On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 11:10 AM, Jeffery Smith <jsmith...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > 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
I was a teenager in the 60's, the stobe is no problem.:-0 Dave > > > 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. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
