Posted by Rolland Everitt on October 12, 2005, 3:37 pm
Better let him eat the lunch first.
> Drive around town until you find a guy standing on the street asking for
> money. Tell him to get in, you have a job for him to do. Get him to do
> it, then feed him lunch.
>>I presume that the deck is at or near ground level.
>>
>> Can you stick something stiff down between the boards and move it to a
>> place where you can reach it?
>> Piano wire is very stiff in the larger sizes. Even a piece of lattice or
>> one of those driveway reflector posts.
>>
>> Now that I'v had my say, I am new to the group searching for an answer to
>> my sod delema.
>> I'll continue my search.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Hope someone can help.
>>>
>>> I have a dead raccoon trapped under my deck. Problem is that it is in a
>>> location I can't reach unless I tear the deck apart. I have no problem
>>> letting it decompose naturally but the stench is bad and I am worried
>>> about
>>> disease.
>>>
>>> I can see it through the cracks in the deck and can pour liquid or
>>> powder
>>> (maybe) on the carcass.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions as to what I can do would be greatly appreciated as I am
>>> trying to avoid tearing
>>> apart the deck.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Alan
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
Posted by mm on October 12, 2005, 12:47 am
On Tue, 11 Oct 2005 10:50:42 -0400, "Frank Rosenbaum"
>> Hi,
>>
>> Hope someone can help.
>>
>> I have a dead raccoon trapped under my deck. Problem is that it is in a
>> location I can't reach unless I tear the deck apart. I have no problem
>> letting it decompose naturally but the stench is bad and I am worried
>> about
>> disease.
Personally I don't think it will cause disease. Depressing topic but
someone on the news pointed out that the dead bodies from Katrina
wouldn't cause disease even if they weren't buried quickly.
It is people or animals who die from communicable diseases that are a
health risk. Of course maybe you don't know what killed the raccoon.
But soon the bugs and flies will find it and eat it. When they are
done, they'll leave. What part of the country are you in and how
long has it been there?
>> I can see it through the cracks in the deck and can pour liquid or powder
>> (maybe) on the carcass.
The traditional substance is lime. a powder, white, I think. It's
used iirc when people are afraid of contagion and there are too many
bodies to bury them right away. Maybe I'm thinking of cases when
cattle die. It speeds decomposition iiuc. I think you can buy it at
garden stores, where it is sold to change the pH of soil iirc. Sure,
don't people spread it on lawns for that reason?
>>
>> Any suggestions as to what I can do would be greatly appreciated as I am
>> trying to avoid tearing
>> apart the deck.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Alan
>>
>>
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Posted by mm on October 16, 2005, 12:42 am
wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Hope someone can help.
>>>
>>> I have a dead raccoon trapped under my deck. Problem is that it is in a
>>> location I can't reach unless I tear the deck apart. I have no problem
>>> letting it decompose naturally but the stench is bad and I am worried
>>> about
>>> disease.
>Personally I don't think it will cause disease. Depressing topic but
>someone on the news pointed out that the dead bodies from Katrina
>wouldn't cause disease even if they weren't buried quickly.
To reply to my own post, it was after the tsunami in the far east that
I heard some scientist on the radio say this. Then I heard someone
repeat it after Katrina, that people killed by other than communicable
disease are not a health hazard (for quite a while?)
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Posted by Boots on October 16, 2005, 4:35 pm
can you not just remove one or two boards to get to it?
On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 00:47:55 -0400, mm
wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Hope someone can help.
>>>
>>> I have a dead raccoon trapped under my deck. Problem is
that it is in a
>>> location I can't reach unless I tear the deck apart. I
have no problem
>>> letting it decompose naturally but the stench is bad and
I am worried
>>> about
>>> disease.
>Personally I don't think it will cause disease. Depressing
topic but
>someone on the news pointed out that the dead bodies from
Katrina
>wouldn't cause disease even if they weren't buried quickly.
To reply to my own post, it was after the tsunami in the far
east that
I heard some scientist on the radio say this. Then I heard
someone
repeat it after Katrina, that people killed by other than
communicable
disease are not a health hazard (for quite a while?)
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me know if you have posted also.
Posted by Goedjn on October 17, 2005, 11:23 am
>To reply to my own post, it was after the tsunami in the far
>east that
>I heard some scientist on the radio say this. Then I heard
>someone
>repeat it after Katrina, that people killed by other than
>communicable
>disease are not a health hazard (for quite a while?)
No more so than any other rotting carcass, no.
They are, however demoralizing, so it's best to
get them removed from the vicinity of the
emotionally traumatized as quickly as possible.
And the longer you wait, the more gross and
disgusting the process is going to be.
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> money. Tell him to get in, you have a job for him to do. Get him to do
> it, then feed him lunch.
>>I presume that the deck is at or near ground level.
>>
>> Can you stick something stiff down between the boards and move it to a
>> place where you can reach it?
>> Piano wire is very stiff in the larger sizes. Even a piece of lattice or
>> one of those driveway reflector posts.
>>
>> Now that I'v had my say, I am new to the group searching for an answer to
>> my sod delema.
>> I'll continue my search.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Hope someone can help.
>>>
>>> I have a dead raccoon trapped under my deck. Problem is that it is in a
>>> location I can't reach unless I tear the deck apart. I have no problem
>>> letting it decompose naturally but the stench is bad and I am worried
>>> about
>>> disease.
>>>
>>> I can see it through the cracks in the deck and can pour liquid or
>>> powder
>>> (maybe) on the carcass.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions as to what I can do would be greatly appreciated as I am
>>> trying to avoid tearing
>>> apart the deck.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>>
>>> Alan
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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