Longterm readers will understand how ironic it is that I finally got this ornament from my parents to hang on my tree. This ornament, from a birthday when I was a kid, was while I was still O.K. with raccoons.
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Category Archives: Raccoons
Squirrel Catapult
May 10, 2007 – 11:26 am
A friend sent me the wmv of this yesterday, I found the you tube post of the same thing. I’ve been thinking about making one ever since I saw this cool @$$ video yesterday.
Raccoons v.s. Fence Act II
November 14, 2006 – 7:55 am
Well it seems to me that we should have 4 acts to this saga, as we have 4 raccoons. However I’m only leaving the camera up tonight as the last night. Tonight will mark a full week and 3 nights of surveillance, and although it’s been fun, it will be nice to have a dark [...]
Raccoons v.s. Electric Fence
November 13, 2006 – 8:05 am
Well it’s not as exciting as we had hoped. Clearly the first night, they sent a scout, as they always do when things change. The second night they returned to see what they could get for food. It appears that either they are not well grounded, or have a higher tolerance for electrical shock then [...]
Mommy, my mouth tastes like burning rubber
November 7, 2006 – 8:30 am
Collateral damage is a U.S. Military term for unintended or incidental damage during a military operation. The term started as a euphemism during the Vietnam War, and can refer to friendly fire or the destruction of civilians and their property. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collateral_damage)
When I awoke sometime near 12:30 am this morning, I was startled awake by what [...]
While we wait. . .
November 6, 2006 – 8:05 am
Well now it’s a waiting game. The fence is set, the motion lights are in place, and the camera eagerly awaits the arrival of our ‘friends.’ On the way home last night I saw one of them on the side of the road near our house eating some garbage someone had dumped from their car. [...]
The fence is in!
November 4, 2006 – 7:05 pm
Today we installed the electric fence. Amanda and I worked on driving the 3 6’ ground rods into the ground and I put in a post for the feeder and surrounded it in electric fence. Like any good project, we ended up running to Agway, and Home Depot, AKA The Po, AKA The place that [...]
After a week of cease fire, they strike.
November 1, 2006 – 8:00 am
Anyone following the early days of my blog will know I’m dealing with a small raccoon problem. It’s been a week since I have heard from them, and I think just maybe they were lulling me in to a false sense of hope. Waiting quietly in the bushes for their next assault. [...]
It Came!
October 27, 2006 – 9:50 pm
When I got home from work today the Patriot P20 had arrived, only 2 days after ordering it w/ free S&H! Props to these guys for sure.
The Patriot P20 is a bright and shiny electric fence charger. This little bugger will run off ac or dc power providing 2 joules of shocking power over 50 [...]