For the last 3 weeks we have had a visitor in the ceiling of our personal training studio. I heard it talking over my office. We were hoping for a squirrel but raccoons make such a distinctive noise there was no doubt that we had one. After spending 2 hours in the crawl space straightening insulation and reconnecting the heat and AC duct work Cahoulin was sure there was no critter left up there. This was May 3. The hole where he could come and go was boarded up. We all left that day certain we had outsmarted a wild animal. By Wednesday we knew he was still up there. For the last week we have tried to catch it in this live trap. What do you put in a live trap to catch a raccoon? We tried a variety of fare. Apples are favorites. The soy power bar was eaten. The chocolate candy gave it diarrhea as did the gluten free breakfast bar. Why did we try such weird food? This is a personal training studio. We don't eat bad food here. (The candy was left here by a client who needed to get rid of temptation. The temptation was not yet removed from the building when the need arose for more bait.) Until today it was able to get the food without tripping the trap. Today it lost. Or you could say today it won. FYI suspending the bait in mid-air works. The animal has to get to it by entering the trap and cannot possibly fish around through the sides. We called all around but no one will rehabilitate raccoons. Everyone wants to kill them because they spread rabbis. I will not tell where he is. I will tell you though he is safe. He is no longer in the studio.
Kam and Cahoulin, trainers here at The Fire!
For the last 3 weeks we have had a visitor in the ceiling of our personal training studio. I heard it talking over my office. We were hoping for a squirrel but raccoons make such a distinctive noise there was no doubt that we had one. After spending 2 hours in the crawl space straightening insulation and reconnecting the heat and AC duct work Cahoulin was sure there was no critter left up there. This was May 3. The hole where he could come and go was boarded up. We all left that day certain we had outsmarted a wild animal. By Wednesday we knew he was still up there. For the last week we have tried to catch it in this live trap. What do you put in a live trap to catch a raccoon? We tried a variety of fare. Apples are favorites. The soy power bar was eaten. The chocolate candy gave it diarrhea as did the gluten free breakfast bar. Why did we try such weird food? This is a personal training studio. We don't eat bad food here. (The candy was left here by a client who needed to get rid of temptation. The temptation was not yet removed from the building when the need arose for more bait.) Until today it was able to get the food without tripping the trap. Today it lost. Or you could say today it won. FYI suspending the bait in mid-air works. The animal has to get to it by entering the trap and cannot possibly fish around through the sides. We called all around but no one will rehabilitate raccoons. Everyone wants to kill them because they spread rabbis. I will not tell where he is. I will tell you though he is safe. He is no longer in the studio.
Kam and Cahoulin, trainers here at The Fire!
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