Looks like I need to take some steps with these raccoons. They’re a little too familiar now that the weather is warmer. We get regular sightings in the backyard each evening and, cute as they are, I know my strawberries and other goodies are doomed if they stick around.
So what are my options? Would you believe powdered coyote urine?
How to Get Rid of Raccoons – Safe, Effective Deterrent:
What is Shake-Away and how does it work to get rid of raccoons? It is a strong, granular repellent that contains the scent of the animal’s most feared rival, the coyote.
Shake-Away Large Animal Powder uses the scent of the coyote to take advantage of the raccoon’s inborn, instinctive fear of its rival, driving the pest from your property.
Simply sprinkle Shake-Away around the area you want to protect, and your animal pest will instinctively stay away from the area “claimed by” the coyote.
Bet that smells nice . . .
Of course, my next question is, what if a coyote smells it and decides he wants to settle in?
Says in the literature you can create an unwelcome atmosphere with some stocking bags and this stuff, so I’ll have to see how that works. Perhaps it will work on squirrels as well.
I’m reminded of a passage in the Diary of Samuel Marchbanks where Marchbanks, a man ahead of his time, decides that burglars and other miscreants could be managed the same way. But his appeal to the RCMP for the appropriate supplies caused them “to blush as crimson as their tunics.”
