Judging from your love of animals, I'm sure you're on top of that. He had two feral kitties there and thus, a plethora of fauna was enticed onto our deck. In fact, multiple raccoons together is more often the case than not. Such an unfortunate dilemma.🙁 I'm from Alabama so I grew up around horses and still love them to this day. Poisons should not be used to control raccoons. A raccoon can run at speeds of up to 15 miles per hour. share. The condensed version was: “Two raccoons, a very small one and a slightly larger one had fallen though the suspended ceiling of the “basement” and that there was at least one more still “up there”, what am I supposed to do?” As soon as you can, I'd advise backing off on the outdoor feeding though, because unfortunately your problems will keep growing. I don't know why. I got some fingerless gloves and got it off. Raccoons are extremely courageous and can even be quite ferocious for small animals. We can even ship the necessary traps, lures, etc. They are capable of carrying rabies and canine distemper. Trapping is the way to get rid of raccoons. | “I opened the garage door to put away some potting soil! It turns out to be a female Raccoon and the tech recommended trapping from outside his home and started that day! so a couple of minutes ago im sitting in my kitchen and we have one of those sliding glass doors, anyway i see this pretty big raccoon come up to the door and look inside and it was sort of scary and i haven't seen it since. THEY "SEE" WITH THEIR HANDS. Me "A raccoon came in the window and...." Wife "You were playing Table Tennis again wasnt you!" Even if you face off with them, they will be nonplussed. The animals keep peeling back the end caps of this area and living in there. | I to came across a "maskless" Raccoon, which would try to steal a meal out of my live traps almost daily and then look at me like hey let me go I've already eaten lol. It sounds like the raccoons have gotten entirely tooooooo comfortable and I believe (from the abundance of detailed information gathered from this page) that the raccoons pose a serious threat to your pets/stock. Outside of the scenario of an accidental ingestion (a little droppings on grass), I'd recommend keeping your horses well fed so they aren't lacking any nutrients that might compel them to eat droppings. My technicians and I can honestly say that we have never seen a nuisance wildlife animal job that we were unable to do. Not only do we perform removal of nuisance animals, we also do cleanup, decontamination, and home repairs. Contact a professional raccoon removal specialist in your area. A mother will look for a safe, dry place to have her babies, such as an attic or chimney, and den up there. Incidents with cats … If they are inside your attic or garage for very long at all, you will probably have to replace your contaminated insulation and perhaps even some of the sheetrock, because of the urine stains. A good time was had by all. We've tried not to feed however they are so close to our house and other animals to draw them away we've taken food into the woods and they follow us to eat. December 27, 2020. While noises, scattered trash, and missing pet food are annoying, they are the lesser part of the problem. The problem with this is that there may be babies involved that you didn't know about. I was amazed!! Here is an email I received from a customer, frustrated by some typical mischievous behavior: � I have been combating raccoons for years. I've not heard of this happening to horses and I'm sure we've had raccoons this whole time roaming our property at night maybe not this many all at once though. 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