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9. Try talk radio and bright lights
Wed Aug 15, 2012, 01:42 PM
Aug 2012

A relative had the same problem in her attic. What convinced the raccoons to leave was a good dose of talk radio and very bright lights, 24/7. Another method is ammonia and/or mothballs, if you don't mind the odor.

None of those tricks works outdoors. I know because I still have a raccoon problem in my yard I'm trying to deal with.

(Another option is to trap a kit if you can, and then keep the kit in the trap, which forces the mother to try and get in the trap.)

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