And remember, they climb.
Posted on 10/04/2009 2:09:45 PM PDT by devane617
A 74-year-old Lakeland woman was attacked and severely injured Saturday evening by five raccoons, according to the Polk County Sheriff's Office.
The sheriff's office animal control section is investigating.
There is no word on the woman's condition.
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And remember, they climb.
I was woke up in middle of the night by impossibly loud shrieking and screaming. It sounded like a cross between a macaw parrot and a bobcat.
I went outside with a bat and a flashlight in my underwear and guess what i found? A raccoon in a tree trying to rape another raccoon. I have NEVER heard anything like that in my life.
Your dog should be good enough. Unless it’s a complete sissy housedog.
A .22 caliber bullet to the head usually scares them to death.
Our neighbors daughter and SIL have a place in Northern California around the Redding area. They own several acres and the SIL works in the insurance industry but they play at “Green Acres” and raise some vegetables and chickens.
The local coons will kill the chickens even if they are securely cooped up. One would spook the flock into into a corner and his buddies would reach through to grab the chickens by the neck through the wire and kill the chickens and eat what they could.
He got tired of getting up at 0300 to wage a firefight with a .22 and constantly replace his chickens. He finally nailed a coon threw the body in a freezer then mounted the dead body on the coons approach to his place. That stopped them for weeks. Lather rinse and repeat as needed. They are quite intelligent and recognized that his chickens = death.
An old flame had an apartment which opened onto a garden. Between the huge geccos running over the ceilings at night, and the coons scrounging in the kitchen, every night was an adventure.
Did I mention she was a Biancci Cup competitor? Often, we would hear the masked bandit in the kitchen and then it was time to reach for the .22’s and flashlights.
I can still hear her - “Don’t shoot the fridge”, Don’t shoot the fridge”.
One night, one coon was only wounded, and the screams were beastly.
Next morning the neighbor “Heard the bandits were back last night”, with a smile. When they were raiding us, he got some relief.
PS If making Possum & Taters, don’t substitute coon for possum.
BOO!HOO! How could you forget me?
I think it depends upon how hungry they are. Usually, I can just yell or run at them and they take off. But I've had a couple that I threw water on and made all kinds of noise and they just ignored me.
I'm currently working on a cognitive behavioral approach (LOL!). If they get inside my garbage cans, I close them in and shake them around. Kick the sides a few times before letting them out.
To be honest, they don't seem to care.
Also in Kentucky, woods at my back, but living in the suburbs. My husband used a BB gun to knock a treed possum out of the tree so he could smack it with a shovel. The neighbors were less than pleased.
If I quit smoking, I could close my garage door and they wouldn't get in. :)
An animal control officer told me their rule of thumb is, if they act scared, they trap and release. If they don’t show natural fear of humans, they are probably rabid and are taken in for examination.
The one we had would just stare down his nose at us...when we hosed him, he crouched down to protect his face, but did not leave...and was unafraid of 75 lbs of snarling barking furry fury (smart enough to see the sliding glass door, and seemed to know that we were not going to let the dog out).
At first I was worried that maybe it was rabid, but he hung around the area for about a month...I think he was just fearless and getting too much enjoyment out of bird feeders (we took ours down after the 2nd night he was there, and didn’t return it until he’d been gone for about a month).
After a couple of years, the rabbits stay out of the flower garden...I also put on the ground, fake snakes...usually wood ones from the dollar store...that also helps..
LOL now that is downright cruel.....
I’m sorry...but I had to laugh out loud at your post. NOW, I’ll know what it is if I ever hear that particular combination of shrieking!
(smile) I think of Daffy every time I see an apple pie...her pies are great and her and probono seems to have cooled their relationship...Thanks to me?
LOL possums are slow enough if you have a 2 X 4 handy, you can beat them to death....
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