Varmint(s) under the house

Ammonia probably isn't the most effective smell, after all urine smells of ammonia when it gets old, so the area will just smell like the animal's favourite toilet area.

A pet Wolverine released in the crawlspace will cure your varmint infestation.

Get a humane trap from animal control. Decide what to do with the animal after it is in the trap. My mom used to relocate possum and racoons. You can do it :o)

:Get a humane trap from animal control. Decide what to do with the :animal after it is in the trap. My mom used to relocate possum and :racoons. You can do it :o)

OK, I may go this route. Again, I'd have to do it until at least a day passes with no footprints. I've never relocated a varmint before, but I figure I can locate a free trap here in Berkeley, where we celebrate the human conscience... sometimes to a fault.

Dan

Call your animal control department. They may be able to ID the footprints, which may enable them to recommend the best bait for the trap. They may also loan you a trap.

In many places it is illegal to relocate animals without a special permit. The fines are pretty high.

True. He'll find that out when he speaks to his animal control department.

There are no fines where I live. Relocation means moving the live animal with the blast of a 12 ga. shotgun to wherever it lands. Then out in a field for varmint dinner. It is 100% effective.

Steve

celebrate the

footprints,

In CA it is illegal, and since he's in Berkeley ( I assume CA) so if you're going to relocate an animal, make sure you don't tell *anyone* especially in that town where they practically arrest you for being a Republican. ;-)

Cheri

get a stick and a flashlight and go under there and chase it out..

You may (or may not) want to talk to:

Of course, you could just ID the footprint. Maybe it's nothing to be concerned about.

Maybe in Berkeley they will let him use a digital game camera to what he really has.

Wouldn't that violate the critter's privacy rights?

It just might in Berkeley. The new "upskirting" laws and such.

It evaporates pretty fast, too, so you have to keep renewing it.

Have you considered that you're creating a possum and raccon problem in someone else's neighborhood?

There'd be such a simple solution if they were tasty ........

:>>> :Get a humane trap from animal control. Decide what to do with :the :>>> :animal after it is in the trap. My mom used to relocate possum :and :>>> :racoons. You can do it :o) :>>>

:>>> OK, I may go this route. Again, I'd have to do it until at least a :day :>>> passes with no footprints. I've never relocated a varmint before, :but I :>>> figure I can locate a free trap here in Berkeley, where we :celebrate the :>>> human conscience... sometimes to a fault. :>>>

:>>> Dan :>>>

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:>>Call your animal control department. They may be able to ID the :footprints, :>>which may enable them to recommend the best bait for the trap. They :may also :>>loan you a trap. :>>

:>

:>In many places it is illegal to relocate animals without a special :>permit. The fines are pretty high. : :In CA it is illegal, and since he's in Berkeley ( I assume CA) so if :you're going to relocate an animal, make sure you don't tell *anyone* :especially in that town where they practically arrest you for being a :Republican. ;-) : :Cheri

True enough. I scanned the registration roles while waiting in line to vote one day a couple of years ago and it appeared that Republicans here are about 1 in 50, if that.

Dan

PS Thanks for the info about animal relocation in CA. I won't call animal control, then. What would be the point? I'm going to have to do something clever to get the animal(s) out, make sure they're out, and then lock them out!