Ugh. I have a raccoon visiting my porch every night lately. I had a stray cat, and the raccoon seemed to be his sidekick. I figured the cat was probably a better meat killer and better beggar of pet food around the neighborhood, while the raccoon might be better at smelling food, so that could be a mutually beneficial partnership. I was not feeding either one of them, but my porch was the cat's sleeping spot. Eventually I took the stray cat to the animal shelter because he was always fighting with my "real" cat. I thought the raccoon might magically go away too, but he's still here. I never had a stray cat or a raccoon problem in past years, but I had a big scary dog who died last year - maybe the presence of dog keeps away cats and raccoons? If so, maybe dog hair deployed around the porch would fool them?