Raccoons In Your Attic

Signs that raccoons are living in your attic you may hear the raccoons moving around in the attic.

Raccoons in your attic.

A raccoon living in an attic from january to september should always be assumed to be a mother with babies. As for raccoons it becomes extremely damaging in your attic. Inspect the home and find the entry hole s which are very large and obvious. Raccoons are also often active in the daytime especially ones living in an attic see below so it s very common for people with a raccoon in the attic to actually see the animal as it climbs up the downspout and onto the roof or sniffs through the garbage can.

Springtime isn t only the season of blooming flowers and warmer weather. It will always seek a safe shelter and a stable source of food and when it finds that in your attic it will invade it and settle down in it. Since raccoons are large animals you will probably hear thumping sounds or the sounds of the raccoons walking. The pheromones will attract other animals inside the attic.

With spring come raccoons. The problem is that there are almost always baby raccoons in the attic along with an adult female. Be careful you don t want to orphan the baby raccoons. Raccoons need a safe warm and dry place to raise the new pups and your attic makes a perfect habitat.

Raccoons are excellent mothers and will move their babies to a new den site if given the chance but evicting a mother raccoon always runs the risk of her abandoning or getting separated from her babies. The main reason a raccoon may have made your attic his new den is because the female is about to give birth. Raccoons may not be in your yard looking for food. The nest of baby raccoons must be found removed and the mother trapped.

You are most likely to hear them at night since raccoons are nocturnal. If you see signs of raccoons you can use ammonia to deter them. Raccoons in the attic. The young are helpless in a nesting area of the attic and can t be trapped.

Raccoons can make dens in hallowed out trees underneath decks in attics or other sheltered areas. This commonly happens from february to may when you are more likely to experience raccoon activity. They must be removed by hand you or the wildlife technician you hire must go into the attic and remove the babies by hand. This wild animal carries wild behavior which can never be adapted to metropolitan life.

This is a very complex case. The latrines is recommended to be removed. They may be looking for shelter. Piles of fecal matter which will build spores become absorbed into broken ducts and enter your living space will cause an illness.

Did your house guest leave. Here are the general steps for removing raccoons from an attic. It s also raccoon mating season.