Thursday night, February 28 at 10:45 I was awakened by a sound I had heard twice before (see post from May 2012 for those sagas) and had hoped to never hear again.........a raccoon on our roof ripping at the gable vent.
I got out of bed and started rapping on the ceiling near the vent. No reaction. The ripping sound continued. I opened the window under the vent. The noise stopped. Then plop. There was the raccoon (a good size one at that) staring at me. It ran to the other side of the garage roof and jumped. I didn't sleep much after that keeping a listening ear out for its possible return.
When I returned home from work the next day (it's dark when I leave for work in the morning), I checked out the gable vents. The work that we had done last summer by a pest and wildlife specialist putting grates over the vents paid off. No damage!
Here's hoping word gets out around the raccoon community that our house is a no go for them.
2 comments:
I finally posted a new blog entry. I figured you guys probably no longer even go to look so I best tell you that I posted.
Yeah, I figured if you are going to post once a year, I will be checking once a year. So thanks for the info.
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