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Racoons and garbage cans outside....
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princess99
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Racoons and garbage cans outside....
For the past two weeks, a racoon has been getting into my garbage- he/she must like my cooking. I have double bagged things, put the lid with locking handles on the garbage can, etc. Any advice? This racoon must love my garbage- at first we were laughing about it, but now it is becoming a nuisance- it did not like my pasta salad LOL , it was not fun to clean that one up on the lawn. Any advice on what to do? We even have a motion light , but it does not seem to stop this racoon. I love animals- I would not want anything to happen to it. HELP!
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Posted 7/10/11 8:20 PM  |
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Re: Racoons and garbage cans outside....
We had that happen to us last week, they were so loud I thought someone was trying to break in! DH put duct tape over the top and they couldn't get in and I think they got the hint, they haven't been back since.
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| Posted 7/10/11 8:40 PM |
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Charly
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Re: Racoons and garbage cans outside....
This happened to us 2 years ago - we started putting bungy cords over the covers. It's a PITA to open and close but the racoons gave up after trying a few times. They never came back.
This year we got tired of the bungy and went to a HUGE can on wheels that has a flip top. I have no idea how big it is, but it holds a lot of bags. They haven't bothered that either. Not sure if it angers the garbage man though since it's probably very heavy.
Message edited 7/10/2011 9:12:10 PM.
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| Posted 7/10/11 9:11 PM |
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Tah-wee-ZAH
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Re: Racoons and garbage cans outside....
Bungy cords.
Even with the cords my DH discovered one of the cans overturned last week with holes about an inch long by about a 1/4 inch wide scratched onto the cover. Apparently, one of the racoons was pi$$ed and did his/her best to get into the can.
BTW: We keep the cans on the opposite side of the house from our bedroom by the garage. The bedroom above the garage was my DC's nursery. When they were newborns I was up doing a middle of the night feeding and heard what I thought was a man or two trying to break into my house/garage. I was  but feeding 2 babies at the same time... I swear a gang was outside. Turns out it was the racoons
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| Posted 7/10/11 9:33 PM |
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dbdlove
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Re: Racoons and garbage cans outside....
Bungy cords!!!! It's the only thing that works!!!!
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| Posted 7/10/11 11:04 PM |
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