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Co-worker has racoons shacked up in his chimney......now what?

Discussion in 'Off-Topic Discussion' started by Black Wolf, Dec 5, 2019.

  1. Dec 5, 2019 at 7:05 AM
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    Black Wolf

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    Short of calling someone out, what can my co-worker/friend do to get rid of his chimney racoons? His dog is driving him nuts barking at them all day.....heh...heh...
     
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    Light a fire
     
  3. Dec 5, 2019 at 7:10 AM
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  4. Dec 5, 2019 at 7:26 AM
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    You let anything hump your leg :rolleyes:
     
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  5. Dec 5, 2019 at 7:26 AM
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    Mail a letter to Santa and ask him to take care of that for him while he comes down the chimney.
     
  6. Dec 5, 2019 at 7:27 AM
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    This is what I thought too. At least make some irritating smoke.
     
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  7. Dec 5, 2019 at 7:28 AM
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    :rofl::rofl::rofl:

    That's what I heard too ...
     
  8. Dec 5, 2019 at 7:38 AM
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    I'm thinking a smoke bomb.....or the Santa option......or...….
    [​IMG]
     
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  9. Dec 5, 2019 at 7:40 AM
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    They make great pets.

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  10. Dec 8, 2019 at 5:58 AM
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  11. Dec 8, 2019 at 6:52 AM
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    We had this problem at one point. We burned newspaper until they crawled out then reshut the top so it would not happen again. Just a little smoke was all it took.
     
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  12. Dec 8, 2019 at 6:55 AM
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    Chimney only. I think he is going to call someone to remove the racoons that he was referred to.
     
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    I remember reading something in the 80’s about a famous actor who had gerbils shacked up in his chimney.

    hu hu hu ...
     
  14. Dec 8, 2019 at 8:40 AM
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    Always wanted one as a pet, one of wife's friends had one
     
  16. Dec 8, 2019 at 8:49 AM
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    I’ll hump your leg
     
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    It wasn't his chimney. It was his tailpipe. :eek2:

    Don't know if they ever had the right gear to extract them.... :confused:
     
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  18. Dec 8, 2019 at 9:18 AM
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    mt dew and flybait in a bowl. They wont make it 5 steps
     
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  21. Dec 8, 2019 at 10:10 AM
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    I fully expected this thread to have an x-ray attached with a doctor asking how that got up there.
     
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  23. Dec 8, 2019 at 10:15 AM
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    That's a $10,000.00 or more fine around here.....
     
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    They have to eat therefore They are pretty easy to trap. We trapped one after its mate was staggering around our yard sick and we had to shoot it as animal control or DNR said I should and they would not come out. No way we were going to risk our dogs or the neighbor kids.

    They tend to be territorial and live as a couple I think. It is usually illegal to release them to the wild. I hated killing racoon #2 but since raccoon #1 was very sick we figure it would probably also either have rabies or distemper
     
  25. Dec 8, 2019 at 1:10 PM
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    Yep, start a big fire.
     
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    Try a bunch of bright lights to trick them its daylight and hopefully they will crawl out. Do it at night when it is somewhat dark.

    If that doesn't work.....

    :bananadead:

    Good luck.
     
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    Cap.jpg

    And right after you've given the critters their eviction notice be sure to install a cap on the chimney ?
    Black Wolf
     
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    Is he sure that it's raccoons? Call me crazy, but a chimney is pretty cramped quarters for a raccoon. Have they seen them?
     
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    I definitely would not recommend burning any cannabis. The raccoon may start to eat everything out of your frig and drink all your beer and never leave.

    PS Have you tried an M80?
     

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