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Conference misery::feline

Title:	Meower Power - Where Differing Opinions are Respected
Notice:	purrrrr...
Moderator:	JULIET::CORDES_JA

Created:	Wed Nov 13 1991
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1079
Total number of notes:	28858

299.0. "Looking for a trap" by RTL::BENTON () Mon Jun 01 1992 10:22

    Is there anyone here in the southern NH area who would let me borrow a 
    Have-A-Heart trap for a couple of weeks?  We'd like to trap some
    racoons that have destroyed several bird feeders in our back yard, and
    more importantly, I'd like to remove them before my 2 cats have an
    encounter with them.  We called one of the state agencies about
    trapping racoons to see if it was legal, and they said it was but that
    we'd have to release them at least 10 miles from our house or they
    would come back.  We'd plan on taking them to a forested area so they
    won't be likely to bother someone else's pets and property.
    
    If you have a trap I could borrow please send me mail at RTL::BENTON.
    
    Thanks,
    
    Barbara

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
299.1		DSSDEV::TPMARY::TAMIR	DECforms Roadie	`Tue Jun 02 1992 14:25`	12
	Gee, I wouldn't mess with racoons if you paid me. The average racoon is about 40 lbs, too big for my hav-a-hart trap. Also, the average racoon is a nasty little critter. When you set it loose, it just might turn on you. I really think if you've got a problem, you need to get professional exterminators to help. I've got racoons and opossums who come around to see if my outdoor kitties have left anything behind. I make sure they haven't--when I'm around to do it. I dunno. I wouldn't take 'em on... Just my opinion..... Mary
299.2	Works for me! On skunks, too!	BOOVX1::MANDILE	Horse sense: Keeps horses from betting on people	`Tue Jun 02 1992 15:17`	6
	Turn the hose on them next time you catch them digging in your garden... From a safe distance, of course! (: L-
299.3		MAGEE::MERRITT	Kitty City	`Tue Jun 02 1992 16:24`	7
	The shelter has caught many racoons when trying to capture cats.... and when you let them go they just turn their heads and walk away! Gee...I think I helped another feliner who caught a opposum in a Have-a-heart trap once too!! (ha ha - cute little thing!!) Sandy
299.4	Scared the dickens out of me!	RICKS::BARR	Does a one legged duck swim in a circle?	`Tue Jun 02 1992 17:04`	5
	Sandy, That opposum was not cute!!! :-) Lori B.
299.5		SPEZKO::RAWDEN	Cheryl Graeme Rawden	`Tue Jun 02 1992 20:09`	1
	It was probably a whole opossum! :^)
299.6	we'll be careful	RTL::BENTON		`Wed Jun 03 1992 08:47`	4
	Yes, I know raccoons can be nasty, but we'll see how the trap works for the first one. A FELINE noter loaned me a large HavaHeart trap, but it does look kind of small compared to the raccoons we have. We'll make sure we can get into the car quickly when we release the animal.