Question

[Lookatmeknow!!]

I have a question I was wondering. I have my daycare in Howard at 444 S. Olive. For the past 2 weeks, I have come into town and something has knocked over and gotten into my trash cans. I don't know of any dogs in the neighborhood that run, but could be dogs. But yesterday Jeff brought in a big metal drum trash can, and you know what, it wasn't knocked over but something climbed in it and got trash out. If you live in this area and have a dog that runs at night, you might watch it. I can't imagine that stinky diapers would be that appealing. But if not a dog, does anyone have any ideas what it could be??? Just wondering!!

[frawin]

I don't know where that street is, but you might have coons getting into it.  I do know that they have been coming into the edge of town (Howard) and catching small fowl.  Also, we lived in a much larger town than Howard, and we had coyotes, and coons come into the middle of town and get into large dumpsters, which is what the town used for trash collections in the residential areas as well as businesses.    Just a thought.

Myrna

[Diane Amberg]

If something is taking trash out of a big can I would guess racoons since they have the hands to do it. I think dogs, possums and coyotes would have to knock it over first then paw the trash out. Just guessing.

[Catwoman]

A fully grown 'coon can very easily use its hands and push off the lid on a trash can...I've watched them do it.  It is amazing how Mother Nature can adapt herself to the Human world!

[readyaimduck]

I think dogs, possums and coyotes would have to knock it over first then paw the trash out. Just guessing.

Yeah!  Ya' really have to 'hand it' to those durn dogs and possums! 

ready

[Diane Amberg]

  I have large galvanized trash cans out on my deck for bird seed. We have to chain the lids on with halter snaps or the racoons just help themselves.They are almost tame and pay no attentions to us at all.I tried combination locks but they eventually figured out the combinations.

[farmgal67357]

I'm gonna agree with everyone that it's raccoons that are the problem. Parsons (where we live now) is a town of 10,000 or so and they prowl around here at night like it's no big deal. When we lived just outside of town, this raccoon kept raiding my bird feeder about 3 in the afternoon, every day! I wondered why she was out in the daylight and then realized that she probably had babies and was having to eat a lot more because she was feeding them. Sure enough, about two weeks later, guess who came to visit? Momma coon and her 5 babies! They were so cute, it was worth them raiding my birdseed! And I could understand momma being so hungry....

Lisa

[Jo McDonald]

Angie ----- my neighbor had her trash can "raided" and it was rolled to the outside of the enclosure.  Her trash bags torn open and scattered EVERYWHERE. 
   Racoons are very destructive little creatures.

[Roma Jean Turner]

It could be some of our Forum members checking to see if there were any subversive messages or information on Elk Konnected in your trash.   

[mayflower]

Oh, Roma Jean!   I love it!  It is all is so foolish!