racoon bait

QuestionWhat do I bait racoons with for live trapping in my attic? AnswerI assume you mean cage trapping rather than using other live traps such as footholds or species specific traps. There are a number of baits

Raccoons Again

QuestionStephen, Raccoons are forcing me to lock my cat door which leads to the laundry room overnight, which in turn forces the cat to poop in our fireplace or on our rugs. Please give us some ideas to keep t

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QuestionJust read an old answer you gave about raccoons and cat doors. That does it, Im staying up tonight to kill it or stun it with a paintball gun. I dont want my cats to get sick and I didnt know the

insect pest in my home

QuestionI am currently residing in Northern New York, and I am unfortunately having a problem with this insect. It is a very fast brownish wormish type thing with an abundance of legs. I find them on the

deer and shrubs

QuestionHello Dan. I recently planted some small austrian pine trees and spruce trees on my property. There all quite small, less then 2 ft high. To reduce the deer damage on the above trees, I plan on sprayi

Cat urine in garden

QuestionDan, Stray cats are urinating in my Veg/Flower gardem. Help!??? Thanks, Sanford AnswerHi, I dont have any answers concerning domestic cats and their litter box habits other than possibly offer them somethi

ground wasp?

QuestionI am picking up bright yellow single strand honeycombed empties in my yard. I have swept up several wasp appearing either dying or coming alive out of my house, around the door. I do not know whe

Tree pests

QuestionHi, Jim: We live in Southeast Michigan. We have a big tree in the front garden. Now it has some insect problem. We found lots of green balls on leaves. The green balls are about the size of a small cherry.

Crabapple tree insect infestation

QuestionI have a 20 year old crabapple tree. It has never been overly healthy - however, this spring it had a rather nice display of flowers. Shortly after it bloomed, I was out checking on it and found

Oak tree with LOTS of activity

QuestionHello Jim, I am located in SE Massachusetts. We are in the midst of a caterpillar invasion (forest, tent, gypsy you name em we got em)... but we have a tree on our property that seems to have attracted l

Cats on my property

QuestionHi Dan, I hope you can help me, because I am at the end of my rope. A year ago, we purchased 2 acres in the country ONLY because we have show dogs and also a rescue (we save dogs who would otherwise be eutha

Insect on a plant

QuestionI found an bug that is red with a purple to indigo colored head and two very large antennae. It has a whitish spot on its back. Ive never seen it before. Im in northern Ohio and there are w

Zucchini

QuestionMy plants have a white powder on them and its killing the leafs.. Plant is still producing new leafs and fruit, but the powder is spreading to the new leafs?? Have tried 7 dust.... AnswerRandall, what you a

Problem with a animal digging in yard

QuestionGood Evening Stephen, The problem that Im having holes are appearing in my front yard. At first it was one and know I have about five holes and it appears that the digging is from below the surface.

little red bugs

QuestionHello Mike, On 8/8/05 Vanessa asked you about little red bugs on her tomato plants. We also live in Nothern VA, probably not far from Vanessa. We would like to know what these bugs are. We have them on our

Raccoon relationships

QuestionThank you! Just one more question. My dog is always asleep when the raccoons wander through so I am not worried about a confrontation. However, I read they carry diseases such as rabies and other harmful dis

Grey Squirrels

QuestionI live in the UK. We are having problems with squirrels at he moment as they are damaging our plants. We have used a so-called squirrel repellent which has a frequency range from 17 kHz to 40 kHz

Spiders... I think...

QuestionHey there. I really hope you can help me. Since spring we have had a problem with spiders on the exterior of the house. They seem to be everywhere. I looked them up online to find they are some kind of weave

chipkmunks

QuestionWe have a problem with chipmunks and squireels chewing the wiring in the engine of our trucks, they also make alot of nest. Please tell me how I can get rid of this problem. It`s costing tons of money for ne

Rabbit probelm

QuestionWe are having a problem with rabbits in our backyard eating our plants. We have tried black and red pepper but that has not helped. What do you suggest? Thanks for your help. AnswerFor troublesum gar