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The Velveteen Ocelot

(131,983 posts) Sat Feb 1, 2020, 01:34 AM Feb 2020

They're screeching and squeaking and thumping around under there, and they are probably either fighting or mating. I wish they'd stop.

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There are raccoons under my porch. [View all] The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 OP

better than skunks Kali Feb 2020 #1

Raccoons aren't social animals so .... Phoenix61 Feb 2020 #2

put some mothballs under there Skittles Feb 2020 #3

I'm not sure the moths will stand still for that. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #4

STOP IT Skittles Feb 2020 #5

+1. A true, honest to goodness guffaw was just had. yonder Feb 2020 #15

How do you get their little legs apart? NurseJackie Feb 2020 #18

Trap them, or have someone trap them Bayard Feb 2020 #6

I'm in the city. Raccoons are all over the place The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #7

Call animal control asap.They can be dangerous. brush Feb 2020 #12

They're under my porch in the snow. I don't see them at all The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #16

One of the smartest animals in America safeinOhio Feb 2020 #8

There are house wrens in our wall... pdxflyboy Feb 2020 #9

good Rockher Feb 2020 #10

? The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #11

Get rid of them. They're probably using your house as a latrine. dalton99a Feb 2020 #13

It's the dead of winter. Whatever is under there is frozen solid. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2020 #14

They come through my cat door, onto the back porch, sinkingfeeling Feb 2020 #17