I don't think the east coast raccoons here in New Jersey subscribe to
the same magazines as the west coast bandits. After their raids the
like to take a dip in the swimming pool. All evidence (foot prints,
sand on bottom of pool and wet concrete) points to them entering and
exiting from the deep end and not at the ladder. Anyway I have
relocated three this year and five last year and will probably
continue to do it in the future. They have never harmed my fish just
snails, frogs and VF plants torn apart.
Great photos and beautiful pond and web page.

"160meters" wrote in message
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I have had a pond for quite a few years, and every night the racoons
come up
from the river, about 60 feet away, and not once have they bothered
my fish.
The walls are vertical, pond is over 3 feet deep, they will *not* go
into
the water if they can't touch bottom. We probably have a hundred
racoons in
the half mile radius, the Trask River is about 10 - 30 feet deep
now, and
never has there been a problem

http://www.oregoncoast.com/blondie/digging2.htm click on the
racoon pix
at top. I never ever feed these wild animals, by the way.

They were here first, I am the encroacher, don't mess with Mother
Nature...
She'll getcha!

Sue





"bobkiely" wrote in message
news:1ZDQa.15677$zy.2790@fed1read06...
IFSKR: Hey....I might have rushed to judgement about the coyote
urine when
I
said it doesn't work....I'm now undecided. I didn't take it back
like I
said I was going to and it has been there for 8 days and he only
came back
the one time.

I'm going to let it ride a little longer before I make up my mind.
As you
may have seen me write...we DO have coyotes here.
BK