Raccoons are always enticed by certain factors,
to keep them away from your home you have to put
everything where it rightfully belongs. They
also love areas that are very comfortable like
the porch and under the shade in your yard. They
will always relocate into your yard especially
is they feel threatened and if they are looking
for food but there are techniques that you can
use in order to prevent them from occupying your
shade or porch.
Keeping raccoons out from under the
shade
Raccoons will always use the shade especially
during the hot season to shield themselves from
direct sunlight. You can prevent them from
occupying the shade by: Clearing the nearing
bushes. When the area is clear, raccoons become
scared and they will not near your yard
especially under the shades. Always cut down
grass to keep raccoons away. They will not have
a hiding spot hence they will have no choice but
to relocate and find some other place. You can
use paw traps; the reason why these traps are
effective is because they are undetectable and
this makes it easy to trap the raccoons once
they approach your shade. When you use these
traps, you have to check on them from time to
time so that you can free the raccoons once they
are trapped. If you leave them on the trap for a
couple of days they can starve to death which is
an inhumane act. Water sprays are also effective
especially when you use stunts that will scare
the animals away. The stunts are to be
controlled in that when the raccoons approach
the shade, then the stunts will release water as
a means of scaring away the animals.
Raccoons in the porch
Raccoons are very stubborn and sometimes they
are likely to find way into your porch. If this
is the case, you have to ensure that you have
the correct equipment that will safely capture
them. You can use traps; traps are very
effective and they are of different kinds; you
can opt for the cage trap by positioning it at
the entry point of the porch they can be
immediately be trapped. Soak balls of Ammonia
and throw them at the entrance point. Ammonia
has an odor that will definitely drive the
raccoons away from your home. Use predators
urine; the urine has a strong odor smell that is
disgusting to the raccoons and once they sense
it, they will immediately leave your porch. It
is therefore a matter of being smart if you want
to get rid of the raccoons from the porch and
under the shade.
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