Suburban Raccoons

If you have raccoons in your attic like us, we urge you to stop and consider for a moment some of the safety concerns with raccoons associated with these cute but dangerous little animals. First of all, we had a family of raccoons move into our attic in January. This was just in time to have their babies. We immediately thought that we had to get them out before they make a mess and also destroy our attic. When this happens to you, you really cannot wait to get them out of your attic fast enough.

Well guess what, the local animal removal companies suggested that we wait for several months. this was due to a number of safety issues about raccoons that we were not aware of. This was intensely frustrating for us. But after listening to them we had to agree with them and followed their advice. After doing some research on the net we found out a lot of things about raccoons. We are trying to help other people by keeping this site up to date and that is why we write about this issue.

Safety Concerns with Raccoons – Babies

Reasons to Wait to Get Rid of Raccoons

For example, if we removed the adults but not the babies, the parents would just come back. If we blocked the entrance that they had made, they would tear our roof apart trying to find a way to get back in and rescue their baby raccoons, so the best thing is to wait until the young ones are old enough to leave the den in your attic on their own. This is really important if you want to avoid damage to the roof and damage to the inside of your attic. You also do not want the young one to die inside the attic and cause your entire home to smell of dead bodies. It would be next to impossible to remove this smell and make your home ready to sell at some future point.

Next, they could also be carrying rabies. You definitely do not want to be dealing with this disease, so add this to your list of safety concerns with raccoons. If they do have rabies, be very careful around then. Avoid touching them or anything that they have dropped saliva on. You can tell if they are sick. If they are acting unusual such as being out in broad sunlight, looking for water, and are unafraid of water.

Once they are gone, you still have other safety concerns with raccoons to be careful of. Apparently they can also carry a disease that is left in their feces, which of course is in your attic. The feces will dry in the hot air of the attic and small particles will become airborne if you disturb them. Breathing this material and catching this disease can cause damage to your organs and also death so be very careful.

Making the Right Decision

When we heard about all of these safety issues related to raccoons, we decided to hire professionals. We were looking for a permanent solution to get them out and keep them out. An additional safety issue raccoons is that can you imagine catching one of the raccoons in a trap. Imagine carrying one of these snarling animals out of your attic while it is trying to claw you or bite you. They are not docile when caught. They are alarmed because they are in a trap. Raccoons are alarmed because you are separating the babies from the parents. This is not a fun situation! If the raccoon does have rabies you are sure to be scratched or bitten. Which means you must then go and get the treatment for rabies which is apparently not fun at all.

Better off to take heed of these safety issues regarding raccoons and hire a professional. One who by the way has done this a thousand times and knows exactly how to deal with the situation. They also have the proper equipment which will allow them to go into your attic and spray a deodorizer around the attic. I know it will cost money to get rid of them. But you really do not have a lot of choices once they are in your attic. Do the job right and get rid of them permanently.

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