Raccoon invasion. Morality question.

MJLivingston

@nolaegghead I trap coons and beavers a lot sometimes around houses and barns with coons they like fish and sweet stuff. I find with the sweet things like marshmallows and honey buns I catch a lot less cats than with fishy things. Put a few in the back of the cage and block the sides so they can't come around and try to reach it through the sides. And be careful transporting in my home state it is illegal. Some people don't want to see them harmed just relocated I try too when I can just try to be sneaky about it. Good luck and be safe.

nolaegghead

@NPHuskerFL - Ya, they're an invasive species.  We have some of those problems.  The Nutria were introduced into Louisiana for fur.  Same old story - some escaped into the wild, they bred, and now they're responsible for a large amount of wetland erosion.  The state has a bounty on them, and I've personally done my share to help control them via .22 long and a scope.   Another problem we have is feral pigs.

nolaegghead

MJLivingston said:

@nolaegghead I trap coons and beavers a lot sometimes around houses and barns with coons they like fish and sweet stuff. I find with the sweet things like marshmallows and honey buns I catch a lot less cats than with fishy things. Put a few in the back of the cage and block the sides so they can't come around and try to reach it through the sides. And be careful transporting in my home state it is illegal. Some people don't want to see them harmed just relocated I try too when I can just try to be sneaky about it. Good luck and be safe.

@MJLivingston - thanks, that's good info.  I'm about to load up the traps.  I was thinking about using canned tuna.  Good info, I'll block the sides.  Our cats will be inside, but there are a few neighborhood cats that I'm sure will be inevitably captured.

Zmokin

jllbms said:

There are some topics that are generally considered off limits for joking. For example, "rape jokes" are deplored universally. I put animal abuse in that category, but that's just me. "Trespassing", a cat? Are you really serious? Or was that more humor?

Personally, I hate finding cat poop in my yard.  so yes, cat's trespass and do despicable things.  I bet you don't want me leaving a long brown one in your flower garden.

henapple

A bonus?

NPHuskerFL

@Zmokin‌ & @henapple‌

Poop: http://youtu.be/XQEIO3Kxvak

nolaegghead

Hilarious - Christopher Walken is on the Daily show talking about raccoons coming in his cat door.  I'm super serial.

NPHuskerFL

My absolute favorite skit with him on SNL has got to be Need More Cow Bell! He's money in all his acting.

nolaegghead

The Continental is also good.

And this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ7z57qrZU8&feature=kp

Nanook

I prefer the "3 S" method.......SHOOT, SHOVEL, and SHUT-UP.....

NPHuskerFL

Didn't think you Canucks had guns. ) JK
Great White North: Beer Nog: http://youtu.be/w1RN3cYnY9k

Skiddymarker

Thinking of Walken, did you see Jon Stewart tonight? Walken was talking about racoons coming into his house through the cat door - you are in good company. 

NPHuskerFL

@Skiddymarker‌ ) you must have missed this»»»

nolaegghead said:

Hilarious - Christopher Walken is on the Daily show talking about raccoons coming in his cat door.  I'm super serial.

nolaegghead

First world problems, man I'm glad I have them.   Could be worse like, I don't have any drinking water unless I walk for 2 miles and carry it back.

NPHuskerFL

@nolaegghead‌ huh?

nolaegghead

I'm bitching about raccoons coming in my cat door.

And not this:

More than 2.2 million people died in 2000 from waterborne diseases (related to the consumption of contaminated water) or drought. In 2004, the UK charity WaterAid reported that a child dies every 15 seconds from easily preventable water-related diseases; often this means lack of sewage disposal

NPHuskerFL

@nolaegghead‌ that's way too deep for my current state. 18hr day and adult beverage (s). Just winding down before tomorrow's (well its 1:37am so I guess today's) adventure begins. But, yes you're absolutely right. Some problems seem very miniscule once you look at catastrophic events around the globe. I guess at least you don't have Jihadist sneaking through your cat door. )

NPHuskerFL

@nolaegghead‌ The real question here is. Did ya catch one of those pesky rascals yet? Pics or it didn't happen. ;-)

nolaegghead

No Jihadists or any other supernatural charged zealots.  Anyone getting into my back yard had to do a lot of work to get there (that's where the cat door goes)  I hold people to a higher standard than animals.  If a person comes through the cat door uninvited, they'll be greeted by a 12-gauge shotgun with very fine birdshot. 

nolaegghead

Nope, just checked the traps for the third time.  I put canned tuna in each one, and sprinkled a little fish sauce.  These little shits are either off raiding someone else or they're just too smart for me.

I will take pictures if I catch any 'coons.

NPHuskerFL

Try the sweet stuff also like @MJLivingston‌ suggested. I've caught them with the real small cans of soft cat food, a few marshmallows, left over scraps, etc. Like ya said they are opportunistic.

NPHuskerFL

And make sure to anchor the bait. They are smart lil buggers. They'll reach in, move it to the trap entry door and snag it and laugh their a$$ off while doing so.

nolaegghead

Thanks, good advice.  Probably need to pick up some marshmallows.  I don't stock those in the pantry, more of a savory kind of guy.

Here's the squirrel I caught earlier.  Psycho squirrel was going berserk, running into the sides of the trap.  Yep, trap works.

NPHuskerFL

Also gives ya an excuse to make some Smores on the egg ;-)

nolaegghead

Shortly after letting the squirrel out, I caught the Hemmingway cat in the picture in the same trap.  He was probably smelling the squirrel and tripped it.  I found him laying in it upside down meowing, opened the door and he didn't want to come out.  Little freak.

nolaegghead

Nuffin' in the traps.  I'll check in the morn'.  They're so smart, I might just leave a trap out and if that wards them off, problem solved.

Wolfpack

Catch in the trap and give him some swimming lessons. I must not be a very good teacher as I haven't had one learn yet. Maybe I should take

jllbms said:

There are some topics that are generally considered off limits for joking. For example, "rape jokes" are deplored universally. I put animal abuse in that category, but that's just me.

"Trespassing", a cat? Are you really serious? Or was that more humor?

Lighten up Francis

jllbms

Well said @nolaegghead‌ concerning 1st world problems. Pretty much this whole forum fits into that genre; e.g. My Egg has underbite (been there).

henapple

http://m.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/11/whats-wrong-with-firstworldproblems/248829/

nolaegghead

@henapple - Nigeria is Africa's super power.  The most populous nation, the largest economy, oil rich.  They supply a significant amount of oil to the US (I think around 10%).  They're a developing nation, but with problems that you or I would not be happy with.  Blackberrys?  Silliously?

Nigeria can only be classified as a third world country for the following reasons.

1.  Mains electricity supplies are erratic or non-existent in most parts of the country.

2.  There has never been provision for any form of social security, unemployment or retirement benefits to most Nigerian citizens.

3.  The streets are strewn with mountains of trash in most major Nigerian cities as municipal trash collection is effectively non-existent.

4.  It is possible to break the law and sometimes even get away with murder simply by bribing the Nigerian Police.

5.  The innocent often wind up in jail or get summarily shot for failure to bribe Nigerian policemen. 

6.  Armed robbers very commonly lay siege on residential neigborhoods FOR HOURS AT A TIME in many Nigerian cities, without police response.

7.  Federal and state highways in Nigeria are pock-marked with massive craters that constitute death traps to motorists.

8.  Nigerian state-run hospitals are under-funded, under-staffed, housed in run-down buildings and lacking both equipment and reliably safe pharmaceutical drugs.

9.  Dead bodies are a common sight on the streets in metropolitan areas as well as in plain view along major highways.

10.  Vehicle safety codes in Nigeria are non-existent, and vehicle smog emmission controls entirely unheard of in Nigeria.

11. In Lagos, Nigeria's commercial hub, there exist TODAY pedestrian over-head bridges in such disrepair as to have rotted clear through, leaving gaping holes through which unwary pedestrians do regularly fall 50 feet into traffic below.

12. The number of Nigerian metropolitan areas that are served by a centralized drinking water supply can be counted on the fingers of one hand.