I Was In Pest Control
By Jim Bauer
@porwest (112812)
United States
February 18, 2020 7:20pm CST
I still have all of my traps. This little guy was making his way through an opening and getting into our house. I HAD to trap him. But I did release him. In all of my years in pest control I only killed skunks.
But all of the racoons, opossums, and squirrels were all released.
I set this trap and the wifey found this guy trapped and fed him a hot dog. lol. I love this woman, her compassion, even though the raccoon did not seem quite onboard with the situation.
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@Hannihar (130150)
• Israel
28 Feb 20
@porwest
I can understand that. I hate to watch animals being hurt or abused. My cat I have now was left to die at 2 days old and it makes me angry. I found a cute little kitten one Saturday when I started on my walk and had to give it food and water. It was tiny and possibly abandoned. I was so angry. I could not take it in though. I understand what you wife feels. I feel the same way.
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@GrannyGee (3517)
• Louisburg, North Carolina
19 Feb 20
I wondered why you killed the skunks? I'm happy to hear you released the raccoons, opossums, and squirrels. My husband and I feel the same way as you and you wife do.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36847)
• Pamplona, Spain
20 Feb 20
I am glad he was released too although rats are the worst for me and mice come second on the list.
@LindaOHio (222310)
• United States
19 Feb 20
Couldn't view the video. What an outrageous picture! I'm glad you trap and release. We had to get rid of 2 raccoons that were on the roof all the time. We were afraid they would get into the house. I hope they are happy in their new digs. Skunks eat all kinds of unwanted things in the yard. They do cause problems for dogs though.
@yanzalong (19091)
• Indonesia
19 Feb 20
It costs a lot of money to have them trapped and very often I failed to trap them.
@infatuatedbby (94909)
• United States
19 Feb 20
You killed skunks? We never had issues with needing to kill skunks. We had a raccoon in our garage once but my dad got that feisty raccoon out. My dad had set traps for rats (outside). Inside very rarely like I don’t recall in the last decade needing a rat/mouse trap.
At my place we have gopher / mole problems. I’m deciding to go with fake grass in the backyard. No gopher or mole problems for our front lawn though ..:
@JudyEv (382019)
• Rockingham, Australia
19 Feb 20
Such a lovely wife you have to feed the poor raccoon. I hope he doesn't return for more hotdogs.
@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
19 Feb 20
Love that photo! Ever catch rats as big as cats?
@arunima25 (93194)
• Bangalore, India
19 Feb 20
I am glad that you releases them in their places. But sad to know about skunks. I wish there was a way to release them back.
@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
19 Feb 20
We don't have that kind of animal. We do get rid of mice and rats.
