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Clarksville Tennessee Raccoon Control Situation: Hi David, Last night I was awakended at 4am by loud animal noises. I looked outside and saw 3 raccoons swimming, playing and fighting in my swimming pool. The pool light was on but that didn't bother them. Two of them would get out now and then, walk to the shallow end and then plop right back in again. The third one was dog paddling in circles, mostly around the deep end, and I thought might be sick. They were very loud. After about 10 minutes they all got out and left. I have had raccoons around my house in suburban Miami for 15 years but they have never caused me any trouble. The worst thing they have done is poop in the pool and that's only happened a few times. Most of the times they dig in the holes where the pool fence goes looking for insects and leave small piles of dirt by the holes. Now and then they remove the top to the pool skimmer. They have never gotten in the house or the garbage. Last night's incident, however, concerned me a bit as I understand that raccoons don't like to swim in deep water. Should I try to have the animals trapped? They aren't bothering me, but should I worry that they might be sick? Thanks for your advice. Kathy
About 5 weeks ago we heard some scratching sounds coming from within an exterior wall next to the fireplace (not in fireplace/chimney). We pounded on the wall some and the scratching stopped. The same thing happened again about 2 ½ weeks ago. Last Friday night while reading in an upstairs bedroom I heard a noise and looked out to see a raccoon on the roof. I've pounded on the downstairs wall area off and on this last week but haven't heard more scratching. When I had the house re-roofed in Oct. 2011 the roofer found some raccoon damage by one of the chimneys and fixed it. We hadn't noticed more problems until recently. I do have an overhanging tree which I need to get pruned, but after reading more about raccoons I was wondering if I need to leave the branches overhanging, as an escape route, for the time being. If there is raccoon damage somewhere, or holes where they're getting in I would really like to get that fixed as soon as possible.
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