Suburban Raccoons

The answer to the question, “can raccoons climb brick walls?”, is definitely yes. The picture on the left demonstrates they can climb quite high. This raccoon got up several stories on the sidewall of an apartment building before being removed by animal control officers. Based on our own experience, they can also climb brick walls. Our home has brick walls with no trees nearby. They climbed the brick to get onto the roof over our garage, and they made a den in the attic of our home.  Our experience with raccoon’s in our attic is the main reason we decided to start this particular blog. If you have raccoon’s in your attic, deal with the issue immediately before they make a mess and do much damage.

Can Raccoons Climb Brick Walls

As soon as you suspect that you have raccoons in the attic, call an animal control company to install a one-way trap door over the entrance so they can get out but not back in. Do this before they do much damage, leave feces all over your attic or worse have young babies in your attic.

Once they are out, replace the one-way trap door with a permanent heavy gauge wire mesh that can prevent them from getting back in. You may still notice raccoons on your roof for a while, but they may leave to find another home once they realize they cannot get back inside your attic.

Don’t waste your time and money trying other solutions. Even traps do not work over the long term. You might be lucky and trap the current animals, but other families of raccoons can move into your attic in a few months.

If there are babies in the attic, you only have two choices. First, wait until they are old enough to travel on their own and get out through the one way trap door. Second, install the trap door and then enter the attic to remove the young baby raccoons yourself. If you leave them there, they can die, smelling up your attic and home, as well the parents may tear your roof apart trying to rescue them.

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