Omg. One more thing for me to obsess about.

Now I'm going to have to go looking on my property for this! Ugh.

And my daughter's apartment at VT has fleas in it. They don't even have a pet! A friend who has cats living at her (other) apartment didn't have a washer/dryer and she brought all her laundry over to my daughter's apartment to do. We discovered the fleas the week before Thanksgiving break. At first they thought they were imagining it, but I saw a few when I visited that week. I went to Walmart, bought a new vacuum, borax, natural sprays and some RAID flea spray which I only used very sparingly. We laundered everything that could be in hot water/borax, put some other stuff that couldn't be laundered in the dryer on high heat for an hour, sprayed the couch, vacuumed multiple times and sprinkled borax on the carpet along the base boards. Then we left for Thanksgiving break. I really can't stand this kind of thing. I get really grossed out. We will find out soon if that was enough I guess.

And now I have to worry about raccoon poop?!! There are all sorts of critters living on my property or next to it. Ugh.

In response to this post by pfishe

Posted: 11/26/2018 at 1:25PM

Anyone deal with raccoons around your house -- Hokie1992 11/26/2018 06:24AM

No but a full grown groundhog snuck into our house. By the time I heard it -- TechMomof2 11/26/2018 4:52PM

Real risk is if momma decides to move into your attic to nest -- Vienna_Hokie 11/26/2018 1:26PM

Sign of a healthy environment. Live and let live. -- 6GHokie 11/26/2018 11:32AM

At first I thought my wife was overreacting a bit to raccoon poop we found -- pfishe 11/26/2018 11:20AM

Omg. One more thing for me to obsess about. -- GFallsFan 11/26/2018 1:25PM

You can go larger than .22 air rifles. -- EDGEMAN 11/26/2018 12:19PM

The trigger is terrible. Do you have any recommendations? -- pfishe 11/26/2018 2:22PM

I think you have to jump into the ~$300+ range to get a decent trigger -- EDGEMAN 11/26/2018 2:58PM

Got a 22? Easy fix ** -- VaPoly07 11/26/2018 10:35AM

That will just piss them off. 12g with buckshot ** -- PFHokie 11/26/2018 10:48AM

No, it will do the trick. ;) ** -- thankbud 11/26/2018 3:40PM

I've had them dig up my lawn.... -- NW Raleigh Hokie 11/26/2018 10:27AM

Grub killer would have been a lot cheaper ** -- Vienna_Hokie 11/26/2018 2:25PM

Level of concern should be extremely low, I see them all the time -- HortHokie 11/26/2018 08:56AM

Agreed. We have 'em on our deck all the time -- Nova Hokie 95 11/26/2018 10:15AM

Cut a hole in the ice, place a can of peas in it, when it comes to take a p -- Vtskier1 11/26/2018 08:54AM

How do you make a polar bear float? -- TomTurkey 11/26/2018 11:34AM

Don't sweat it. Those guys are just trying to get a meal... -- EDGEMAN 11/26/2018 08:18AM

...step one: cut a hole in a box ** -- chumley 11/26/2018 08:16AM

You’d probably be wasting your time chasing it off especially if you live -- Hoakie82 11/26/2018 07:13AM

"When raccoons tried to get on our back porch, Mama just chased them off -- Stork 11/26/2018 06:42AM

Omg. One more thing for me to obsess about.

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