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Article: Raccoon troubles - or is it just me?(Personal Life)
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- The Register Guard (Eugene, OR)
- Article date:
- June 30, 2008
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Byline: Randi Bjornstad The Register-Guard
At first I thought I'd found the perfect solution to my raccoon-in-the-utility-room problem: Talk radio.
At bedtime, I turned the light on, plugged in the radio and tuned in the liveliest-sounding show on the dial.
It worked like a charm. The next morning, instead of being scoured clean, the cats' food dishes still had a healthy amount of kibble and Trader Joe's cat food tuna in them.
After another night of the same routine and the same result, I thought I had it made. But on the third morning, it was worse than being back to square one. Not only was all the cat food in the dishes gone, the ...