Wild Critters Under Trailer
Janice Difford
blankets and quilts with a high fever and all hell broke loose underneath
the trailer. Squealfest. It sounded like a 'coon and a mink. They
squealed and they bounced and they bounded from one end of the trailer to
the other, stuff fell off the counters, metal skirt knocked out in three
places. Sheez. Well, it broke the silence of a spooky night.
So how can I get rid of the critter? It keeps knocking the skirting off. I
think it's a 'coon that ran something smaller off. Goodness, the next
critter up the line would be a bear. Can't shoot it as I'm in a park in
town. A 22 short might be good, but there are natural gas lines. Oh well.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
K&N
Pour a couple gallons of ammonia (About $2 a gallon at the grocery store)
under your home along as many access spots as you can reach and let nature
take its course. Ammonia will make it's eyes sting and drive it out but
won't be lethal (you don't want a rotting carcass under your home). Once
the critter is out, seal off every hole and possible access spot you can
find. BUT, if you seal the critter in, it will tear the place apart trying
to get out.
The ammonia smell should go away in a few hours.
Janice Difford wrote in message <8dsji6$fi2$1...@slb6.atl.mindspring.net>...
David Wood
K&N wrote:
> You could try limited chemical warfare.
>
> Pour a couple gallons of ammonia (About $2 a gallon at the grocery store)
> under your home
If you and your family survive the ammonia but the 'critter' is still there. You
could
try limited nuclear war or maybe some 'diane-a-mite'. Coupla sticks outa do it!
You have a real problem but some of the advice your going to get will be over
the top! I'm going to watch this thread with some interest.
(I do hope you get some usable advice, sorry I can't help you)
David
Brenita Turner
If you have to(but I doubt it), tell them you are trying to trap a feral
cat. When you catch something, take it way out in the country (away from
your hose) and open the trap. Come back 15 minutes later and get the trap
and return it. No fuss, no mess. . .no dead or hurt critters.
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wobniar
sewer pipe, under the tarpaper and floor insulation, and was
making an awful lot of noise running back and forth under the
floor, scraping on the heating ducts, etc. Middle of the night,
of course, and who could sleep with that?
We took a couple of skirting pieces off and sent a dog in after
it. After a big fight, lots of yelping, howling, scratching, and
more torn up insulation, the dog had cornered a snarling
opossum! We shot it with a .22 & that was the end of that.
By the way, there is a low velocity cartridge on the market
called a .22CB which is much less powerful and quieter that a
22 short, but still has power enough for rats, squirrels,
opossum, etc.
I wish I would have known about the ammmonia idea. Maybe put
ammonia into one of those hand-pumped garden sprayers to squirt
into hard to reach places? That incident really tore the
stuffing out of the trailer underbelly.
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David Wood
wobniar wrote:
> I had an animal under my trailer.
> and sent a dog in afteri it..
> lots of yelping, howling, scratching, and
> more torn up insulation,
> We shot it with a .22 & that was the end of that.
> That incident really tore the
> stuffing out of the trailer underbelly
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, I just love this newsgroups!
David
> .
>
RStan74238
may be the answer. There are probably some obnoxious smelling chemical sprays
available that would make the critter decide to live elsewhere.
Remove Q from address
Doug
the critter had been rabid.
Doug
snip
>We took a couple of skirting pieces off and sent a dog in after
>it. After a big fight, lots of yelping, howling, scratching, and
>more torn up insulation, the dog had cornered a snarling
>opossum! We shot it with a .22 & that was the end of that.
>By the way, there is a low velocity cartridge on the market
>called a .22CB which is much less powerful and quieter that a
>22 short, but still has power enough for rats, squirrels,
>opossum, etc.
snip
mh...@my-deja.com
around the perimiter of the home. Sometimes it works---sometimes it
doesn't, but at least it is not that expensive of a try.
Good Luck
Rich
In article <8dsji6$fi2$1...@slb6.atl.mindspring.net>,
"Janice Difford" <cee...@mindspring.com> wrote:
> So I'm laying here one cold, windy, quiet night, freezing under all my
> blankets and quilts with a high fever and all hell broke loose
underneath
> the trailer. Squealfest. It sounded like a 'coon and a mink. They
> squealed and they bounced and they bounded from one end of the trailer
to
> the other, stuff fell off the counters, metal skirt knocked out in
three
> places. Sheez. Well, it broke the silence of a spooky night.
>
> So how can I get rid of the critter? It keeps knocking the skirting
off. I
> think it's a 'coon that ran something smaller off. Goodness, the next
> critter up the line would be a bear. Can't shoot it as I'm in a park
in
> town. A 22 short might be good, but there are natural gas lines. Oh
well.
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks.
>
>
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"RStan74238" <rstan...@aol.comQ> wrote in message
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Some of those repellants don't work very well.
I've tried two kinds that are supposed to repel cats, but don't seem to.
Some might repel occupants though <G> ...
jmtay...@my-deja.com
since this is what dogs like to do and why you should have your dogs
vaccinated for rabies and make sure they get their yearly booster!
In article <lnIM4.327$UI4....@ralph.vnet.net>,
Neutrodyne
>From: jmtay...@my-deja.com
>Date: 4/24/00 8:27 AM Central Daylight Time
>Message-id: <8e1i47$egv$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>
Opossums have very soft skulls. A well placed shot with a kids BB gun
will kill one dead as a hammer. Racoons are another matter. I've hit one with 4
.22 long rifle hollow point high velocity rounds at 15-20 feet and had that
racoon contine to charge me and put some hefty dents in a steel storm door
before finally dying. There were 4 big holes in that critter, but he/she still
wanted a piece of me! Be careful with racoons in tight quarters, they can kill
a good dog or make a real mess of a person's arm or leg in no time.
Neutrodyne
Knoll777
<bspa...@tulsa.crosswinds.net> writes:
>The SPCA (or any shelter really) should be able to loan you a humane trap.
>If you have to(but I doubt it), tell them you are trying to trap a feral
>cat. When you catch something, take it way out in the country (away from
>your hose) and open the trap. Come back 15 minutes later and get the trap
>and return it. No fuss, no mess. . .no dead or hurt critters.
>
Hey some of those coon's are pretty smart...8) I used one of these traps and
caught one that was giving me fits in my backyard.n By the time I got home from
work he removed the cage clamps on the back end of the trap and adios
amigo....lol
Brenita Turner
my mother-in-law's place. . .usually get one a week. Not that I disbelieve
you. From some of the things I've seen coons do, I would believe they
could!
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Janice Difford
blast, protecting his family and all.
Ammonia will be my first try. A 22 would be my first choice, but it isn't
possible with neighbors so close and the natural gas lines. I took a "It
can't hit you over there" ricochet once -- never can tell which way a shot
will go, may go right through the critter and these quarters are too close.
I found out that one of the neighbors uses a trap our city lends out.
Another neighbor just drove a 'coon nuts hollering at it. Ammonia, hope it
works. A friend used to keep a "pet" 'coon. They don't seem to like cages
much, so I don't really want to put a cage full of angry 'coon in my car,
even with the cage roped up. Ammonia, hope it works.
Thanks again.
Rat & Swan
> Tough problem-----you might try putting moth balls or moth crystals
> around the perimiter of the home. Sometimes it works---sometimes it
> doesn't, but at least it is not that expensive of a try.
> Good Luck
> Rich
H'mmm... One idea that is fairly creative and *might* work...
If you live anywhere near a wile animal park or zoo that has lions,
bears or other large carnivorous 'inmates', ask the keepers for some of
the feces. Scatter the scat under the trailer. That critter will get
one whiff, thing "HO-ly MO-ses! What went HERE?" and run for its striped
little life!
Un_LESS... of course... the critter was a lovesick mountain lion or
bear.
THEN you're REALLY in the soup! :)
Swan
We will NOT discuss thre skunk under the cabin... we are TRYING to
FORGET!
wobniar
I just found out that there is a company that harvests "predator urine"
from zoos. They market it to repel deer and other problem animals from
gardens, etc. It seems it would work well to repel pests under mobile
homes too.
On their website is a list of testimonials, and someone there claims to
have used the fox urine to repel problem skunks. They sell coyote,
mountain lion, fox, etc.
The site is at: www.predatorpee.com
Charlotte Maness
Char
Juanita Nielson
wobniar wrote:
This has got to be a troll...it's just too funny for words!
Juanita