a while ago we heard something is chewing on our deck from underneath. we heard sounds of wood ripping. figured it was a raccoon. called around and found out we could rent a trap and have the county vector control come and retrieve it afterwards. never got around to it and haven't really heard the raccoon again so i never did anything.
fast forward to last night. i was doing the dishes and saw a fat raccoon sitting on the lawn, next to the edge of the deck, staring at me...just sitting there looking at me while i was looking at her...after a while two smaller ones stuck out their heads as well. i thought oh fvck, 3 raccoons...then they started to wander further out into the lawn, jumping on each other and grooming each other...i looked away and when i looked back, there were two more! 5 fvcking raccoons having a jolly good time on my lawn...its a family of mommy and 4 juvi's...
i don't think i can trap them all...i'm thinking of blocking off the gap to the underside of the deck with concrete blocks once they're all leave at night and hope they go make a home elsewhere...
is there any other good ideas on how to get rid of the fvckers?