Thank you Beth and the same to you. I think the raccoons are in the vacant house next door because they enter under our privacy fence at the gate and from behind the carriage house via the alley. Those are the main areas I see them run to. The main thing that I wanted (keeping them out of the tree) has proven thus far to be working.
Not to be indelicate, if my suggestions are not helpful. I was told that male human urine is a deterrent. I was planning to use it for my fox problem but they are not here this year. If it is unavailable, With raccoons maybe fox urine would work. You can pick it up at hunting supply places
All suggestions are helpful. I used ammonia until it started raining beginning of Spring. With the downpours it was futile to continue then. Now that they have been appearing more because of the warmer temperatures I'm going to apply it again.
That is my issue with putting deer repellent around my garden. None of that stuff is cheap, and it's only good as long as the weather holds out...then you're back to Square One, minus a few dollars. I guess I'd rather have deer issues than racoon issues. Deer "just are." Raccoons seem to have malicious intent.
Malicious is a strong word. Justifiably they are trying to survive as best they can as are the deer. I've come to terms to with that.
That's true, Von. My husband says we have raccoons that visit the yard most nights in the wee hours, but they just toodle around and don't bother anything. He said they don't even seem to be afraid of him when he's sitting on the patio. On the other hand, a damn armadillo is digging up the front flowerbed and keeps messing up the mulch.
We had deer tracks all over the garden last year. My son put a pair of his stinky ol' boots out there and peed in them every day. Look, Mom! No more deer tracks! Or is that TMI?
Rascal was a Disney movie, I think, about a cuuuuute little racoon. It depends on how you look at it. Bambi? Then we have Donald Duck with chipmunks infesting his Christmas tree and eating all his apples! I can tell you stories of those cute little chipmunks....
I know it is my fault but maybe we need to stop teasing Von cuz I know she does not share this opinion.
Our armadillo dug a big hole under the sidewalk (What the hell???) . It took me an hour with running water to get the dirt back into the hole.