Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Raccoons, how do I get rid of 'em?, 1 by FondOfFronds

FondOfFronds wrote:
I don't wanna harm 'em I just want to have them visit elsewhere. Besides tearing up my flowerbeds, upsettting planter boxes, and believe it or not, fighting at 3:30 am just outside our bedroom door, they also eat roots, dig holes, pull up drain covers (presumably to find bugs to eat), drink out of the pool and poop in my nice rock waterfall. That last one about did it. I've had it with 'em!

Do those products that smell like deer, coyote, wolf, fox urine etc. do any of them actually work? I'm afraid I'll invest in some of that stuff and it'll either not work or make the backyard smell bad.

Here's a pic I snapped after the fight that woke the GF and me up. I tried to scare it off but it stopped to have a drink of water before I it got to leave by blasting by hose at it. Had to take a pic of it first...

How do I get rid of these critters?