Speaking of possums and raccoons, the coonies have been digging up my garden. They scoop a plant up — or dig to the roots — looking for grubs. I come out in the morning, it is like a drunken teddybear’s picnic. Plants tossed hither and yon, roses with bare roots.
Anyone have any good ideas re getting rid of them? I am close to sitting out with my pump shotgun, altho we are in Los Angeles. Last year they ate the corn OFF the cob, before it was harvested.
We also had a raccoon problem. Purchase a Havahart trap and use cat food for bait. Your problem will be ready for animal control pick up in the morning.
Plant guy on the radio talked about this the other day. He said get rid of the grubs and the critters will stop coming around. He recommended beneficial nematodes (they eat the grubs or kill them or something).
I had coons eat the corn without taking it off the stock...nasty creatures...in the country 20 or 12 gage work...But best is a live trap, bated with jam or jelly in an empty margarine tub(you only need a couple of spoonfulls of jam) ...just make a hole in the margarine tub and tie it to the bottom of the cage...they get smart and reach over and pull the margarine tub out without triggering the trap lever...then drown them...nasty predators, I hate them, as they ate more of my chickens than I did. The will also kill rabbits and cats if they can..carry rabies...and eat any barnyard fowl..except geese. My live trap has been used for years, by me on the farm and also in the counry, (no farm) my son’s have borrowed it for use in sub-divisions. You don’t need the large one, a medium size one works, the small one is way too small. A good investment. I think they run about 30-40 dollars..