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I believe any "predator" urine will suffice.
I need to borrow a dog for a few days to "varmint proof" my back yard. We've got a family of destructive racoons thatwill be deterred by nothing short of a bullet. I don't mind wildlife in the yard. We've had turkeys, ground hogs and an occaisional skunk and possum, but pound for pound the racoons have done the most damage. They have ravaged my water garden 5 times in the past 2 weeks.
They have literally dumped my potted waterplants out into the pond, effectively killing the fish (too much debris/dirt particles in the water).
I was annoyed after the first couple of times, now I will settle for nothing less than it's head on a pigpole. It's bad enough when they scavenge through the trash and make a mess, but when you have to drain a pond and repot the plants EVERY time they go rooting for whatever, that's where I draw the line.
I tried mothballs, but they ingored them, and pouring ammonia works until it evaporates. Ammonia can also effect the plants and water, so that's a last resort. I want to try some strategically placed sticky traps (fly paper) to drive them batty. My last resort will be to trap and "eliminate" them as I see fit.
(This may seem like a lunatic rant, but to put things in an Al Bundy perspective: "It's either them or me!")
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