Damn them Raccoons

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L!NUS

L!NUS

Gambusia
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Well when I got home tonight, there was a mother and 2 baby raccoons in my front yard who quickly climbed up a tree. Not too long afterward, my dad chased them out of my backyard. They didn't get to the pond, but they did check out the plant pond.

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For safe measure, we added cinderblocks to the 4 corners of the pond's cage, plus put some coffee grind tins filled with rocks on the cage so if they touch it they'll make a lot of noise. My mom is sleeping in the room next to the pond with the window open just in case.

I lost my first turtle to a Raccoon many years ago, and lost a Juvie probably 4-5 years ago as well.
 
remington makes a 12 gauge raccoon warning device that works well...
 
Get a trap. They'll probably keep coming back. We've trapped quite a few on our back patio. They come to dine on the outside cat's food.

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^If problems persist, we have a trap like that and we'll put it out.
 
dzjr1188 said:
remington makes a 12 gauge raccoon warning device that works well...
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They also make a 10 gauge warning device thats even MORE effective ;)
 
The other day I had a coon bust open my pond filter and ate some of the sponge filter material. I managed to come outside with a .22 before he got any of my fish though haha
 
I agree, a live trap is a good bet as long as you can get them all in one shot. You don't want to have the babies still running around, or worse; one mother raccoon ticked off that you caught one of her babies.
I'm afraid scaring them off probably won't work. They may retreat for a short time, but they will be back.
As a chicken and gamebird keeper, I can tell you that raccoons are some of the hardest pests to deal with. They are cunning, sneaky, dextrous, and VERY destructive. I've heard of them killing and eating birds through chicken wire; one peice at a time. NEVER underestimate them.

Like I said before, A live trap would work well. Just rig it up with some wet cat food and let it sit overnight. Once you've got them, just drive them several miles away into a nice wooded area and let them go. No harm done and your fish are safe.
Best of luck, buddy.
 
The first pond I had was ransacked by Raccoons. They didn't eat a full fish too! They just bit the head off the Koi and Pleco and ate the bottom half of the Channel Cat:irked:
 
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