zatsdeb]

you can put some of your dogs poo in the hole, sometimes that helps.

 

[Bedste]

two Qs....

#1 what do I bait the trap with to catch a possum?

#2 is dog poo to attract the possum or keep him away?

 

[wombat]

Use something like cantelope or some other fruit to trap a 'possum. They'll eat plenty of other things too, but using fruit helps you avoid catching cats.


The dog doodie is to keep them away.

 

[zatsdeb]

dog poo will keep them away
we catch all kind of critters with a can of catfood, possums like cat food, so do coons.