For the last month or so we have had a raccoon around the
condos that I live in. We first discovered that we had a
raccoon hanging around here when we found the bugger on our
balcony one night.
We called our landlord about the problem and she in turn
called some rinky dink "animal relocators" they called us
and said that since I was the only one home during the day
that it would have4 to be on MY balcony that they set up the
traps to catch it. I told them they best find another way
to trap it because 1) I am NOT home all day everyday, I am
only home when the temp agency does not have work for me,
and 2) I am NOT going to trap my cats indoors all day and
everyday until they catch the coon because my cats litter box is on the balcony.
We than called out landlady and told her what the animal
relocators said and what we told them.
Last weekend my husband decided that since the condo assoc.
won't do anything about the animal that we would take take of protecting our furkids our selves.
He enclosed our entire 30 foot balcony with wood lattice and
sent the bill to the land lady.
We will see what is said about the lattice in time.
I wish your niece and family good luck and getting rid of
the coon.