AirMail 0 #26 May 9, 2003 I agree with SkyDekker, squeeze off a few rounds thru the wall and that should do it. Try not to aim where the scratching is coming from 'cause if you hit it it will smell really bad for a really long time. Hope this helps. Patrick -- It's never too late to have a happy childhood. Postal Rodriguez, Muff 3342 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hooked 0 #27 May 9, 2003 I would be 'freakin', just as you are!!!! Just don't kill it while it is still in the wall, as mentioned above! Bad! Try to lure it out, if you know where it got in??? Me? I'd stay at a friend's house until it was gone! Little far to travel, but you're welcome here. Good luck and hope you get rid of it SOON! J -------------------------------------- Sometimes we're just being Humans.....But we're always Human Beings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #28 May 9, 2003 Jan, me and the cats are on my way... Richard, my cats are indoor girls only. They never get out (well, when they do I get them back inside quickly...) so no real worries there... Jess, I won't kill it unless there is no option. Sadly, I am running out of options very quickly. I don't want to kill it... Seriously, guys...does anyone think it will come through the wall in the middle of the night? Or the middle of the day? Last time I was home was around noon, and it was still scratching and scrabbling around, happily chewing on the walls. Huge fear here....wake up at 3 am with the 'coon peeing on my bed or attacking the cats or something. I know how mean they are...and I don't want to have to deal with it. Especially in the middle of the night... This has really creeped me out. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rgoper 0 #29 May 9, 2003 racoons are very mean, by nature. have you ever seen a cat REALLY pissed off? racoons are 5 times worse, they are larger, have longer teeth, and are very ill tempered when they are intimidated. i'd eradicate him ASAP. the crazy thing is more than likely trying to make a nest for itself to have it's babies. there's some ol' country boys here where i live that cage racoons to train their coon hounds, they put the dog on a chain just long enough to where he can get his snout on the cage, and the racoons go ape freaking shit, they hiss and growl, wierd animals. a live trap, or a snare with a wire on it to snare it's foot may work, or last ditch effort, catfood and antifreeze, but i know you have other animals this could effect, one things sure, she ain't coming out by herself. good luck.--Richard-- "We Will Not Be Shaken By Thugs, And Terroist" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Muenkel 0 #30 May 9, 2003 I think it is time for a preventive strike. Call an exterminator. You need a real redneck exterminator that won't mind huntin coon. I know, it won't be an easy task in Burbank, but it's worth checking the yellow pages. The humane thing is great, but don't risk your safety for it. Is it possible it has rabies? I don't mean to freak you out, but it is not normal for a coon to want to remain inside a wall. Chris _________________________________________ Chris Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #31 May 9, 2003 QuoteThere's a 2 week waiting period here in CA....and you know what? If I don't get sleep for 2 weeks, and I have a new gun....there could be serious issues. now i didn't read all the way so if this is resoleve forgive me.... but it it's gona take two weeks, don't worry about it i'll just bring my pisstols down over memorial day and take care of it for ya.........or maybe mix up somebbleach and amonia and pour it in the hole where the coon got in.. now don't breath this though cuz it makes florine gass and it's toxx.. but it should kill the kriter.. thn all ya have to do is fish out a dead critter instead of a live one..... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #32 May 9, 2003 Problem is, I haven't discovered the hole it crawled in. That would take crawling under the place, with a flashlight; this is not a place I choose to encounter something with really big teeth and a nasty temper... The good news is that someone will be out tomorrow. I called the landlord about 8 million times, and they finally gave in and agreed that they'd pay the overtime. I spoke with the exterminator guy, and he will put drops down that will make the 'coon leave. I'm wondering if it's fox urine... And it won't kill it. He also swears that it won't kill me. The bad news is that he is not construction, and won't block the holes. The landlord thinks he can get someone out mid week next to handle the holes...which means as soon as those drops dissapate, the damn thing will be back.... Sigh. Wingi, thanks for the offer of the pistols and florine gas...I think I'll pass on that for now. But who knows in the near future - I may need that!! Chris, I didn't figure it's terribly normal...problem is, I don't think the other city dwellers understand...they just keep laughing at me... Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
katiebear21 0 #33 May 10, 2003 Michele - that story is killing me! I know it's not funny but it reminded me of a phone call I got from my Mom with a similar situation only it was a fox in the backyard chasing the horses. She actually made me talk her through loading a gun and she kept me on the phone while she proceeded to walk out on our back deck and shoot at the fox! You could start shooting holes in your walls but I agree with Jess - it's better not to kill it! Sorry because I'm obviously not helping at all here so I'm just going to go back to work! Katie Get your PMS glass necklace here Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #34 May 10, 2003 Katie, the problem is, it's a funny story. Only it's happening to me. In my house. And everyone keeps laughing at me. And at work, everyone is asking how my new pet 'coon is, and wouldn't it be nicer if I just let it out of the walls.... I'm thinking, depending on what happens, this one gets rewritten and sent to a local newspaper. 'Cause even though it's happening, I do see the humor. It's also very creepy. I hope I will see the humor at 4 am tomorrow morning....... Ciels- Miichele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
katiebear21 0 #35 May 10, 2003 I had a cat once named Raccoon (but she ran away) and she used to crawl up on my belly in the middle of the night and meow until I would pet her. Trust me, I know (kind of ) what you're going through. I think this would make a great story for the newspaper as long as the 'coon doesn't end up getting shot! Katie Get your PMS glass necklace here Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #36 May 10, 2003 No, if I shoot it, it will go into the papers as an "incident", taken from the police blotter..... I don't mind kitties who insist on lovin' in the middle of the night....I have serious issues with a raccoon wigging in the wall. My cat Esse is now attempting to make friends with it, however. She keeps approaching the wall, patting it, and maioooooowing at whatever lurks in the drywall...which just encourages the scrabbling and whistle-hum... I wonder how sane I'll be in 12 hours? Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lurch 0 #37 May 10, 2003 This has got to be the funniest situation I've ever seen anyone stuck in. Pardon me while I derive rich amusement from your suffering. .Live and learn... or die, and teach by example. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hooked 0 #38 May 10, 2003 Quote this one gets rewritten and sent to a local newspaper. Michele, Have you gotten anything published or written up in a newspaper yet? Because if you do, we all want to know about itJ -------------------------------------- Sometimes we're just being Humans.....But we're always Human Beings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #39 May 10, 2003 Not yet, Jan. Have submitted several pieces, but no luck yet...and I will tell everyone. I promise.... This interlude, though...I dunno....it might go....the local free paper may want this one.... That is, if I don't land in jail for illegal discharge of a firearm within city limits or something...Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #40 May 10, 2003 Last night. Man, oh what a night. I decide to take a bath, calm down, relax.....dunk my head under water, and hear the cooing humwhistle through the water...pop my head out, and, wide eyed, stare around. Think, nah, no way, no how, I didn't hear that...drop my head back under the water, and yup....I did hear that. So I start singing....this is not normal for me. I can't sing. Maybe singing (the way I sing) will chase it away. So I sing loudly, making up the words. Lalalalala, this 'coon will make me nuts Ohohohoho, I will be psychotic One more night spent sleepless One more day with burning eyes, LALAAAAAAA, I'm going crazy... And of course Esse, thinking I'm trying to make friends with Fred the 'coon in the wall like she is, decides the edge of the tub is her playground...and she climbs onto me and sings along... Chew scrabble crunch scratch hum all night long....burying my head under the pillow doesn't help. The cats don't help, either. Esse thinks we have a new friend, keeps trying to help it through the wall, "hey, Fred, come play, the food is over here"; Charlotte keeps leaping onto me to alert me of the incredible danger of this fuzzy rodent in the wall. I have scratches from her on my scalp.... 8 am, the chewing and scratching and cooing whistle continues. I brew the 2nd pot of coffee, and pray. "God, please let me keep whatever's left of my sanity. There's not much, it shouldn't be too hard...please, God?" 10 am, the pest control guy gets here. He's nice, and walks the building. There are easily 5 entrance places this coon can access the crawl space. We discuss the noises, times (ongoing, day and night) I hear them, and he decides I have a Mama 'coon who has either already had, or about to have, a litter. He sets out three traps, telling me that if he is successful, there will be an awful racket when Mama Freida 'Coon gets seperated from the babies. He tells me that if I hear something like a woman screaming from under my house, to not call the police, but call him, and he will come out at night and get Mama and babies...and take them to the hills and release them. He baits the humane traps with catfood, and tells me that unless and until the landlord gets the openings closed off, there will be continuing nesting (especially at this time of year). He's nice, he won't kill them, and if the traps don't work, he's got those drops... I'm heading to the office to get some sleep.... Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oldnewbie 0 #41 May 10, 2003 Gosh,this happened to me 3 years ago. I took a vacation and a raccoon moved in. she/he came in through the vents in the attic, lifted up the trap door and crawled down into the house. This damn thing lived behind the bathtub. I had left the access door off (i will never do this again). This was a neat raccoon. Every night it lived there (i moved out while the coon lived there) it would take a poop in the kitchen sink. At least i didn't have to clean up the mess in the carpet. Paw prints over all of the windows, i knew that bastard was in there. I called the city, (they didn't care), i called the animal control company ($800 and no promises). I'm cheap and poor, so i had to *get it* myself. What i did was i would go open the back door that leads into the garage and leave the garage door open also. I would sit out and wait in my car with my garage door opener in my hand. About dark time, you could see this raccoon looking out of the garage, then prance off (laughing i'm sure). Then i would use the garage door opener to shut the door. END OF STORY, right????? HELL NO!!!! This thing would then crawl down the fireplace. It took me over a month to get this critter our of my house. I finally placed a trap in the house, with food, and finally caught it and her babies. Well,i was at work and my dad and mom came over to check if i had caught anything. Yahoooooo!!!!!! My dad was going to take care of the problem (does loudiamonds aviatar explain how) but my mom said NO, lets take it out into the country and release it. So as any good husband would do, he put the trap into the trunk of his new caddilac, and drove out to the country. He released it. YAY!!!story over right?????? HELL NO!!!! The police saw him release the raccoon and that is illegal. It seems that everybody has more raccoons around here and don't need anymore. So he earned a $250 ticket. MORAL of the story, i'm not sure, its either "don't listen to your wife" which may not be a great idea. or "Just shoot the varmit" or "Learn to have a new roommate" Sorry for the long post, but I'm still realing from my raccoon experience, and i HAD TO VENT!!!!! good luck!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #42 May 11, 2003 No sleep at the office, just some irate clients who behaved like Freida Mama 'Coon....sigh.... I get home, and Esse is sitting outside the hall closet, tapping and maiiooowing insistently. I am NOT opening that door....besides, there's no possible way Mama could be in there...it's stuffed... Quote but I'm still realing from my raccoon experience, and i HAD TO VENT!!!!! All I can say is THANK GOD! Someone else has experienced the invasion of the crafty, noisy, wily critters...everyone is still laughing at me; the more tired I get, the more they laugh. The traps are out, and I am waiting for the shrieking to start tonight. Poised. Anxious, even...anything is better than the scrabbling of death...and at least I'd know it was over. Ciels- Michele ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hooked 0 #43 May 11, 2003 I sure hope something gets 'trapped' tonight! I've never had this problem, but my sister had them in her yard at night. She sat outside with a water gun (we're talking a big pump water gun) filled with vinegar and water, she would wait to see them critters, and then take aim!!!! I don't know about having them in the walls, that's freaky. Get rid of them, okay?? J -------------------------------------- Sometimes we're just being Humans.....But we're always Human Beings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Michele 1 #44 May 11, 2003 Oh, Jan, I am so trying. If I thought that wearing a clownsuit and standing on my hands in the middle of the boulevard would help, I am just about ready to do that... Help..... ~Do Angels keep the dreams we seek While our hearts lie bleeding?~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Islandcool 0 #45 May 11, 2003 Quote Lalalalala, this 'coon will make me nuts Ohohohoho, I will be psychotic One more night spent sleepless One more day with burning eyes, LALAAAAAAA, I'm going crazy... Sound like a hit!... Calling the Backstreet Boys now to record it. This is gonna be big....Ed Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
