Suburban Raccoons

In this example, it is pretty obvious. The answer to the question. Why is there animal feces in my window well? Baby skunks some how have ended up in the window well and cannot get out. The mother cannot be too far away and will be around to protect her young.

The homeowner needs to do something to get these guys out, otherwise, they may die in his window well leaving a terrible smell and mess. I would hire professionals to deal with this mess. But sometimes it is not quite so obvious regarding, why are there animal feces in my window well?

Why is there animal feces in my window well?

For whatever reason raccoons will defecate in window wells. Once they select a spot it can be pretty difficult to stop them. There are several things that need to be considered. We will cover each of them in the following paragraphs.

Get Rid of Food Sources – remove all nearby food sources. Pet food, garbage, grubs in the lawn, etc. If there is no food they will not come around your home as often.

Block Entrance to Your Home – make sure they are not living in your attic or some other building nearby. Call professionals to inspect and install wire mesh over all potential entrances. If they are already inside, you will need a one-way trap door so they can get out but not back in.

Block the entrance to Window Well – Install a heavy gauge wire mesh over the window well so they cannot get into the well. Clean it out first, using a shovel. Do not touch the feces. it can be infected and cause a lot of health problems. See other posts on this site.

Enlist your neighbors – let them know what is going on and ask them to avoid leaving food sources out as well as get them to check that raccoons are not living in their attic or under their porch.

Good luck.

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