gkruske
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- Aug 7, 2009
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I would probably guess a cat....raccoons eat acorns/bugs/worms, etc. 90% of the time. Pretty rare that they are fast enough to catch live food. Same for possums.
I had to deal with ground hogs. House was vacant for 1.5 years, groundhog built a fine home under the long edge of the concrete pool decking. LARGE tunnel. Groundhogs are easy, though.
They're like people. They go home at night, to eat, sleep, and make babies. So, it's very predictable to know when to catch them. Unfortanately, they are pretty smart, and know what a trap looks like. Other than shooting them, you bury one end of the tunnel with pea gravel and dirt, then chuck in a large smoke bomb (sulpher/carbon monoxide), and fill in the other end of the tunnel while said groundhog is dying peacefully. You'll know that you got them if the tunnel remains buried. I've had to get rid of 3 in the past year.
Raccoons are nosy. Since the pool was closed up for that same period of time, not only did I open up a green pool, but ended up scooping up 2 bloated raccoons who wanted to get under the winter cover. Now, that scared the pants off of me.
I would set something up to see what's coming around. I'm thinking stray cat.
GK
I had to deal with ground hogs. House was vacant for 1.5 years, groundhog built a fine home under the long edge of the concrete pool decking. LARGE tunnel. Groundhogs are easy, though.
They're like people. They go home at night, to eat, sleep, and make babies. So, it's very predictable to know when to catch them. Unfortanately, they are pretty smart, and know what a trap looks like. Other than shooting them, you bury one end of the tunnel with pea gravel and dirt, then chuck in a large smoke bomb (sulpher/carbon monoxide), and fill in the other end of the tunnel while said groundhog is dying peacefully. You'll know that you got them if the tunnel remains buried. I've had to get rid of 3 in the past year.
Raccoons are nosy. Since the pool was closed up for that same period of time, not only did I open up a green pool, but ended up scooping up 2 bloated raccoons who wanted to get under the winter cover. Now, that scared the pants off of me.
I would set something up to see what's coming around. I'm thinking stray cat.
GK