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WildLife Information
If you have problems with healthy wildlife living in your yard you can humanely evict them simply by using ammonia soaked rags or moth bricks in the area of which they are coming and going from!! The best method is to poke holes in the perimeter of a coffee can, then soak a rag in ammonia and lid the top so that the smell will emit from the can even on rainy days. These are not harmful or toxic to the critters, they just really do not like the odor caused by them.
Please allow several days for this method to work, especially a mother with her young!! After all she needs to carry all these "kids" to a new home site. Be patient, you may even get the wonderful opportunity to see her leaving with them to her new site, course evicting her was a shame to begin with if she was not bothering any one and appeared to be healthy. If you insist on having these critters removed from your yard, and the above methods do not work, (although this is what I do to keep critters out of my garden all summer long, effectively!!) you need to contact a local pest control licensed to handle & trap wildlife. These people, and the state of Mass. refer to them as " Problem Animal Control Specialists". By calling in a specialist, Realize that their job is: to trap and destroy the critter, as they have no choice under the law, remember that Mass. law states you can not trap and relocate the animal! Local specialist: Andy & Dick Harlow- "North Shore Animal Damage Control" - 978-388-8540 Amesbury, MA , Email: service@allpestweb.com We as home owners can learn to live comfortably while the critters live around us, we are the one's invading the property that they are on: the more wooded areas cut down the closer the critters come to our homes!! Some tips:
Don't feed your pets outdoors- it will attract wild animals and strays. Never feed wild animals, especially near your home! Feeding birds at feeders is fine if you rake up the wasted seeds and shells, ( the coyotes on my property will eat the waste under the feeder if I do not pick it up often!! They also like to steal my horse's grain bucket if I forget to bring it in at night!!)
Keep your distance from wild animals, even if they seem tame. Never try to keep wild animals as pets-- it's against the law!! Don't touch dead animals* call your Animal Control Officer and or Board of health for removal!!
I hope this has helped you!! If you would like more information you can also contact the below departments or view their sites. You can contact your town/city's board of health & or Mass. veterinary medical association: 978-839-6155
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