Photo: Krista D.

I feed (and fix when I can afford it) feral cats….which brings raccoon family after raccoon family to my nice back yard. I recently tried to get a very friendly small cat/kitten to come in by leaving a teeny little opening in my bathroom window overnight as the cat/kitten would sit up on the outside ledge as if it was ready to come in and be part of my family.

Low and behold, at 4 AM, I woke to a scuffle sound and a nice beautiful raccoon hanging from my bedroom curtain rod! My small terrier was still alive – he's now passed on—but didn't move an inch and none of my other cats, who were lying on my bed, moved.

I got my cell phone to call Animal Control, who… Read More

I just had to write Havahart to say how satisfied I am with my model 1025 trap.

This spring I had noticed a small hole dug at the base of our above ground swimming pool. I tried to fill it in, but it reappeared the next day. Had to be a mole or chipmunk. The hole went under the liner several feet. This pest had to be "relocated" before the liner was compromised. Between the liner, 12,000 gallons of water, labor for replacement, and washout damage, this could have been easily a bill for $2000.

I purchased your trap, baited it with pecans, and placed it at the entrance of the hole. Less than 24 hours later, I had a very excited chipmunk that needed a new home. He was then relocated to a wooded area several miles away. I again… Read More

Photo: InspiredinDesMoines

One summer a couple years ago in rural Mississippi, my husband and I had a little raccoon issue around our yard. We had always kept our cat food outside for easy access to feeding our pets, but kept noticing that it would just disappear from the area. We didn't think much about it until it became very repetitive.

One late evening my husband and I had walked out to sit on the porch and heard something ripping into the food bag and crunching down on the food. Our pets were beside us so we knew that it wasn't them, so my husband began walking toward where the noise was coming from and we started to hear growling and hissing so we kept back.

We later found out that it was a mother raccoon living on the… Read More

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