raccoon in attic

big mean looking buger any ideas on how to get him gone with out any one getting hurt namely dh and self.he ate thou some wiring already i have no lights in office or front room .looks like 20 pounder and with a attitude

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hey my neighbors had those and they got alot of damage-the insuranced payed for everything $$1200.00, I wished I had know ahead of time because yrs ago we had lots of wiring and ceiling damage-what a horrible stinky mess!!!

Save all the stinky damage n take pics-you might want to claim it when you get in and see what the total damage is-they payed for clean up n everything-GOOD LUCK!!!

Best bet is a live cage, I would think. We caught one with cat food for bait. Any trappers in the area? or maybe Humane Society has them? Hope you get 'em outa there!

There are trapping services out there too just for this so if you can afford it(dont know how much they cost) you might want to let a proffessional do it. You can usualy find them in the phone book.

Don't you have some sort of animal control outfit there? Usually you can call the police and they will contact some sort of animal rescue or something like that that wil come and remove it. I hope he's comfortable up there as I do believe his time is running out if I read you right. Heheh.

i do hope there arent a bunch of babies!!

well we stayed up to midnight trying to catch the critter where we think he got in .this morning alls quite and we see where he went out. but guess what our car is gone. do you supose it was a teenage raccoon ? while we was in front looking for raccoon some one came in back and stole car .who says life is dull after 60/ since jan when my dh was having open heart they broke in house stole a little bit of stuff nothing we coudn't
live with out.then i have breast cancer and the week after my surgery a new grand daughter.now a racoon in attic and stolen car.wow are we having fun yet?all i got to say is im armed and dangerous but theres and up side beautifull baby dh alive my C. had not spread. and less gas to buy.Praise GOD any way.

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Tazzy, before I retired I was responsible for a lot of property. We had a residence which we rented and the folks kept hearing scratching sound and low whine. Discovered that mama racoon was clinbing the gutter to the screened in porch, then going to the roof and forcing the air vents and sliding through. I called a "critter" control. She caputred the mama, a junevile, and three babies and relocated them to the country. If they urinate and it is usually done almost in the same location the moisture will seep through and all plaster/wall board will have to be replaced; the smell is very difficult to get rid of!
Gary/Louisville

Oh my Gosh, What a saga. This is so unfortunate to have your car stolen while you were up waiting for the interloping raccoon. I will have to watch and see what happens next. This is more interesting then the Days of Our Lives. Well, I guess this is the Days of Our Lives isn't it. So sorry about your car, but glad that everything else has worked out okay so far. Cars can be replaced but lives are precious.

The real kicker is we do not live in burbs or country we live two blocks from down town and one block from POLICE STATION .We are not country folk but we are PQ Okies.So were taking action ,Pa is as we speak in THE rocking chair on front poorch with his trusty shotgun,waiting on racoon Totaly Modern Ma is at the back porch with her 344 looking for the car stealing weasles to come back to get gas money.so there is more of this saga yet to come.

ROTFLLLLLLLLOL. I can just picture this. Do they have any idea or leads on your car? Where was it parked? Well, I have a solution, When they catch the son of a gun that took it, put him in the attic with the raccoon and if he catches it let the guy go and you will be rid of the both of them. LOL Or you can catch them both and lock them up together. I can see it now,
Rocky Raccoon and the Bad Man. Makes for a good title for a movie. Hey, you don't suppose they were in on this together? I mean, Rocky is upstairs distracting you, while the bad man was taking your car. Stranger things have happened. Well, if you see some guy driveing down the street with a raccoon in the pasenger seat You'll know.

Dear "Armed and Dangerous"....Take heart, it will eventually turn out all right, and you will have some good laughs to remember. I know it doesn't look that way right now...

Tombstonejan, sounds like a PLAN to me!

IN case any one is a stickler on details no it wasn't a 344 IM packing Pa said I was reading the tag from fleamarket $3.44 was the price I paid guy at flea market, ..He told me it was a Gun any modren Woman woud want ,Made in the good old Tiwan I ask him why
it was better?he told me because it went BAMB BAMB! instead of pop pop!and made bigger holes so being mordern imformed woman I am I bouht it.SORRY about the 344 thing,my bad.I wonder if I shoud have asked bigger holes in WHO?

coons back ,car gone ,gone!

Coffee gone too. I just spit it at the moniter, I was laughing so hard. Tazzy, I am sooooo sorry for all of your misfortunes. You must be one of the most positive folks I have encountered in awhile. What a story! Can't wait for the next installment.

Great Saga huh? Keep us informed. I hope things get better not worse though.

AS THE COON TURN'S [SAGA]
Well it calming down here a little, i havent got to shoot any

thing or one .DRAT ! Police found car 7am yesterday morning
it had been abandon in midle of center medion on bypass.they gave us address of where to go pick it up and phone number of place that had it .They thought it was driveableand would cost$ 121.85 so Pa goes out to cool off remaining car while i break Grandkid's Piggy Banks and off we go to get pa pet car back ,of course its in Tulsa big city we move away from cause we hate traffic.so we drive and drive some more get to where they said it was no such place Pa not wanted to stop and look in phone book ,says of course what was i thinking 61 and Yale it has to be north 61st and Yale thats where all the salvages are .So we drove and drove and we are on a really bad bad side of down now ,I chirp up don't you think we should stop and call .Pa says no to dangerous now to get out of with my 344 or not. so now were out in country seen lot of criiters nice drive still no car

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whoa what happened stop there??.. did cage work have you him now..????Raccoon ....

Just like a Man, Heheheheh. A women would save on gas and ask directions. Come on pa get with it. Ya want your auto don't cha. Oh well, like you say, its a nice drive. Sounds like a good excuse for not asking direction if you ask me.

it dint print rest of story ok where was i before i got edit out oh i rember Pa said about this time why dont we stop and call them ? i quickly said,while shreading kleenexs,why din't i think off that ,and lower gun away from his head.we stop and call and it not 61st and yale its at 61 N Yale .we turn around and head back AT last there our old car sets ,right along with dont touch car till you pay well it looked in good shape so we paid .Pa puts gas in and fires it up and it dosnt sound to good and then it sounds realy bad so he tries brakes no brakes then he tries to shift gears no trasmission moter gives pop and dies valient death .so we load up our fishing poles and taclkle that was in trunk and the case of Shasta pop the nice thieves left us but by then Ma was more in mood for BUD.give title to owner of wreacking company and come home ,older and wiser well at least Pa knows now to pull over and call when Ma says to or he might get shot .more on coon later im pooped

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oh, help, I'm getting a tummy ache laughing over this tale. Maybe you can sell the 'coon pelt for enough to cover the car loss? oops! wrong season for trapping, maybe you can feed him till fall? ROFLMBO

Okay, car is a goner so go fishing have a bud and figure out a way to trap the little bugger. Have you been close enough to find out if its a she or a he. LOL, I suppose if you were that close you could just nail em. I was thinking that maybe if it was a he yall could get some she scent and put it on a coon skin cap and put it in a cage. When he goes to check it out......BAM BAM BAM with your modern womans gun. Then you would have two coon skin caps to go fishing in.

If this wasn't suppose to be funny it sure makes for a heck of a good story. Just read it to my DH and he was ROTFLOL. I think we ought to print this up when you finally catch em and send it in to readers digest. Its too funny to be true.

But alas it is true.

tombstone jan ,
do you realy want me to go up in attic and tell 20 lb. coon to please spread your legs i want to see if your wearing pink bootie or blue? This old okie is not that dumb. i blocked its way out if it asks for directions its female if it up ther in the mornig running in circles its male. The air condion guy comes tommrow to services air and cheack drip pans in attic .DO i tell him about coon or do i have a little fun and see if he can break my son's record for getting out of there PDQ when he spys the fur ball in mask ?no that would be mean ? but very intresting to see reation??HEE,HEE.

If you go up to ask what color booties, will you PLEASE take a picture of the coons reaction? ROTFLMAO. Doesn't the AC company have some sort of "neither rain, nor sleet, nor coons in the attic" kind of motto?

Oh help, oh help, ROTFLOL. Yes I realize after I wrote the question how rediculous it was. Have you heard or seen the not so little bugger lately? Maybe he took off with the theives. Have you tried baiting it with food? What do raccoons prefer. I remember the ones up north like dog food and popcorn. They used to eat all the food out of the dog dishes. We used to have French doors that went out to the patio and the first time the dogs caught a glimpes of the raccoons stealing their dog food they hit those doors and the coons went running. But, soon as they realize that the dogs couldn't get out they came back and planted their fuzzy little butts down and preceded to eat the dog food and just glare at the dogs. They were going nuts in the house but I heard that raccoons have been know to gut a dog in a flash so I wouldn't let them out till they were gone. Oh well, keep it coming .

Tazzie, a good catch alive trap in an investment you really need to make if at all possible. It will likely cost about $75 for on needed to catch a racoon, but it can also be used to catch opposums, stray cats or small dogs, rats, etc. Raw meat is a good bait. Then do everyone a favor and shoot the critter. Then dress out that varmit, bake it slowly with some water in the pan until the meat falls off the bone, debone the meat, pour some favorite BBQ or marinate over it and let it sit for about 6 hours in the 'fridge before eating. That is some fine eating.

Releasing it alive will just allow it to terrorize someone else. Do NOT attempt to handle that creature. They have very sharp teeth and claws, are solid muscle, and have been know to kill large dogs in no time flat.

my dh as we speak is rebuilding a cage some one loned to us but nails fell out on way home ,and hes replacing it all .this is a big guy and dont want him getting out . we havent heard him in two nights .So many he moved on we left attic light on i think they like a dark den so we will set trap as sone as he gets it rebuilt .had doc. appot .today so it will probaby be tommrow . our cat did as much damage as raccon he smeled it before we heard it, he came in and was crying and trying to jump up to vent ,we have 8 ft. celings and of course he count 'nt find any thing tall enough to jump from.so up the drapes he goes tearing them down .we thought he got in cat nip or was running with bad cats maybe smoking pot / he thought we move new pet in attic and he wanted it gone.

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Tazzy,

This is the funniest story I have heard in ages. Definitely truth is stranger than fiction, however you have a marvelous way of telling a story.

I have to tell you, you performed a wonderful service for another Okie. I moved my folks to Denver from Sand Springs three years ago, and my father is dying. My mother is holding on, and has sat beside him 24/7 for the last 10 days in the hospice. I printed your story, and it gave her the first good laugh she has had in weeks.

You and your coon have done your good deed for the day!

We need an update here. Is the racoon still on the loose or do you manage to catch the critter? Up date please.

Coon is gone,or in hiding else where..
I think he moved to a better neighbor hood.
he thought the Area was to high crime for him.PA is morning old car ,but he said since it was on empty,it was such a old car it was just petty thief,but if he would have filled tank before they took it ,It would have been grand larceny. IM still waiting to shoot something,cat is a leary of me right now.well Pa being awfull nice too,What they don't know is guy at flea market din;t have any bullets for this model gun so it not loaded .but i'm getting a lot of over due respect from all the kin and neighbors.i walk out to get mail and all the neighbors for a block radis hit the ground. hee.hee.

You should write a book! This is a great saga!! Maybe Reader's Digest under "Animal Humor". TOO FUNNY!!!!!

Those live traps are called Hav-a-heart. Some are really too large. Animals won't go into an enclosure that is too large because they don't want a predator able to follow them in there...

Local animal shelters will sometimes have them to loan, sure beats paying alot of money for one you might only use once.

Tazzy now that was hilarious!!! I think I may stay here in Arkansas and pass up the invitation to "visit". I afraid if I hit the ground with these knees-- I may have to stay.....hahaha

You know I hope you don't mind but this was such a great thread that I copied it and do you know it took 19 pages. I think we have a book. Please let me know tazzy if He OR She
comes back. I have Javalinas here to deal with but I don't even go outside when they are around as they are bout as mean as a habanero chille pepper. Very fast and very vicious.

Hi Tazzy,

my dh catches racoons with a cage he got at walmart, baits it with sunflower seeds and he catches them in the trap. works well,

so sorry about all your troubles, seems when it rains it pours.

There is a good side to everthing though, there has to be.

Got back from vacation a couple days ago, and was planning on heading up to my mothers who's terminally ill. Well, I didn't make it, she passed away yesterday morning. She suffered little though, and died in her sleep. She's in the lord's hands now. Which is a better place than here.

take care

kathy

Oh Kathy_Ann I am so sorry for you. You will be in my prayers and even tho we know they are going to pass for some reason it don't make it any easier when it is time. But it sure is peaceful on the inside when we know there is a Heavenly Father and HE now cares for our loved ones. May GOD send you strenth during this time of need. If there is anything we can do just let us know. Marie

any body know where i can get bullets for my special gun ? coons back 3am pitter patter of his combat boots on ceiling.Or maybe thief ,don,t care still want to shot it.

Came upon this thread this morning and had to read it through. Hilarious! So sorry for all your complications, but it just cracked both me and my partner up. Just got to watch this thread! You go girl. Jenny