RACCOONS
Raccoons will sometimes become a rather annoying pest, especially with garbage cans or bags.
If you are having problems and you use a plastic can, do the following:
Approximately 6" below the top of your can, drill ½ " holes spaced 4 to 6 inches apart all around the can. Now every time you put something into the can pour a ½ cup of chlorine bleach on the garbage. When the raccoon comes for a meal, it will stand up and stick it's nose against one of the holes and realize that this isn't eatable. Eventually, it will stop checking your can, but don't stop using the bleach or it will begin dumping the can again.
It you use the plastic bags, before you set them out, pour a cup of chlorine bleach all over the contents, seal the bag with a twist tie and set it on the curb. When the raccoon arrives and pokes a hole in the bag, the fumes will be released and he will look elsewhere for a meal.
If you have a problem with raccoons getting into your attic or chimney, call a professional, it's a lot better than falling off the roof or through the ceiling.
Sometimes raccoons living in your attic or chimney will use a section of your
roof as a toilet. If you happen to find their droppings on your roof, be
very careful when removing the droppings. Almost every raccoon has round
worms and the eggs are deposited in the droppings. When you move dry
droppings the round worm eggs, which are lighter than air, float up into the
air. Now here you are breathing that air and possible the
eggs. Round worms in humans can be a major problem, so if you must
work around raccoon droppings, wear a good dust mask or respirator.
If they are eating your corn, you have too choices; either plant enough for them and you, or try to stop them. There are lots of way to stop them...temporarily. You can set a radio in the corn, in a container to protect it from the weather and hooked up to a timer that turns it on and off several times throughout the night. Each time on should last for 30 to 60 minutes and 3 time a night is good. You could also spray the corn husks with something hot or sour.
Liquid Fence puts out a number of GREAT repellants and while they don't have any
for raccoons, nor do they recommend any of their products for raccoons; I'd like
to try their Deer & Rabbit Repellant of some corn just to see if it would
work. Should any of you try this, please e-mail me with the results.