Are you having trouble with raccoons?
This entry was posted on 1/27/2007 10:59 AM and is filed under Articles by Scott.
Are raccoons beating up your feeders at night and eating all the seed? Here are a few tips that might help.
- Bring in your feeders at night.
- Install a raccoon baffle.
- Put your feeders on locking chains. This will at least prevent the raccoons from carrying them off.
- Spread Shake Away Coyote Urine under your feeders.
- Hang your feeders on a wire stretched between two trees or posts. Use a few plastic bottles as baffles by running the wire through them.
- I have a couple Wingspan cast-iron feeders that will hold up to an angry raccoon. They will still get the seed but they won't break the feeder.
- Try a Scarecrow motion-activated sprinkler.
- Try hot pepper suet or Squirrel Away.
- Put out hot pepper pieces covered in peanut butter or bread soaked in Tabasco and honey. These may drive the raccoons away after a few evenings.
