Grrrrrrrr!!!!!
 

I have a raccoon that lives in my back woods that keeps ripping my garbage apart. I have garbage containers that lock and everything, but the little bastard has figured out how to undo the locks and rip the garbage anyways.. I think I'm going ot have to get bungee cords to keep them closed. LITTLE FUCKER! If I didn't love animals and understand that he wasn't TRYING to piss me off, I'd probably shoot the little fucker :P Man does he leave a mess all over my yard.


Ok, Rant done.

Stick some rat poison on a piece of food and put it by the garbage
that will teach him and then take pics and post em please

Sorry about that... I will stop taking the locks off:)

could've been worse.. be glad it isn't bears

Naw, they don't venture this far into town for another month or two.

I don't want to hurt him though because I don't need big steep fines :(

or feds

:)

There are many cheap companies that do trap and release programs for most animals. (skunks are always killed).

Check phone book.

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Give him what he wants

LadyM - try spraying the outside of the cans and the lids with bitter apple spray, which is available in most pet stores. That should help and it won't hurt the raccoon. :)

If you don't want to kill it, you can get one of those box traps to capture them.

It's just a cage that has a sliding door on one end. You stick some food on the inside, and when the raccoon enters to get the food it slams the door behind it. When you release it, make sure it's a long way away, or they'll find their way back. (preferably across a river or two)

My parents used to have the same problem. They couldn't shoot it because it was in town, and they were getting sick of the massive amounts of raccoon shit all over their deck.