>>SNIP
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>>>The trouble with crawlspace under a house is that it's usually crawling with who knows what :)
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>>Just get yourself a big black snake. They're harmless and nothing else will live under the house :o) If other snakes come around just spread sulfur, mothballs, or use SnakeAway. :o) The only varmint I had problems getting rid of was a possum. I had to use shakeaway which smells like fox to get the possum to leave. Supposedly vinegar and peppermint oil works but not on my possum it didn't!
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>We have one that comes up on the back deck late at night and eats the cat food we set out for some of the semi-strays. We don't mind him really. See him about once or twice a week.

I had coon problems where I lived previously. I purchased a live animal trap and turned it into a game. I also redistributed the wildlife to the river bottoms, and even took one and let him out in front of a buddy's house.<g>