CC Expert needed

sugilbert

sugilbert

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That's: Critter Crap. Need expert BE advice.

Uncovered my boat today to discover I'd been invaded! Bunch of 'stuff' was ransacked and then crapped on! Even found an empty small bag of potato chips that was never on my boat before. No permanent damage, luckily!

Crap looked like a mini cow paddy, about 2" and oval. Stunk like all get-out!

Wonder what it was. Muskrat, otter, raccoon? Never found an entrance/exit point. Only opening is 6x2 air vent under windshield on each side.

Any ideas how to discourage further raiding?
 
I would start by using the Orange cans of Raid bug and insect fogger/ killer. Close the boat up and open 3 or 4 cans one in every room. Don't have any open flames. Come back in 24 hours find out what is dead. If you inhale this stuff you will know what it is like to have a full blown asthema attack. When returning to the boat open all windows and run some fans. Clean all surfaces if this was some sort of animal even they will leave and probably not return this stuff is really nasty.
 
The symptoms speak of Raccoon.
No way I know of to discourage the crafty little SOB's.
They can withstand just about any smell if they are about to give Birth.

About the worst odor I can think of is the Wasp and Hornet killer.
Don't get that stuff on your boat though.
Put some Rags in a pan and squirt that stuff on the Rags.
I don't think they'll come back
 
Thud I am talking about the fogger it's pretty much gone within 24 hours but anything living inside will die. I have held my breath and shot the fog into the bilges before leaving a can in each major room and cllosing the bulkhead doors. It also great for killing spiders something that is a real problem at our marina. The regular petrol based killer spray will destroy plexiglass, take the wax off a hull and permenatly damage Eisenglass I do not use that anywhere near a boat.
Bill
 
Mothballs? They run off most critters.
 
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Originally posted by mixman

Mothballs? They run off most critters.

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Yeh, but the'll leave your boat smelling like your grandmother's house. :)
 
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Originally posted by sugilbert

Even found an empty small bag of potato chips that was never on my boat before.

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Did you piss off one of the neighborhood kids? Didn't tip the paperboy enough maybe?
 
Other boaters have had similar experiences lately. Marina personnel say they've seen what they thought was a mink running around. A MINK! (Maybe a ferret?)

Anyhow, I don't want putrid mink crap in my boat! The 'bomb' is out for fear of reaction to all sorts of plastics, vinyl, varnish, etc. I'll give moth balls a chance.
 
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Originally posted by Golfman25

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Originally posted by mixman

Mothballs? They run off most critters.

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Yeh, but the'll leave your boat smelling like your grandmother's house. :)

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i liked grannies house [:I]
 
Ammonia will drive any mammal out of where ever it is living. Dont think the smell will linger either, but no expert. Used rags soaked in ammonia to drive skunks out from under shed. Worked like a charm - two days after I started, they were gone.
 
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