Raccoons can enter a house in several ways, making a mess and exposing your pets to diseases. They also bring pests such as ticks and fleas into the house. One of the easiest ways raccoons enter is through a cat door. Clever raccoons are even able to get through cat doors that are specifically designed to prevent wild animals from entering, such as magnetic doors triggered by a sensor on your pet's collar. Raccoons entering cat doors are searching for food, so deterring the raccoons or eliminating your home as a food source will cause the animals to lose interest (see References 1 and 3).
Instructions
1. Install a lockable cat door. Lock the door at night when raccoons are the most active (see Reference 3).
2. Hide or relocate pet food that will attract raccoons (see Reference 2).
3. Install a bright light or a light triggered by motion sensors above the pet door (see Reference 3).
4. Place an ammonia-soaked rag inside the pet door at night (see Reference 2).
5. Place a radio near the cat door entrance. Tune it to a talk radio station to give the appearance that humans are present (see Reference 2).
6. Place commercially available raccoon repellent granules near the entrance to the cat door (see Reference 3).
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