Suburban Raccoons

Raccoon Pest, there is just no doubt about it, yet many people cannot stand the idea of killing them even though they may cause all kinds of damage to your home. There are really two sides of the issue here. Once you are really confronted with raccoons that have moved into your home’s attic or some other area you may change your opinion. Most people just view them as cuddly looking animals that should not be harmed. In fact, animal rights people will always take the position that these animals are part of nature. They should be treated in a humane way at all times.

However, once they move into your attic and start defecating in your attic you might reconsider. They also make noise during the day and night and generally making a mess. We wonder if these same people would be as understanding. Would they revert to wanting them out in whatever manner you can use? When it becomes personal many people tend to think on more practical terms.

They just really want them gone as fast as possible and in any way possible. We really think that the animal rights people will revert. They will agree with the rest of us when they are directly affected. These raccoons can cost homeowners thousands of dollars in repairs. They can even decrease the value of the home as well. If you care about your home at all, you will want these pests out as fast as possible.

How to Get Rid of Raccoon Pest Properly

Fortunately, there is an answer to this question of how to get rid of raccoons. It will please both sides of the argument and provide a long term solution as well. Basically the entrance to the den in your house is where the raccoons are living. It should be blocked by a one-way trap door. This trap door allows the raccoons to get out of your attic or den. But not back in. Raccoons usually rest during the day inside your home and come out at night.

The trap door works well since they will come out at night and not be able to return the next morning. They will have to find another location to spend their days. Which unfortunately might be your neighbors home or somewhere else nearby. But at least they are out of your home and now you can focus on repairing the damage they have caused.

Once you are sure they are out for good, the one-way trap door can be replaced with a permanent cover over the entrance. Which is usually heavy gauge chicken wire that they cannot get through. The only caution is that the babies who are born in the spring must be able to travel on their own. They need to get out through the trap door. If they cannot, there is a chance they could die in your attic. Worse than that, the parents may try to take your roof apart to rescue their babies. Which is something you definitely do not want? If there are raccoon pups in your attic, you are just going to have to wait until they are old enough to travel on their own.

Install a One Way Trap Door

Once they are out, install that one-way trap door so they all can get out of the attic. You are going to have more damage inside and mess, but this is preferable to them dieing inside your attic and the smell that would be in the attic and even into your home. Once they are all out install a permanent cover over the opening and repair all of the damage inside. You may be faced with replacing the insulation if they have really made a mess of it. While this is expensive, the loss of heat and the increased cost to heat your house is not something anyone wants to consider either.

This solution meets both the animal rights activists as well as the homeowners objectives and limits the damage that these raccoon pests can do inside your home.

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