kawi3cyl wrote:
We've had some over the past several years as well, here in Sacramento CA. I've installed a motion solar light, and plan to install several more around the house, for starters.
I found a link that explains that coyote urine (powered in a box) works to keep them away, as they are a natural predator of the coons.
http://www.shake-away.com/Deer.php?page=Deerhttp://www.bernardandagnes.com/journal/raccoon.shtmlTrue story - a friend of mine who is an investment banker making about $800K per year, had his soffits peeled back by racoons who then moved in. He called me all fired up one Saturday at about 5:00am telling me to hurry over - apparently the unwelcome tenant was on the roof trying to shimmy down the drain pipe. When I got there, he was in the driveway with a Titleist driver..his wife in her house coat was watching one of the downspouts with a hockey stick and his eldest daughter watched another with a steel shovel. He wanted me to get up on the roof, chase it down the nearest downpipe where someone from his family would pulverize it. Long story short, as I did a lap of the house for re-con, I noticed all the drainpipes had margarine containers with vile smelling liquid in them...so I asked:
"Hey Andy - what's in the containers?"
"That's coyote urine - racoons are terrified of it.."
"Seriously? How did you collect that without getting mauled?"
"Right, it was going to be really hard to get, so I went on a diet of chipmunks and squirrels, and collected my own urine."
"That's your piss?"
"Yup"
"You're sick - call an exterminator"