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Help! Raccoon in my wall!!!

I could suggest something involving a borrowed .22lr rifle, a 2 liter plastic pop bottle and some duct tape.:D:D:D
 
BA_Colt said:
You are from Maine and you are freaking out because of a raccoon? Forty put some earplugs in, drink an adult beverage, and as Esav said call your landlord in the morning.
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I'm a bit worried only because it's in my wall with only a very thin board keeping it from getting inside. Also a fair number of raccoons up here have rabies. The bugger sounded pretty motivated with clawing at the board for a while. I think that's valid cause for concern.

This kind of post is more appropriate for W&C. And I already sent out an email to my landlord. But as previously mentioned he's a bit of a flake, so I'm not sure if he'll actually take care of this in good time or not.
 
How about calling your City or County Animal Control? "Help, I've got a rabid raccoon in my attic!"
 
These guess are nocturnal. If you can keep an eye out for it, when it leaves for the night, then you can block off the opening with cement blocks or something similar til the Landlord fixes it. Or til you lay in wait and take care of it yourself.
 
If he was still scratching around I would call animal control. Fortunately it sounds like he's settled down for the evening and it's getting late, so I'll wait and see what the landlord says in the morning.
 
If it's a coon or skunk, it may have left for the night. If you have some cement blocks or something block off the opening on the outside.
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
If he was still scratching around I would call animal control. Fortunately it sounds like he's settled down for the evening and it's getting late, so I'll wait and see what the landlord says in the morning.
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No FortyTwoBlades..........he is not settled down. He is not sleeping.....He is....he is waiting......waiting for you to sleep, before it launches it's night attack!!!!!:eek:
 
i say use a Molotov cocktail.

burn the little bugger out. victory through any means necessary.

better to be homeless and save face than cohabiting.

ryan
 
FortyTwoBlades said:
I actually have yet to purchase a .22, (going to next summer. I'm a poor college student) and I don't have the money to buy a humane trap. Even if I had a gun I wouldn't be able to shoot it on account of being in an apartment building. :(
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You might check with your local Animal Control to see if you can rent a live trap. Around San Diego you can rent one for ~$5 a week from Animal Control. Bait it with peanut butter. The scent carries well and most scavengers love the stuff. Check the trap daily.

Once you got him, close up the hole. Don't know if you said what your walls are. If they are stucco, plug the hole with coarse steel wool or wire mesh and patch over it with stucco patch. If wood, get some thin sheet metal and nail it in.
 
Do not use any kind of poison, you think you have a problem now, think what it will be with a 15lb dead ass coon in the wall. Live traps are only about $20 or so. Check around, see if you know someone that has one you can borrow.
 
SOOO true, the only problem I can think of is if it's a skunk. If you do end up with a skunk in the trap cover it with a blanket or something before you move it.
 
You're looking at this all wrong.....You've got the perfect pick up line. Head out to the bar and explain "hey I've got a rabid racoon living in my appt, can I sleep at your place tonight?".:D
 
He's got a pregnant fiance'. So he has be a gentleman about this. He should pop for a motel room when picks up a chick, it's only right!!
 
I would stay away from poison if possible. You don't want to end up with a big, stinkin carcass in the wall!
 
chopchop said:
I would stay away from poison if possible. You don't want to end up with a big, stinkin carcass in the wall!
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Amen to that--then we could go from raccoon problem to mind bending smell 24-7 add to that the maggots and other creepy crawly things that will go to town on Mr. Raccoon and use his life sustaining remains to reproduce and share the bounties with their offspring..you will be hearing the chew and screw noises all night.probably have to get a kenneling license or the like for raising to many of any kind of species.....Steve
 
Two posibilities !
1- Put a python in the hole.
2- Take down the building with explosive demolition.
 
Just get a couple of cement blocks, and wait til about 3:00 am when he's out and block up the hole til the landlord fixes it.
 
The smoke from a flare will kill anything in a small space. I have zero solution for the stench of decay :D Worked great on groundhogs in years past.

In all seriousness, everyone else nailed it...call the landlord, make him hire an exterminator, and voila no issue.
 
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