When I came home from work yesterday, the raccoon not only had not departed the bus, he was curled up snoozing away, totally unbothered by the fact I was there. By evening, his position had only changed slightly and he was still sacked out.
I decided to block the pet door to keep the cats out, set the hav-a-hart-or-not-trap, bait it with cat food and when I had him trapped to dispatch him in an appropriate manner.
Bad mistake. The bus is even more trashed than yesterday. Any shelf he had missed the night before, he got last night. In addition, he really wanted to get out of there and pretty much destroyed the pet door. Obviously gave up after creating mass destruction and climbed back into his comfortable spot by the ceiling and hunkered down for another day of sleep. The trap and the cat food were untouched. It has a sensitive trigger on the closing mechanism and it wasn't even tripped. (It did, however slam shut when I touched it!)
Thor discovered him this morning. He is not happy that creature is in the bus. He knows the raccoon doesn't belong. Hackles up and barking, he tried to roust it without getting too close. Since he already had to deal with porcupine quills, I really don't want him dealing with Mr. Raccoon.
Tonights' plan is to place the trap immediately in front of the pet door on the outside of the bus and hope he enters the trap and doesn't just destroy it. We have already lost one trap to some kind of creature who actually chewed through the end of the cage to escape. Hopefully the cats will leave the trap alone to allow my idea to have a chance at working.
Stay tuned for updates.
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