Suburban Raccoons

Raccoons pooping on the roof is a sure sign that you have raccoons living in your attic. Or somewhere around your home or buildings. They can create a huge mess in your homes attic and around your property. The insurance company will not pay for this sort of damage. You are on the hook if you do not react quickly. There are multiple ways to get rid of raccoons. However, there is really only one sure-fire way to get rid of them and make sure they or other raccoon families never come back.

Raccoons Pooping on the Roof

The best approach is to have a one way trap door installed so that they can get out of their den which is probably in your attic and not back in. Once you are sure they are out, replace the trap door with heavy gauge wire mesh over the opening and nail it to the roof etc. Make sure to apply caulking over the nails to prevent any possible water damage from these nail areas.

If they have babies inside, you need to get them out of the attic or wait until they are old enough to travel on their own. The parents will do much more damage trying to rescue them and you do not want dead raccoons smelling up your attic. The trap door is by far the best approach to keeping the current family of raccoons out and any others that might be in the area looking for a home.

Note that trapping the raccoons will be successful for a short term since you will remove them and take them far away, however, note that this can be against the local bylaws in your town or city. If you do not protect the entrance to the den with wire mesh as mentioned, another family is just going to move in within several months. You still need to make sure there are no babies inside.

Noise, mothballs and many other solutions just do not work. They are too used to humans living in the suburbs. Do it the right way and quickly to minimize the damage.

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