Suburban Raccoons

Your worst nightmare is represented in this picture. Two raccoons in your attic, setting up home and having babies! If you have raccoons in your attic or under your shed, there is a right way to remove raccoons and many wrong ways to try. We have tried many of them and found that there is only one sure way to get rid of them and it just also happens to be a humane approach as well although that was not part of our objective when we found we had them in the attic. Read on about How to Remove a Raccoon.

We will try to cover some of the right ways regarding how to remove a raccoon in this post. make no mistake, unless you do something quickly, these raccoons will set up a permanent home in your attic and have many babies. They will ruin the insulation, there will be urine-soaked insulation and feces everywhere. The smell will get worse and it will be very difficult to sell your home. Don’t wait to take action right away and deal with the problem now, they are not going to go away.

The Best Way How to Remove a Raccoon

These raccoons are smart and know how to avoid traps, loud music does not bother them, mothballs and other smells do not bother them and some of them even know how to avoid poison that you might put out for them. If you chase them or make a loud noise, they are just going to run up a tree or go into their den which happens to be in your home.

You can go in the den and you might chase them out. However, if they have babies, be ready for a fight. Note: This is never recommended. Even if you were successful in removing this family of raccoons in this manner, another family or even the same family is going to come back as soon as the coast is clear.

Raccoons living in suburbia simply have no fear of humans. Although they will stay out of your way, they are quite comfortable living close to humans. They live in their homes in the attic or under foundations etc. Once they have moved in it is tough to get rid of them, unless you put in place a permanent solution.

Build One Way Trap Doors to Remove a Raccoon

The only sure fire way to remove a raccoon and keep them out along with other raccoons in the area is to build a one-way trap door over the entrance to the den.  The picture we have included with this post shows the entrance at ground level. However, it could be on your roof under the eave or on the side of the home where they have removed the siding.

The trap door and the wire covering will need to be adapted to the situation. But the idea is to allow them to leave the den and then not be able to return. You also must make sure that the young raccoons if there are any, are old enough to travel. Otherwise, they will remain behind. They will either die inside your attic, creating a bad smell or the parents will try to get back in to rescue their babies. They will even try to tear your roof apart to get back into them. So wait until they are old enough to travel. Then install the one-way trap door. Also, seal off all other possible entrances as well so that they cannot re-enter from other locations.

Once you are sure that the raccoons are gone, you can then place a permanent wire mesh cover over this entrance as well. Use heavy gauge chicken wire so that it cannot be torn or broken. Also, screw nail the wire to the side of the house or roof. Use waterproof silicone caulking at all locations where the screw nails penetrate the exterior of the home or roof.

Lots of Raccoons in Your Area

Most people do not realize that there are lots of raccoons living in suburbia. They have adapted well to living beside humans and they are well fed. They live off the garbage. Raccoons also live off food that is discarded around homes, as well as grubs on your lawn. They even grapes off grapevines if you happen to have them.

Chasing them away, using loud noise, poison, and shooting them simply does not work in this environment. All you can do is take steps to make sure that they cannot get inside of your home. For more information about removing raccoons, click here.

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