Built in obsolesence

[John V]

Sounds like you need a yard guard dog John. That or cats with balls

My cat is the biggest wimp in the neighborhood. Actually that's a good thing at times. I hired a pro to take out the first coon (when I thought there was jsut one). He said if the cat had tangled with it she'd be dead. Once we came home at night and saw the cat in her little hut, with the coon two feet away from her eating her food. Didn't seem to bother her at all.

Also large plastic tubs do wonders for all those peanutty goodness foods you've got goin on.

I took the peanuts inside. That just prompted the raccoon to destroy my birdfeeder setup. It was a shepherd's hook type thing with three hooks, for a finch feeder, hummingbird feeder, and regular bird feeder. The coon tore it down, bending the hook and completely destroying all the feeders.

I read online about using a fly poison in Coke to poison them, but it didn't work for me.

There's a housing development going in a little way from us. I think the coons are moving due to loss of habitat, and once I get this wave dealt with I should be OK for awhile.

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They have sex toys that can sync with an iPod. Can you keep perfect rhythm at 140 bpm?

Yes. Metronomes aren't just for musicians you know.