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I am PO'd off, big time! Racoons tore apart my bird house!

Quadman2

Quadman2

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Had this great little bird house on our deck, watching the mom/dad bringing the food for the youngsters. However, early this morning, got up to find the bird house on the deck, along with blood/feathers and the little ones gone. Mom and dad are still out there looking for their young. They are gone! For this to happened it had to be the power a coon to have done this.

What the hell can I do to prevent hits happening again? I thought, being so close to humans, they (the birds) were safe, but such was not the case.

Is there a way to set up a bird house that a couple of birds trying to have young can avoid this happening?

Is there a way to foil the coons from getting at the young birds?

I need help, OK? There has to be a way to keeping these critters out of the house we set up for our feathered friends.

Q
 
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A 12 gauge works better, and you don't have to be as good of a shot.:D

Those bastards are brave. If there's food around, people don't bother them much. I and several family members have walked out of the house, and they were only a few feet away.

My aunt had a stroke, and couldn't see well at all. She insisted on living alone and had outside cats that she fed. More than once, she unknowingly walked out the door to a raccoon standing right there.:yikes: For her safety, I had to take the boom stick down there and eliminate the problem.
 
And, we do have rabies in these critters in our region, so fear for the dog as well.

Looks like I have but the one direction.

Q
 
I live in the country and I also have declared war on racoons. They crap in my barn, they steal the birdfood...and on an occasion the whole feeder. If I see them, I show no mercy. If your dog should happen to get in a fight with one, there's a good chance the coon will kill it. Walt Disney did us no favor by showing us that coons were cute, adorable little creatures. They are mean, vicious little beasts and deserve what they get. And besides, the buzzards have to eat too. I'm sure people won't like it, but then they don't have to deal with them as you have...and I. There's also a product that you mix with diet coke that poisons them. It's some kind of fly bait. You'll have to research that on your own, but don't put it where your pets can get to it. I was told dogs won't drink it, but I wouldn't take a chance. For what it's worth, a bullet is more satisfying and you don't have to worry about messing with the poison.

I'm sorry if this offends any animal lovers out there, but that's the way it is.
 
Much braggado about guns.
I live in the city limits and cannot fire a gun off in my yard - well,
If you are in my house and I feel threatened, I'd have a case,
but, that kinda lets the raccoons in the yard off the hook, even if they DID eat all my fish!

I like the gravity feed birdhouse protection.
https://www.gardengatemagazine.com/newsletter/2007/07/24/raccoons/

I have been known to grease up the pole our feeders are on to avoid feeding squirrels and 'coons -
mix in some ceyanne pepper and its Big Fun!

If the birdhouse was too easy to access, sadly, it was your gift to the raccoon anyway -
animals gotta eat, circle of life, and not their fault.
 
robgmn said:
Put the birdhouse on a slippery metal pole that the raccoon can't climb?
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I thought the same thing but have found they can climb 1" copper tubing and steel pipe. The trick is to use the 7-in.-diameter galvanized heating duct as they don't seem to be able to grasp and shimmy up the larger pipe.
 
You would think there would be a relatively easy way to shock a raccoon climbing a birdhouse pole, I think I have some old automotive coils laying around..... :idea:
 
olson_jr said:
I thought the same thing but have found they can climb 1" copper tubing and steel pipe. The trick is to use the 7-in.-diameter galvanized heating duct as they don't seem to be able to grasp and shimmy up the larger pipe.
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There's also some really unpleasant and persistent stuff called Tree Tanglefoot that's an insect repellent for trees, but it's so incredibly sticky and hard to dissolve that if you were to spread it on the pole, no racoon is going to want to get that crap all over its feet and fur . . .
 
For a while there was a gang of raccoons here. They steal the pet food but worse they would tear up my water garden. Tear up all the plants and pull the pump out. And they where fearless! They didn't run from me. Just step off the porch. Like a gang of thugs.
 
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Regarding gunshots, I live in a semi-rural area with a lot of rednecks around. Most people around here barely raise an eyebrow when they hear a shot.
 
bill7621 said:
I live in the country and I also have declared war on racoons. They crap in my barn, they steal the birdfood...and on an occasion the whole feeder. If I see them, I show no mercy. If your dog should happen to get in a fight with one, there's a good chance the coon will kill it. Walt Disney did us no favor by showing us that coons were cute, adorable little creatures. They are mean, vicious little beasts and deserve what they get. And besides, the buzzards have to eat too. I'm sure people won't like it, but then they don't have to deal with them as you have...and I. There's also a product that you mix with diet coke that poisons them. It's some kind of fly bait. You'll have to research that on your own, but don't put it where your pets can get to it. I was told dogs won't drink it, but I wouldn't take a chance. For what it's worth, a bullet is more satisfying and you don't have to worry about messing with the poison.

I'm sorry if this offends any animal lovers out there, but that's the way it is.
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A few years back, I actually killed one that was attacking our dog.:mad:
 
Dude, help the birds out!


Research birds.
Find out the best placement of around a home.

Varmints do what they do well so look for the best placement.

I had a problem with snakes and Flickers. Moved the home, and all is good!


Barney
 
We keep Bluebird boxes and I've done the koi pond thing for at least 15-20 years and it is difficult work keeping the Bluebirds going and keeping the koi pond up to spec and it is getting more difficult for me every year but it is a labor of love and woven into the fabric of what I am.
My wife and I are both animal lovers too but ya got to draw the line somewhere and squirrels and raccoons happen to be on the other side of that line.
 
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