Can Raccoons Climb Houses

The answer to the question, Can Raccoons Climb Houses is definitely yes! As you can see from the picture, these raccoons can climb up the brick wall and onto the roof. Once on the roof they are able to explore possible entrances for sites into your attic. This is what they are looking for. A nice warm protected space that they can use to raise their babies in safety. The writer of this blog, personally had this particular problem. Raccoons were climbing up the brick at the front of our house, onto our roof and into the attic over our living room.

If you have this problem, it is very important that you deal with it immediately, before they do a lot of damage. The rest of this post will cover the best ways to get rid of these raccoons and keep them permanently out of your attic.

Can Raccoons Climb Houses

If they are on the roof, they probably are already inside your attic. Don’t waste your time on trying to trap them, use loud noises or mothballs to try and get rid of them. It is just a waste of time and frustrating as well.

The best way to get rid of raccoons who are in your attic, is to build a one-way trip door at the entrance to the den in your attic. This one way trap door will allow the raccoons to get out of the attic, but not back in. If you do this quickly as soon as you notice raccoons around your home or in your attic there will be little damage.

Once you are sure they are out of the attic, remove the trap door and install heavy gauge wire mesh across all possible entrances to the attic. This will keep them out and avoid further damage.

If they have already had babies and they are in your attic, you will have to wait until they are old enough to travel before installing the trap door. Adult raccoons will literally tear your roof apart to rescue their babies.

Review some of our other posts on this subject and also about dealing with removing the raccoon scat from your attic. There is a serious health concern that should be dealt with before entering the attic.