An interesting way to keep them out of the attic is a strobe light. They can hack just about any annoyance except that one. Not terribly practical, though.
Jeffery On Dec 11, 2010, at 9:39 AM, John Sessoms wrote: > From: David J Brooks > >> We have raccoons and skunks in our are and at times under my shed and >> in my detached garage. >> >> I hate them. I worry about the rabies a lot. They and the skunks tear >> up my yard, nest in neighbours chimney's tear up my compost bin the >> region uses to collect wet waste and create general havoc. > > I don't know if it will work for raccoons, but for skunks, you can lay down a > perimeter of mothballs around your shed & garage and they won't cross the > line. We used to have a LOT of skunks around the training sites at Ft. AP > Hill, and they'd get into the tents. Post animal control recommended the > mothballs solution. > > You'll have to keep an eye on the mothballs to make sure pets & children > don't get hold of them. > > I'd talk to your county animal control agency about them as well. > > I know there are baits available with an oral rabies vaccine. You might be > able to spread some of those baits around your property where skunks & > raccoons could eat it. > > Again, you'd need to keep an eye on the bait so pets and kids won't get hold > of it. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
