Captured!

I hope you are luckier than I. In the past two weeks I have set the
trap every night and so far the total is eight ........ nothing in the
past three nights ......... so maybe ***crossing fingers**** that's
it.
It's amazing how quickly water-cress and WH can recover.

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"Lori" wrote in message
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That blasted raccoon that has trashed my watergarden twice!
The professional critter-catcher left 2 Hav-a-heart traps set a week
or so ago, and the one in the crawlspace had been tripped once with
nothing in it....but tonight, I heard the trap close, hubby checked,
and wow!! the 'coon was IN it this time.

Whew! Sure hope the catcher takes him far far away before releasing
him.

Lori

I hope you are luckier than I. In the past two weeks I have set the
trap every night and so far the total is eight ........ nothing in the
past three nights ......... so maybe ***crossing fingers**** that's
it.

What are you using as bait? The critter-catcher putv a can of cat food
in the trap. Took almost 2 weeks to catch him. He tripped it once but
managed to avoid being in the cage at that time, so thought sure he
wouldn't go in the trap again...

It's amazing how quickly water-cress and WH can recover.

My WH is still struggling.

A slice of bread with peanut butter and I put some on the trip lever.
( this prevents catching the neighbors cat. Also many say
marshmallows)

http://community.webshots.com/user/hankpage1

"Lori" wrote in message
...

I hope you are luckier than I. In the past two weeks I have set the
trap every night and so far the total is eight ........ nothing in
the
past three nights ......... so maybe ***crossing fingers**** that's
it.

What are you using as bait? The critter-catcher putv a can of cat
food
in the trap. Took almost 2 weeks to catch him. He tripped it once
but
managed to avoid being in the cage at that time, so thought sure he
wouldn't go in the trap again...

It's amazing how quickly water-cress and WH can recover.

My WH is still struggling.

A slice of bread with peanut butter and I put some on the trip lever.
( this prevents catching the neighbors cat. Also many say
marshmallows)

Marshmallows didn't work for me :-(

From my experience you only catch the neighbor's cat once - then she's smart
enough to stay away, lol.


"Hank" wrote in message
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A slice of bread with peanut butter and I put some on the trip lever.
( this prevents catching the neighbors cat. Also many say
marshmallows)

When did someone invent a smart cat? ;-}

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"LeeAnne" wrote in message
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From my experience you only catch the neighbor's cat once - then
she's smart
enough to stay away, lol.


"Hank" wrote in message
...
A slice of bread with peanut butter and I put some on the trip
lever.
( this prevents catching the neighbors cat. Also many say
marshmallows)

Not sure about the effectiveness of catch and release. Look at
http://www.eapl.com/raccoon.html
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http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html


"Hank" wrote in message
...
I hope you are luckier than I. In the past two weeks I have set the
trap every night and so far the total is eight ........ nothing in the
past three nights ......... so maybe ***crossing fingers**** that's
it.
It's amazing how quickly water-cress and WH can recover.

http://community.webshots.com/user/hankpage1

"Lori" wrote in message
...
That blasted raccoon that has trashed my watergarden twice!
The professional critter-catcher left 2 Hav-a-heart traps set a week
or so ago, and the one in the crawlspace had been tripped once with
nothing in it....but tonight, I heard the trap close, hubby checked,
and wow!! the 'coon was IN it this time.

Whew! Sure hope the catcher takes him far far away before releasing
him.

Lori

Not sure about the effectiveness of catch and release. Look at

True. However, the entry in the crawlspace is being fixed, so at least
the 'coons will not be getting in under the house. :-)

what kind of shingles do you have? my brother had shake shingles and the
raccoons chewed them to make an entrance. he had to have a major repair job
done to the roof. he also had to change to synthetic shingles. seems the
'coons didn't like them as much or something.
mad
--
I used to be indecisive, but now i just don't know.

From: Lori
Reply-To:
Newsgroups: rec.ponds
Date: Sun, 03 Aug 2003 20:22:05 -0500
Subject: Captured!


Not sure about the effectiveness of catch and release. Look at

True. However, the entry in the crawlspace is being fixed, so at least
the 'coons will not be getting in under the house. :-)




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Now maybe he can be relocated far to where ......... (I better stop before I
get my self in trouble with Jammer! I really really don't like raccoons!)

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"Lori" wrote in message
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That blasted raccoon that has trashed my watergarden twice!
The professional critter-catcher left 2 Hav-a-heart traps set a week
or so ago, and the one in the crawlspace had been tripped once with
nothing in it....but tonight, I heard the trap close, hubby checked,
and wow!! the 'coon was IN it this time.

Whew! Sure hope the catcher takes him far far away before releasing
him.

Lori