We interrupt this PB knockoff…
I got some work done on the bedside stand yesterday with some drawn up plans:
Disclaimer: Dimensions change as I build! Especially on this one, when I am using up scraps of plywood. I make the project fit the wood I've got.
But in the middle of making some of the cuts, My Man came out to see what I was up to and discovered this:
Now I know you are thinking “How shocking!” in a rather sarcastic way, but hear me out. We’re under a raccoon invasion and this is the last place we want them to be.
We always have some raccoons through the summer months eat the scraps the cats leave in their bowls at the end of the night. But this year it’s gone beyond that. It started when my friend was throwing a surprise bday party for her husband and stashed some of the food in our garage for the night. Which we leave cracked open for the cats. Which allowed the masked bandits easy access to a couple of packages of hamburger buns.
Then they decided catfood scraps weren’t enough, they wanted the bag and bin in the garage closet. Once that went into the house, they went for the trash can, which had not been fastened closed. Next night they managed to pull a bag of garbage through the side of the fastened lid of the can! It was still fastened the next day, people!
In the middle of all the food escapades, they were also chewing holes in the cat beds, digging in all the mulch in the flower beds, digging holes in the bags of dirt I have in the garage for the flower pots…
But now they might be/have been in our garage attic. This. is. not. good. So all construction stopped early last night so we could set up this:
I know, I know! The trap isn't set yet in the picture. Not gonna catch any coon with it like it is...
See how high up that is??!! We had to get the big ladder to even look around up there (I say we–I just held the ladder and kept saying “Now what are we going to do again, if that raccoon goes for your face?”–I never got a clear answer to that question btw).
My Man sprinkled baby powder on the steps so we can see if anything is going up or down, we took the cats inside for the night, closed the doors, and baited the live trap with a bun and peanut butter. We do, after all, know that it has a taste for buns already. And we couldn’t fit the garbage can in there.
Nothing happened last night, but we’re trying again tonight, just in case. If it is up there, it can’t not come down any more than that, can it? Water? Food? It’s HOT up there!
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This reminds me of the insurance company that has a human acting as a raccoon in the attic insulation of a house. Ever seen it? The “human raccoon” is bragging all the destruction he is doing in the attic and how many babies are being raised up there! Soooo, hope that’s not happening in your attic!
Oh my–I don’t think I’ve seen that one!! And I really, really, REALLY hope that isn’t happening in our attic!
I feel your pain, they’re scary buggers. We are trapping mice in my basement “sewing” room. Four down, evidence of at least one more. Needless to say, my sewing machine is now in the master bedroom.
So far we’ve avoided mice actually in the house (knock on wood!!). But about 7 years ago we had to put down my really old cat who was pretty sick. We were trying to decide whether or not we wanted to get another and within 2 days of her being gone, we had mice in the garage. Decision made! My eyes were still puffy from crying.
Hope you get the last one soon!
I once read that you should sprinkle baby powder on garbage cans to keep the raccoons away…we tried it and it worked! The baby powder on the ladder might not be effective as it could be keeping them from coming down. Just a thought….
Oh no! I wondered about using the powder because I didn’t know if they would step on it or if it would make the rungs on the ladder slippery. I told Hubs about it–before he took it all down (and boarded up the access with screws–REALLY hope it isn’t up there) he took a good look again and said nothing was out of place up there. It looked the same as the last peek he had. BUT he is excited about the possibility of using the powder to keep them away from our garbage can in the future