Here is a little list of some DIY raccoon removal solutions.
Hopefully, this will save someone some money instead of spending $100,000,000,00 on a removal service
1. Step one is to ensure that all areas around your home are clean and garbage free. This will include bringing any cat or dog food inside your home at night. Make sure to check under bushes and trees for berries and fallen fruit. Raccoons LOVE fruits & berries and will always come back unless an area is totally clean from them.
2. Use latching garbage can lids that can be closed giving the raccoons no points of entry. If you cannot find a suitable trash can, consider building an enclosed shed for it. Garbage can storage sheds are a good way of hiding your garbage from animals and keep your yard looking tidy.
3. Another way of keeping your garbage can secure is to place a heavy weight, bricks or rocks on the lid when garbage is in the can.
4. Raccoons have a very good sense of smell so frequently washing out your garbage cans with a good cleaner is always a good idea for keeping the smells down. Also, be sure to tip any unused cans upside down to ensure they do not collect water for raccoons to drink.
5. Always place lids back on your garbage cans immediately after inserting the trash. Raccoons and other neighborhood pests might decide to invite themselves over for dinner...
6. Another method for keeping raccoons away from garbage cans is to sprinkle one cup of ammonia solution around the inside of each trash can along with some cayenne pepper powder.
7. Make sure that any picnic tables or other outdoor eating locations around your home are clean from any leftover food before you retire for the night. Even the smallest bit of food on the ground could tempt a raccoon to investigate.
8. If possible, store trash cans indoors if you are going away for any long period of time.
9. If you have meat or very tempting food in your trash, always double the plastic bags and try putting a little bleach or strong cleaner on the outside of the bags before depositing it in the can.
10. If a raccoon is raiding your fish pond, try placing some PVC tubes at least 2 ft in length in your pond. This gives the fish a safe place to hide from raccoons and other wildlife around your neighborhood.
11. To prevent raccoons from climbing your fruit trees, wrap a two-foot-wide sheet metal around the trunk of the tree about two feet above the ground and trim any branches that are providing other access, such as from rooftops or fences.
( Note that this info has come from howzak.com's
DIY Raccoon Removal
