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area many moons ago and have always been grateful for it --001a113dc9147bb774055ecf8071 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Thanks to all of you for chosing peacefu co-existence and clever ingenuity to deal with the raccoons at the feeders. So many use trap and relocate as the first action which never works and is inhumane. Helene Helene Van Doninck DVM Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre 2220 Irwin Lake Rd Brookfield NS Canada B0N1C0 902-893-0253 helene.birdvet@gmail.com <birdvet@hotmail.com> www.cwrc.net Find us on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/pages/Cobequid-Wildlife-Rehabilitation-Centre/134671693239334> and Twitter <https://twitter.com/CobequiWildlife> ****Wildlife Matters**** On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 10:06 AM, Judy Tufts <tandove@ns.sympatico.ca> wrote: > Hi James, Peter and Gayle: > > > > May I suggest the method I use which has been successful here. Near each > end of the clothesline, ON the clothesline I have placed three empty large > 2-litre plastic pop bottles, by slitting the bottle lengthways on one side > to slip the bottle over the clothesline. These bottles need to be able to > spin easily - in effect to discourage transit of any squirrel or raccoon by > spinning under foot as they attempt to reach the source of food, and > throwing the animal off. One needs at least three bottles a few inches > apart at each end of the line, to be effective. > > > > I borrowed this great idea from a birding friend in the Halifax area many > moons ago and have always been grateful for it simplicity but effective way > to thwart squirrels and raccoons in my back yard. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Judy Tufts > > > > >>>>>>>> > > Judy Tufts > > Wolfville > > <<<<<<<< > ------------------------------ > > *From:* naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@ > chebucto.ns.ca] *On Behalf Of *James Hirtle > *Sent:* Saturday, November 25, 2017 1:19 AM > *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > *Subject:* Re: [NatureNS] Raccoon Problem > > > > I tried the clothesline thing when I lived in Petite Riviere. I would > hang my suet feeder in the middle of the line well away from any trees or > access and would find the suet taken out the next morning. I could not > figure out how this could be so. I caught the culprit one night and it was > a raccoon that would go paw over paw upside down out to the feeder. It > would then hang from two paws and reach down to unlatch the suet feeder and > remove the suet to the ground below and then would go back out the > clothesline to a tree and back down to feed. I would not have believed it > possible had I not watched it. > > > > Sincerely, > > > > James R. Hirtle > > LaHave > > > > I also have to take in my feeders at night due to the raccoons here in > LaHave. I thus cannot leave the feeders out much when on awful shifts. I > have shift work to. It is disappointing. Knocking on wood, I've been > leaving one feeder out and it has not been bothered for awhile, so > hopefully, something happened to the local raccoon family. > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > *From:* naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca <naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca> on > behalf of Hubcove@aol.com <Hubcove@aol.com> > *Sent:* November 25, 2017 1:02 AM > *To:* naturens@chebucto.ns.ca > *Subject:* Re: [NatureNS] Raccoon Problem > > > > We are infested with raccoons and solved the problem by hanging the > feeders from a clothes line in the back yard. The squirrels still climb the > line but no raccoons. > > Peter Stow > > Hubbards > > > --001a113dc9147bb774055ecf8071 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr">Thanks to all of you for chosing peacefu co-existence and = clever ingenuity to deal with the raccoons at the feeders. So many use trap= and relocate as the first action which never works and is inhumane.<div><b= r></div><div>Helene</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br clear=3D"all"= ><div><div class=3D"gmail_signature" data-smartmail=3D"gmail_signature"><di= v dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"= ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div= >Helene Van Doninck DVM</div><div>Cobequid Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre<b= r></div><div>2220 Irwin Lake Rd Brookfield NS Canada B0N1C0<br>902-893-0253= <br><a href=3D"mailto:birdvet@hotmail.com" target=3D"_blank">helene.birdvet= @gmail.com</a><br><a href=3D"http://www.cwrc.net" target=3D"_blank">www.cwr= c.net</a></div><div><div><div>Find us on <a href=3D"https://www.facebook.co= m/pages/Cobequid-Wildlife-Rehabilitation-Centre/134671693239334" target=3D"= _blank">Facebook</a>=C2=A0and <a href=3D"https://twitter.com/CobequiWildlif= e" target=3D"_blank">Twitter</a><br></div><div>****Wildlife Matters****</di= v><div><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></di= v></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> <br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On Sat, Nov 25, 2017 at 10:06 AM, Judy Tufts= <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:tandove@ns.sympatico.ca" target=3D= "_blank">tandove@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class= =3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padd= ing-left:1ex"> <u></u> <u></u> <u></u> <div lang=3D"EN-US" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple"> <div class=3D"m_2862946931157511702Section1"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"2" color=3D"black" face=3D"Verdana"><s= pan style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black">Hi James, Pe= ter and Gayle:<u></u><u></u></span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"2" color=3D"black" face=3D"Verdana"><s= pan style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:black"><u></u>=C2= =A0<u></u></span></font></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><font size=3D"2"