Re: [GSAS-Member] Deterring raccoons, was pond discussions

["Bryan Nichols" <nicholsbryan@gmail.com>]

On the subject of deterring raccoons, here is a personally tailored add
courtesy of Google.
http://www.nixalite.com/scarecrow.aspx?gclid=COGlh8CwwZQCFRMYagod6xmJFg


On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 10:15 PM, Linda Knapp <linda@bozuk.org> wrote:

> I wonder if they where really raccoons or sea otters? I was at the
> marina in Port Townsend once, We had caught a 60 pound  Halibut and
> the bones and what not was out in the cockpit in a garbage bag. Just
> as we where heading to sleep a couple sea otters came on board and
> drug off the bag. I managed to get the bag out of the water with the
> main part of the skeleton and put it in a bucket in a hold to dump out
> in the deeper water the next day. The otters came back and where quite
> unhappy.... But they did get a share anyway.
> Cute buggers - I like them better than raccoons even though they can
> get onboard and mess up things a lot.
>
> Linda
>
> On Jul 14, 2008, at 1:19 PM, Betty Goetz wrote:
>
> > I'll be honest, those 50g stock tanks are pretty shallow. They
> > looked like
> > raccoon wading pools to me (weak grin). I 'might' get one for bog
> > plants
> > but I don't think I'll be putting fish in. I didn't think they were
> > deep
> > enough to provide any 'cover' for a fish trying to evade raccoon
> > paws so I
> > passed and got a larger tank. The 75g looks like the smallest at
> > DeYoungs
> > that might be good for fish, especially in raccoon country.
> >
> > Maybe it's all the Siberian husky smell, but I never had any
> > evidence in
> > 19 years of raccoons going for my goldfish at my old place. I never
> > had
> > space for stock tanks there, so used something similar in size to
> > whiskey
> > barrels and they were mostly placed near my front porch where they
> > dogs
> > spent plenty of time. And I did have plenty of evidence that they had
> > discovered my chicken coop...about 100' up on the hill from the
> > house! My
> > dogs never went up into poultry territory (except for the occasional
> > Siberian chicken raid), hence no dog smell deterrent.
> >
> > My coworkers have plenty of stories of raccoons swimming out to
> > anchored
> > sailboats in the San Juans, climbing up the anchor line and breaking
> > into
> > locked cabinets for food (and pooping all over deck), so I think a
> > determined raccoon needs something more substantial than netting,
> > but I
> > have no personal experience to fall on here.
> >
> > Betty Goetz - relying on Siberian husky power and DEEP stock tanks to
> > protect my goldies
> >
> >> I just got a little pond - thanks to Betty for suggesting the stock
> >> tanks
> >> at DeYoungs and Susan for the pond scoops!    All good, but the
> >> problem
> >> is: I have never in the four years I have been living here seen a
> >> raccoon
> >> in my neighborhood, until last night!!  The pond has been on the
> >> deck two
> >> days and they are already visiting it; I couldn't believe it.
> >>
> >> Does netting over a small pond keep them out of it?  It is only a
> >> shallow
> >> 50 gallon stock tank (about 12 inches deep), but it does have steep
> >> sides;
> >> is that enough to deter them or should I cover the tank/pond with
> >> some
> >> sort of netting??  There are just tadpoles in there now, but I
> >> definitely
> >> want to put fish in it soon, and don't want it to become the
> >> neighborhood
> >> raccoon feeder.
> >>
> >> Thanks, Connie
> >> (who has been learning a TON from all these great discussions!)
> >>  ----- Original Message -----
> >>  From: Tom Watson<mailto:onefish2fish@comcast.net>
> >>  To: 'Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member
> >> chat'<mailto:gsas-member@thekrib.com>
> >>  Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 10:02 AM
> >>  Subject: Re: [GSAS-Member] pond discussions
> >>
> >>
> >>  What keeps raccoons out of ponds are steep sides.  They can't put
> >> a paw
> >> in
> >>  the shallows to brace themselves when leaning out to snatch fish.  A
> >> shelf
> >>  along the edge would provide that place to brace themselves.
> >>
> >>  -----Original Message-----
> >>  From:
> >> gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com<mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com
> >> >
> >>  [mailto:gsas-member-bounces@thekrib.com] On Behalf Of Betty Goetz
> >>  Sent: Monday, July 14, 2008 8:17 AM
> >>  To: Greater Seattle Aquarium Society member chat
> >>  Subject: [GSAS-Member] pond discussions
> >>
> >>  Thanks for the pond discussions! I worked on my 2 larger stock tanks
> >> this
> >>  weekend. I wish my goldies would decide that Azolla tastes as good
> >> as
> >>  duckweed! I'm wondering if anyone has seen something that might
> >> work on
> >> a
> >>  stock pond edge to help grow marginals or bog plants?
> >> Hmmmmm....maybe
> >>  those plastic planters they make for deck railings??????? I really
> >> don't
> >>  want to fill up the edges with cement blocks to make staging zones
> >> for
> >>  pots.
> >>
> >>  Trish....your 4 goldies are doing great. They do seem to like flakes
> >>  better than floating pellets but are getting the hang of the things.
> >> They
> >>  are spending less time hanging out in the holes of the cement brick
> >> tower
> >>  I put in one end to stage some parrotfeather pots. Larry...thanks
> >> from
> >>  bring them up north for me! I know I wouldn't have made it down to
> >>  Enumclaw!
> >>
> >>  Raccoons & outdoor ponds - so far I've lucked out. All of my ponds
> >> are
> >>  above ground, which may help. Having lots of Siberian husky smell
> >>  (including one determined male who likes to mark the sides of stock
> >> ponds)
> >>  may help as well. I KNOW I've got raccoons around at the new place
> >> as
> >> the
> >>  neighbors have warned me. The chickens get locked in at night (weak
> >> grin).
> >>
> >>  Betty Goetz
> >>
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