I found this hilarious, but........

my friend didn't think so.

I have friends who just spent a small fortune having their back yard landscaped. It is just beautiful with many types of plants and flowers and a fountain. She also had sod installed for the grassy areas.

Every morning after the sod was installed she would find it "rolled up"..........
she couldn't believe it - it was simply rolled back up very neatly. This went on for quite a few days until they decided to just scout out the backyard late at night and watch what was going on.

A little raccoon would saunter in the yard - roll up the sod and then feast on the grubs under the sod.

They have found a product that has coyote urine in it - and it took quite a few applications - but the rolling has stopped.

I think it's cute, too. How nice of that raccoon to neatly roll up the sod.

I think that raccoon deserves a prize! Being SO courteous of the new sod. Could have just burrowed through it!

Hey wait a minute! If they really spent "a small fortune," then they better complain or get a refund. Degrubbing should have been done long before the new sod was unrolled -- for the FIRST time! :D

It sounds to me like the little raccoon was doing them a favor. They sure don't want grubs getting into their sod - we have had them and had to use lawn chemicals to get rid of them. At least the little raccoon was friendly to the environment. :p

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Originally Posted by dukedogsmom

I think it's cute, too. How nice of that raccoon to neatly roll up the sod.

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I agree!!! ROFLMAO!!!! Priceless!!! She should have gotten pics!!! LOL!!:D

That was very funny!:D

Raccoons are very polite in my experience. We had a raccoon in Chicago. The raccoon would get in the garbage cans (the huge plastic ones with hinged tops) as evidenced by the chicken bones scattered all around. But NEVER once did the raccoon leave the lid on the garbage can up!

How many men can say that?????

(One morning my husband went out to get the newspaper...there was momma raccoon looking so proud....as her babies foraged in the garbage can....)

Smart little critters, aren't they?

My niece used to keep her cat food on the porch, and the racoons would come up and (neatly) eat it. So, she started putting it in her shed. They opened the door, and (neatly) ate it. Well, she decided to get serious, so she put a padlock on the door, slipped through the latch but not locked. She was sure that was the end of the problem. Put, next morning, pounds of cat food are gone again.

Puzzled, she decided to wait up and watch. About midnight, here come a family of racoons. One stands up against the door of the shed, while another climbs up onto his shoulders and takes off the padlock! :eek:

After that, she just gave up and let them have it.

I am amazed! I have no experience of racoons and am just stunned by these stories. :D

Ha ha - that is brilliant!

I'm amazed to read these stories too. I don't think I've ever seen a raccon, but what smart critters they are!

Smart little buggers, aren't they?

:D What a smart little guy. Now, if he had only rolled the sod back into place he could have had his own personal food patch for months. ;)

That is too funny. Instead of getting mad, she should have gotten a video of it and sent it into Funniest Home Videos - she might have gotten $10,000 out of it!

I wonder which is harder on new sod, a hungry raccoon or grubs?