Best Tips To Get Rid Of Raccoons
Raccoons are a serious menace in cities or even smaller towns where a lot of people have their individual trash cans and a lot of greenery around their vicinity. Here are the top ways of how to get rid of raccoons from your backyard, attic or front lawn –
Placing Mothballs
Raccoons hate the smell of mothballs to an extent where the smell of a mothball can be almost fatal to a raccoon. You can place these all over your yard or even near the entrance of your house or near your windows where the raccoons generally enter from.
Light And Sound
Raccoons are quite the nocturnal type of animals and are generally more active during the night. One of the best raccoon repellent remedies is to light up your front yard or your backyard with tiny garden lights or street lights. Raccoons hate lights at night which is why they won’t come close to your area. You can also install small speakers on to your lights for producing low frequency eerie sounds that raccoons hate.
Raccoons Traps
There are a lot of different raccoon traps that you can use which are basic fenced up boxes that have food or any of the favorite raccoon food that will attract these pests into the trap. Once the raccoon is trapped, you can take it to a local SPCA who can take care of this animal instead of simply killing it.
Scare Tactics
You can use different types of scare tactics to drive away the raccoons from your property. You can either make a scare crow to scare away the raccoons at night or even use a floating alligator head which will definitely scare away the raccoons. Other items such as radios, sprinklers, other predator shaped devices are some of the best raccoon deterrent items that you can place on your property.
Protect Your Trash
You need to ensure that the trash is covered with a sturdy lid which you can fasten at night. Trash attracts raccoons because the strong scents or rotting fruits and vegetables lures the raccoons into your property. If your trash can lid is lightweight and can easily open and fall off, the raccoons can easily get into the trash to eat away all the rotting food and junk!
Keep Your Yards And Property Clean
Any fruits that have fallen off from your trees need to be raked away every night so that these strong scented rotting fruits don’t attract raccoons on your property. If you have vegetables and fruits that are extremely ripe, it is best to harvest them immediately before the raccoons feast on them. If you have bird feeders, it is best to take them indoors every night or at least every night for a few weeks till the raccoon problem is in control.
Garlic And Chili Home Remedy
Crushed garlic with some cayenne pepper and chili is an excellent home remedy to get rid of raccoons. The strong odor of these ingredients put together can chase away the pesky raccoons from entering your property.
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