Raccoons

They're back!

Some of you may recall about 7-8 years ago we discovered a family of raccoons living under the deck in our back yard. We couldn't find anyone to take care of them, so Randy bought a trap at Academy and searched the internet for what would attract raccoons. We caught: 4 raccoons, 1 armadillo, 1 possum, and 1 neighborhood cat who was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The possum and the armadillo were easy to get, bu the raccoons were another story. It took a lot to get the raccoons. We could only use one method of bait one time before they would figure it out and not go in the trap. Or they figured out how to reach through the side without entering the trap. It was quite the challenge. And once we did get one, it was very destructive. One of them tore a piece of siding off the garage before we could release it far far from our house. We learned to set the trap in the middle of the porch away from anything.

Yesterday, we spotted a mother and her 5 babies coming back from their night of prowling the neighborhood. And of course they are living under our deck. They will probably be there a while since I am not sure that Randy has the energy to trap them right now. And marshmallows are their favorite food (who knew?) and Travis eats most of the marshmallows in our house these days!