I’ve got quite a unique raccoon problem, and I can’t seem to get rid of it.  You know when your in-laws drop in without letting you know first, that irritation you feel deep in your stomach; well having a raccoon popping in at least once a week is like that x 10.  This has been happening for about a month and a half; it started when my cat moved outside: and so did her food bowl.  It was about a month before I noticed that the raccoon(s) had been raiding the cat food at night, I moved it just inside the dog door so that she could get to it and they couldn’t.  BIG MISTAKE!  Raccoons are smarter than I thought.

After they started getting into the house (which happened for a week max), I put the cat food away completely and only fed my cat during the afternoon when I was watching her.  That didn’t do me much good, however.  After the cat food was gone my raccoon problem only escalated.  The stupid thing(s) discovered the coffee grounds, then the bread, then they figured out how to open the pantry.  Let’s just every morning has uncovered a new disaster.

Since I knew that they were getting in through the dog doors, I asked around the neighborhood for a trap so I could make an attempt to catch at least one.  Unfortunately, I could only find one trap and there were two dog doors.  I should have just closed one and set the trap right on the other, but I didn’t want either of my little dogs (or my cat) to get caught, so I left both open and the trap set on one.  As I’m sure you can guess this didn’t do any good so I’m turning it over to the professionals.  I can’t deal with this raccoon problem on my own, so hopefully the company that I called can.