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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