It was quite dark when I took these pictures and then I tried to crop and lighten them somewhat so you could see the invasion of masked terrorists entering illegally.
They will take whatever they want: beetles, garden plants, and anything left over in bird feeders, or sunflower seeds that the squirrels missed.
Last week there were first four and then five raccoons. Now there are six! We are overrun with them. Will it ever end?
Carping and barking, we all go a-larking,
When daylight has faded enough.
Leaping and creeping, while folks are a-sleeping,
Avoiding a doggie’s rebuff.
Scratching the hatching of June bugs we’re catching,
We crunch up the meaty delight,
Smacking and snacking, no flavour is lacking,
We chew every delicate bite.
Clicking and picking, the camera’s tricking
Our groupings to catch us at work,
Crashing and dashing we run from its flashing
Our family scatters berserk.
August 9, 2022 at 2:20 pm
Yikes. Nobody needs these trash pandas. My neighbour had a family of skunks move in under his step, a bit of a smelly situation. He was able to have them moved and then closed in the step. We also have a plague of feral bunnies in our area, but they seem to be mostly harmless if you can keep them out of your garden. Hope your invasion goes a away soon. Allan
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August 9, 2022 at 2:37 pm
I suppose skunks would be worse!!
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August 9, 2022 at 2:27 pm
What do you do about it?
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August 9, 2022 at 2:36 pm
Well for one thing I keep Emma on the leash when it’s early morning or dusk and I have to take her out. Not sure yet how to solve the problem. It has gotten out of hand rather quickly this spring with a lot of new baby raccoons and their brazen attitude about being around people.
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August 9, 2022 at 5:49 pm
Are they pretty aggressive? Or is it Possoms I’m thinking of?
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August 9, 2022 at 7:54 pm
Raccoons can be very aggressive. I keep my distance.
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August 9, 2022 at 2:56 pm
Das ist ja wirklich eine Plage bei euch. Schlimm.
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August 9, 2022 at 7:57 pm
Eventually we will figure out what to do.
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August 10, 2022 at 2:12 am
I wish you 🙏🏻
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August 10, 2022 at 7:41 am
Thanks, Mathilda.
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August 9, 2022 at 3:14 pm
A fun poem! You may need to contact the proper authority to have some of them trapped and moved elsewhere, Anneli, if they keep coming in higher numbers.
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August 9, 2022 at 7:57 pm
Yeah. Thanks, John.
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August 9, 2022 at 4:49 pm
It does sound like you’re being overrun. Your poem captures their personality nicely 😊
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August 9, 2022 at 7:55 pm
They are so cute, and I love to see them, but I hate having them around. I know that doesn’t make sense, but maybe you know what I mean.
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August 9, 2022 at 5:09 pm
Hi Anneli, I found this website with suggestions for deterring them. https://regionalwildlifeservices.ca/raccoon-removal/top-ways-to-deter-and-get-rid-of-raccoons
They can be really destructive, so I hope one of these suggestions will work for you. Cheers.
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August 9, 2022 at 7:53 pm
Thanks, Lynette. I checked out the link and that would probably work for city people, but with all our very big fir trees, and so much shrubbery, I don’t think we’re going to deter them. Maybe the vinegar idea might work. We’ll see.
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August 9, 2022 at 7:28 pm
Holy Masked Racoons, Batman!
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August 9, 2022 at 7:58 pm
A whole-lotta-batmen.
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August 9, 2022 at 9:30 pm
Wow! That’s scary. I had a few in the past visiting our deck looking for something to eat. But the emphasis is on FEW. What you experience is an invasion, Anneli.
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August 9, 2022 at 11:49 pm
After I have seen what they did to our chickens, they look really ugly to me. I hope you can get rid of them soon.
I like your poem.
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August 10, 2022 at 7:42 am
Thanks, Ursula. I’m so glad I don’t have chickens anymore. That used to be an ongoing problem.
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August 10, 2022 at 2:54 am
Another fun set of pics and great poem. Thanks, Anneli!
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August 10, 2022 at 7:41 am
Thank you, Grant.
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August 10, 2022 at 5:30 am
Uncool…I’m sorry you have to deal with this Anneli. Here’s a few tips I read:
https://worldbirds.com/how-to-get-rid-of-raccoons/
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August 10, 2022 at 7:40 am
Thanks for this, Jill. There are a couple of ideas in there that might help.
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August 10, 2022 at 7:42 am
I liked the cold water blast! 🙂
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August 10, 2022 at 7:47 am
Yes! Knowing ours though, they would bring their food and wash it in the blast and keep right on doing what they do. But I do like that idea! The pepper and vinegar and ammonia ideas are good too, except that we have Emma who would get her nose into the pepper, I’m sure. Also we are dealing with an acre of space to cover, so I’m not sure I can keep up with that much. Maybe when the weather changes they will go elsewhere. I’m hoping for the monsoons to come!
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August 10, 2022 at 7:02 pm
They are very strong creatures. We have many raccoons in our yard..got step back.
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August 10, 2022 at 7:04 pm
Yes, you have to be careful!
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August 11, 2022 at 8:06 am
Wow. That’s a lot of invaders. I love your poem, the alliteration and rhyming are fabulous. A keeper.
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August 11, 2022 at 1:43 pm
Thanks, Diana. I’m glad you approve. Means a lot.
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August 12, 2022 at 9:48 am
Maybe you really need the pest control people to catch the raccoons and move them somewhere else.
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August 12, 2022 at 10:07 am
It’s pretty slack around here for that kind of thing. Not much chance of it happening. Answering machines, wait a while messages….
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August 12, 2022 at 10:49 am
That’s not good.
I don’t know how quickly it would work here. I also don’t know if it would be the city animal control or a private company that would do it.
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August 12, 2022 at 11:56 am
I hope winter will change things and they’ll move on to bug someone else.
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August 12, 2022 at 12:47 pm
Will keep my fingers crossed.
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August 12, 2022 at 3:13 pm
Thanks, Pit.
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August 23, 2022 at 1:49 pm
Four, five, six raccoons! I hope no more invitations have gone out to more of these masked invaders.
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August 23, 2022 at 3:24 pm
I’ve decided to stop looking for them and then I can imagine that they’re not out there. I’m still careful to keep the dog on the leash though.
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