Keeping Critters at Bay Wednesday, Mar 7 2012
Community and Garden and Pets and Tips cat door, dog door, pests, pets, raccoons, wildlife 12:08 pm
I have had raccoons coming in my yard for many years without any problems. Then about two years ago a raccoon discovered my dog door and came inside my house. Luckily I was home when it happened and scared the raccoon away. Since then, I have made sure to always lock up the dog door at dusk and that seemed to work. However, in the last several months I have been awakened in the middle of the night by a tap, tap, tapping at my back door, only to discover a raccoon trying to get in through the dog door.
I have done all of the preventive measures such as keep food, water, garbage and shelter unavailable to raccoons without success. Through some research I found some Raccoon Help and the solution is ammonia. Place a rag in a low, unbreakable container then pour ammonia on the rag, enough to cover the rag (the rag will help the ammonia from evaporating too fast). Next, put the container where you want to keep raccoons away, for me that was outside near the dog door. You can also use this method for keeping raccoons away from a lawn (you will need several ammonia stations for larger areas with multiple access points). Good luck!
Who Ya Gonna Call? Saturday, Sep 18 2010
Community 311, berkeley, city problems, complaints, help, non-emergency, san francisco 6:56 pm
Have you ever wondered what do I do about this old abandoned car or about this pothole on my street or about this shopping cart full of junk or my noisy neighbors? You’re in luck if you live in Berkeley or San Francisco, just dial 311 and report the problem. San Francisco also lets you report issues on Twitter @sf311. To learn more about San Francisco’s 311 program visit http://www.sf311.org/ To learn more about Berkeley’s 311 program visit http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/PressReleaseMain.aspx?id=45976
311 is a non-emergency call system that many cities have instituted, in part to reduce the number of 911 calls they receive for non-emergency issues. Please still call 911 for emergencies. Here is a helpful link of the various cities across the country that have instituted the 311 system http://www.911dispatch.com/info/311map.html
