This raccoon has been destroying my roof and scaring my dogs at night for months and I finally had enough. I crawled out my window in my underwear with a flashlight and a Microtech Halo in my teeth (admittedly idk what my plan was here, just enjoy the imagery) and tried to scare it off the roof but it crawled down my chimney instead. I trapped it in there by stuffing some heavy blankets tightly inside but that’s not exactly a long term solution. I’ve got the gas shut off so I don’t kill myself and my dogs with carbon monoxide from the water heater – so I did at least plan that far ahead, but not much further… I don’t really want to hurt the little guy but I can’t have him continuing to tear apart my soffit for shelter.
Animal control and I’d like to reiterate that you stay away from it. Raccoons can carry rabies and even if it isn’t infected, they’re perfectly capable of tearing you pretty good
LIght a fire.
Two possibilities, no more Racoon, or a delicious flame broiled Racoon.
Shit I forgot “Racoon drops out of the chimney, lights tail on file, runs around house like a racoon with a tail on fire, and burns down your house…” so three possibilities
Setup a webcam and wait for Christmas.
…or call animal control.
Omfg. I’m in tears imagining the viral vid that would destroy so many childhoods
There’s bound to be either an government funded animal control or private animal removal service in your area. You can search of the public service first. They can tell you if there willing to handle this. And if not can likely point you in the direction of the private service.
Or are you asking for options other than calling animal control?
That’s probably the most sensible option once they open in the morning but I’m open to alternatives. I have a trap that I caught a possum in once but I’m not sure I can rig it vertically onto a chimney.
just block the chimney off at all possible known entrances and exits til morning,
Where’s remind me not when you need one
Local animal control?
What happened? Has your raccoon been safely relocated?
Alas, it escaped from the chimney while I was waiting on animal control to open.
Wily creature! Hopefully it’s run off and not terrorising your dogs anymore.
Chuck an M80 down the chimney, wait for the smoke to clear, and get ready for a lot of cleanup.
Or animal control.
Animal control
