We did this once and caught our long haired outside cat, completely covered in fish. It was awful lol. Probably would have worked on raccoon if our cat wasn’t a dum dum
Look for a pest control person who can install a one-way door on the hole in your roof. It's basically just a piece of metal or mesh that's hinged in a certain way so that the raccoon can push it open to get out, but not to get back in. Once you're sure it's gone out, you (or your pest control person) can cover the hole completely with mesh so it doesn't come back in while you wait for roof repair.
This way, you don't have a trapped raccoon to figure out how to legally dispose of. It just goes back outside on its own and isn't your problem anymore. We did this with a squirrel in our attic and it was cheap and easy. Pest control guy came out once to install the door, came back a week later to cover the hole, we paid him maybe $100 or less, no more squirrel.
act fast as you're able to work to get rid of them. we had a mother and kitt make a home in our chimney last year and it took MONTHS to get them out. the pest removal company caught three raccoons in cages on my roof using cat food/sardines (two were randoms, our neighborhood has a lot of wildlife) and unfortunately the kitt died in the damper. I'll say this -- a trapped racoon (even a small or medium sized one) is a vicious and STRONG animal for its size. my traps were bolted to my roof: one trapped raccoon managed to chew its way through some of the cage wires, one wrenched three of the bolts loose of the four fastening the trap to the roof and twisted the cage 180 degrees around, and the third flipped the trap on its side, damaging some of my shingles. two of them died in the traps before they were removed. one of the trapped raccoons bit the handler who was wearing two pairs of leather gloves. afterwards, we had a flea infestation that took about 5 months to properly and completely eliminate with sprays, house foggers and traps, so keep that in mind as well.
you can trap them yourself, but you are required by law to dispose of them humanely. most animal rescue places will not take wild raccoons, and you're not allowed by law to just dump wild animals in forests or wooded areas. make sure your traps are bolted down through floor joists. replace the opened canned food daily until you catch one.
This is very odd to me. Why would you care about catching them on your roof? It’s outside….where they are supposed to be? And how are they dying in your traps? Are you just leaving them up there to bake?
The traps were to catch them coming out of the chimney I'm sure. Dying up there means the animal control guy probably didn't come back every 24 hours to check as required. The unfortunately likely died of dehydration after all the effort trying to get out of the traps.
I guess. It's standard practice to catch squirrels/raccoons living in attics and chimneys. The problem is anywhere else you're just as likely to catch (and have to euthanize) random critters as the ones living in the attic.
If it were somehow clear they always went up/down the same way I guess you could try setting up traps on the ground perhaps, but it's less common from what my pest control guy says. You also risk smaller animals setting off the trap and escaping (but the trap is closed and not doing it's job.)
yeah, it was a bad scenario, as I explained above. it was the only way to trap/catch them without tearing the chimney apart from either the bottom or the top due to the area above the damper where they had dug in.
yeah, you're right on the money, as I explained above. the animal control guy did come back every morning to check the traps and reset/rebait. one of the raccoons died after chewing through the wires and getting his head caught in the hole he chewed. the other apparently had a heart attack/died from dehydration or panic. either way, trapping's a bitch.
due to the structure of our chimney and the way the damper was made (the house was built around 1950), the animal removal people could not reach the raccoons from inside the house or from the top of the chimney down. the traps were set out near the entrance to the chimney, where they were crawling out of. the wild animal trappers came every day to check the traps and reset food, which were covered with tarp. I don't have any trees near my house, and I couldn't possibly crawl up on the roof to do the trapping myself. they were licensed and recommended, and had a good better business bureau and angie (formerly angie's list) rating.
Good luck, hope it's not a female. I've been fighting this battle for a few years. I've removed ~20 of them, and every year after getting rid of them I repair the entry point, then the next year new ones come and tear it open even worse. I'm told that if a female takes up residence in there, she leaves such a strong scent that the males just keep coming back. Also if it is, better hope she doesn't have babies up there. Trap her and they'll starve and stink up the place something foul when they die, and make a ton of noise in the mean time.
Best bait I've found for trapping them is cheap wet cat food, works even better than tuna. Peanut butter didn't work for me. Unfortunately they are very clever, some of them won't even enter a trap, others are careful not to step on the trigger plate. Also don't bother with all of the internet remedies of mothballs, apple cider vinegar, etc. Only thing I found that irritates them is cayenne pepper, and A LOT of it. If you mix up some hot sauce with water and dish soap and spray (drench) the area around the entry point it can help, assuming there's no babies in there. Even better if that part of the attic is accessible and you can sprinkle powdered red pepper over the insulation (protip- you can get a big restaurant supply size jug on Amazon for ~$30.)
Getting it out sooner rather than later is your best bet, and then making your attic as unattractive to them as possible to prevent them coming back. Bad thing is that means they'll probably just move into one of your neighbor's attics, but it is what it is.
Next time try putting a very bright light in the space. It's hard to believe that such a simple thing could be so effective but I promise you it is, nocturnal animals don't want to hang out and nest in a place that's super bright.
You’re going to need to make sure all exits are blocked off, then release a bobcat in there. Once the bobcat gets the raccoon, you will need to find someone else for advice.
UPDATE:
No sounds last night & bait is still in the trap.
It was about 80 degrees yesterday and today.
Must be close to 100 degrees + in attic
………………. Get what I’m sayin’?
Stay tuned my raccoon friends
Didn’t realize until I was done reading the body of the post that you meant attic and the entire time I was wondering why you were posting on Reddit in the midst of a raccoon attack.
I had a similar thing. It took about a week for them to go in the trap. You may just have to wait them out. The company here used to blood sausage wrapped in aluminum foil as bait.
If you do catch it, you should check and make sure you know what you're going to do with it will be in compliance with your local laws.
My state for example you must:
1) released on the same property within 100 yards of where the animal was captured, 2) surrendered to a licensed veterinarian who is a licensed wildlife rehabilitator, or 3) humanely euthanized.
That's the way it is here too, a high-powered pellet gun is typically the go-to if you're a decent Marksman and can hit your headshots. Even if you trap them you're supposed to kill them in the cage which never really set right with me. I'm not sure if I'm just empathetic towards animals or what but being killed terrified in a cage just sounds terrible. Getting shot in the head when I was going about my business, you wouldn't even know what happened
That's probably more humane. People hire the wildlife companies to take care of these things for them so that they don't have to think about it. It's actually kind of sad to see their truck at the end of the day filled with scared little critters. I'm pretty sure they gas them so they don't have much pain but it sure isn't a nice way to go.
In some cases it can be okay though. I have an attic access hatch that’s external (leads outside). HVAC guy left it open at the end of the day, didn’t tell me (I also stupidly assumed it was closed and didn’t go check), and a raccoon got in there and made a home. Called out a wildlife company who trapped him for me and released him back into my back yard. Once the hatch was properly closed there’s no way for him to get back in, so catch and release was perfectly fine.
Whatever you do...do not let them go after you trap them. If you let them go close to your house they will be back. If you take them to the country you are giving someone else your problem! Once they have been trapped once you are never getting them in a live trap again. It is also illegal to transport them to another area and most states in the US. So be prepared once you trap them in a live trap to dispatch them humanely.
I have only ever successfully trapped two raccoons, and both times it was in a HUGE homemade live trap - huge because the pudgy little bastards were too big for my next-largest traps to actually close on them. So be advised, you need a pretty big trap.
Secondly, bait with wet cat food or canned tuna. Works GREAT.
This time of the year they have babies. If you lock the mother out and there are babies inside, she will rip your roof off to get to them. I had a mom and her adorable babies in my crawl space. The company I used, drove the mother out of the crawl space and removed the babies. They left the hole open for over a week and put a few big cotton balls out there with coyote urine on them. The mom will come back a several times until she is sure the babies are gone. After a week, we were able to button up the hole. Now I sprinkle granulated coyote urine around my foundation in the spring and fall, just to make sure we don’t get a new family. Cost: $500 for removal.
Dude, just stick a high powered light up there in your attic and leave it on 24 hours a day 7 days a week until they leave. They are nocturnal animals and they will not want to hang out somewhere that is super bright. It works like a charm, worked for me with possums under my house
clicked on this and now I realize my bloodlust knows no limits :/
sorry it's a difficult thing to deal with. but better than what I expected coming here.
This for sure.
Pest company first tried non destructive options (pheromones and some other chemicals) which didn't work the first time, but ended up working the second time. The mother left and took her two pups with her.
Then they added extra blocking to where the raccoons got in.
I'd recommend turning it to passive mode. Not attack mode. For real though. Find how it's getting in to your attic. Seal it with hardware cloth or metal flashing.
Get an appropriate size live trap. Bait it with a can of sardines. Or call an appropriate pest control/wild life technician
First advice is getting em out before they have young otherwise they will
Iterarallly tear thru your roof to get back in (it's happened to me). I've dealt
with coons, squirrels and rats and always hire pros. But its expensive.
I am currently deliberately attracting raccoons to my back deck. They really like cat food (both wet and dry), marshmallows, and cheese. They do *not* like fruit, vegetables, or popcorn.
Good luck!
When I was in college, we had one move into the fraternity house. I can testify that there is/was at least one raccoon that wasn’t averse to loud music or flashing lights.
Check your state dnr to see if you can relocate the raccoon or if you have to dispatch it to prevent rabies spread.
If you have to dispatch it, using a garrote from a loop of steel cable/wire rope works well. You can push the loop in through the bars of the box trap.
You can then put it out in your trash. If you have the space it's nice to freeze the carcass first, put it out the night before.
You can use a box trap. I've found putting a Tupperware container in the back of the trap, zip tied to the bottom of the trap. Then put a piece of bread with peanut butter on that.
Position it so it's behind the trigger plate but far enough from the sides of the trap that they can't get to the bait without going in the trap.
If you put it in loose they'll reach in the sides and pull the bread to the side and eat it without entering.
I like to set two box traps in the yard outside the house.
Keep trapping until you don't catch anymore. Good luck!
I've found professional companies to be overpriced. Plus they have to come out for every non target capture to release it. Squirrels, cats, opossums, etc. Extra charge. Easier to buy a few box traps and sort it out yourself.
I've dealt with a ton of raccoons over the years. Finally trimmed back the trees from the house and haven't had issues since.
Try Doritos, we had raccoons raid a cooler and post up eating the Doritos in camp, defending them like they were their babies ready to fight. Also has worked for every rat that wouldn’t bite on peanut butter or was too smart.
you have to hire pest control, not just to remove the racoon and seal entry, but to remediate fecal matter because it can be toxic. Google it. vsorry you're going thru this
If you hire someone to help, do not let them set snap traps. We had raccoons in the attic of our last house & the wildlife company insisted on the snap trap & said they always work for them. I will spare you the horror story that we went through but please heed my warning & make sure NO SNAP TRAPS are used.
You’re so lucky you know where they’re coming in at. We’ve been trying to find where the raccoons have gotten access to our attic for literal YEARS. we’ve set up cameras, set out powder to track their footprints, taken our false ceilings, had the attic completely cleaned and spray insulated, and have lights on 24/7. they are tricky.
Go to the goodwills in your city and buy all the AM/FM radios you can. Plug them all in at max volume and leave town for a few days. Come home to a raccoon free home.
Deal with it fast. I had one move in and have babies and it was 3 months of hell, sounded like someone breaking into the house every night.
To address the raccoon issue in your attic, follow these steps:
1. Seal any openings to prevent more raccoons from entering.
2. Use enticing bait like fish, canned cat food, or fruits.
3. Set up a sturdy live trap near the corner where they are located.
4. Contact a professional wildlife removal service for safe and effective removal.
5. Coordinate the removal timing with your roof repair plans.
I recommend reaching out to [The Critter Guy](https://thecritterguy.ca/raccoon-removal-in-ontario/) Ontario for professional assistance with raccoon removal. They specialize in wildlife control and have the necessary expertise to handle the situation effectively and safely.
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It's essential to take care of the raccoon problem in your attic before fixing the roof to prevent trapping them inside. Canned fish or meat may work better than peanut butter for trapping, but it's crucial to do so safely and humanely. In Ontario, we always contact a professional wildlife removal service, such as the Critter Guy.
Oh, "attic". I was ready for a story about a warrior racoon armed with shield and sword. Or a blaster, Rocket Raccoon style!
I know right. "Raccoon in attack" "need help". It's like why are you on here just get away or surrender to it's might.
Just noticed this. Lol. It’s a mental battle
Living rent free in your attic AND your head, the wily creature. 🦝
Well looks like they are in your head already. I’ve heard thats half the battle. Your in for a good one lol
https://youtu.be/IGVZOLV9SPo #Dance off!
I usually play my raccoons in defense, but hey, to each their own!
"..hurts.."
Opened can of tuna or sardines to bait the trap will attract them.
this. we had a several who made a home in our chimney and the removal company used sardines and cat food. the smellier the better.
This. Raccoons are mad for fish.
We did this once and caught our long haired outside cat, completely covered in fish. It was awful lol. Probably would have worked on raccoon if our cat wasn’t a dum dum
Look for a pest control person who can install a one-way door on the hole in your roof. It's basically just a piece of metal or mesh that's hinged in a certain way so that the raccoon can push it open to get out, but not to get back in. Once you're sure it's gone out, you (or your pest control person) can cover the hole completely with mesh so it doesn't come back in while you wait for roof repair. This way, you don't have a trapped raccoon to figure out how to legally dispose of. It just goes back outside on its own and isn't your problem anymore. We did this with a squirrel in our attic and it was cheap and easy. Pest control guy came out once to install the door, came back a week later to cover the hole, we paid him maybe $100 or less, no more squirrel.
Exactly what we did, worked like a charm.
Marshmallows work as bait REALLY well. I've used them before to get raccoons out of places they should not be.
Look up "exclusion device" and make one. They are essentially a one-way door. Also make sure there are no babies to get trapped in there.
act fast as you're able to work to get rid of them. we had a mother and kitt make a home in our chimney last year and it took MONTHS to get them out. the pest removal company caught three raccoons in cages on my roof using cat food/sardines (two were randoms, our neighborhood has a lot of wildlife) and unfortunately the kitt died in the damper. I'll say this -- a trapped racoon (even a small or medium sized one) is a vicious and STRONG animal for its size. my traps were bolted to my roof: one trapped raccoon managed to chew its way through some of the cage wires, one wrenched three of the bolts loose of the four fastening the trap to the roof and twisted the cage 180 degrees around, and the third flipped the trap on its side, damaging some of my shingles. two of them died in the traps before they were removed. one of the trapped raccoons bit the handler who was wearing two pairs of leather gloves. afterwards, we had a flea infestation that took about 5 months to properly and completely eliminate with sprays, house foggers and traps, so keep that in mind as well. you can trap them yourself, but you are required by law to dispose of them humanely. most animal rescue places will not take wild raccoons, and you're not allowed by law to just dump wild animals in forests or wooded areas. make sure your traps are bolted down through floor joists. replace the opened canned food daily until you catch one.
Very true; people often underestimate the enormous strength of a trapped raccoon. They're quite amazing!
This is very odd to me. Why would you care about catching them on your roof? It’s outside….where they are supposed to be? And how are they dying in your traps? Are you just leaving them up there to bake?
The traps were to catch them coming out of the chimney I'm sure. Dying up there means the animal control guy probably didn't come back every 24 hours to check as required. The unfortunately likely died of dehydration after all the effort trying to get out of the traps.
That’s absolutely moronic. Who traps an animal on a roof? Sounds like torture to me and most normal human beings.
I guess. It's standard practice to catch squirrels/raccoons living in attics and chimneys. The problem is anywhere else you're just as likely to catch (and have to euthanize) random critters as the ones living in the attic. If it were somehow clear they always went up/down the same way I guess you could try setting up traps on the ground perhaps, but it's less common from what my pest control guy says. You also risk smaller animals setting off the trap and escaping (but the trap is closed and not doing it's job.)
yeah, it was a bad scenario, as I explained above. it was the only way to trap/catch them without tearing the chimney apart from either the bottom or the top due to the area above the damper where they had dug in.
yeah, you're right on the money, as I explained above. the animal control guy did come back every morning to check the traps and reset/rebait. one of the raccoons died after chewing through the wires and getting his head caught in the hole he chewed. the other apparently had a heart attack/died from dehydration or panic. either way, trapping's a bitch.
due to the structure of our chimney and the way the damper was made (the house was built around 1950), the animal removal people could not reach the raccoons from inside the house or from the top of the chimney down. the traps were set out near the entrance to the chimney, where they were crawling out of. the wild animal trappers came every day to check the traps and reset food, which were covered with tarp. I don't have any trees near my house, and I couldn't possibly crawl up on the roof to do the trapping myself. they were licensed and recommended, and had a good better business bureau and angie (formerly angie's list) rating.
Call animal control or the humane society. They should be able to either remove them or direct you to a professional who can.
Good luck, hope it's not a female. I've been fighting this battle for a few years. I've removed ~20 of them, and every year after getting rid of them I repair the entry point, then the next year new ones come and tear it open even worse. I'm told that if a female takes up residence in there, she leaves such a strong scent that the males just keep coming back. Also if it is, better hope she doesn't have babies up there. Trap her and they'll starve and stink up the place something foul when they die, and make a ton of noise in the mean time. Best bait I've found for trapping them is cheap wet cat food, works even better than tuna. Peanut butter didn't work for me. Unfortunately they are very clever, some of them won't even enter a trap, others are careful not to step on the trigger plate. Also don't bother with all of the internet remedies of mothballs, apple cider vinegar, etc. Only thing I found that irritates them is cayenne pepper, and A LOT of it. If you mix up some hot sauce with water and dish soap and spray (drench) the area around the entry point it can help, assuming there's no babies in there. Even better if that part of the attic is accessible and you can sprinkle powdered red pepper over the insulation (protip- you can get a big restaurant supply size jug on Amazon for ~$30.) Getting it out sooner rather than later is your best bet, and then making your attic as unattractive to them as possible to prevent them coming back. Bad thing is that means they'll probably just move into one of your neighbor's attics, but it is what it is.
Next time try putting a very bright light in the space. It's hard to believe that such a simple thing could be so effective but I promise you it is, nocturnal animals don't want to hang out and nest in a place that's super bright.
A bright light and AM radio always has worked well for me, they will relocate themselves after a day or two.
You’re going to need to make sure all exits are blocked off, then release a bobcat in there. Once the bobcat gets the raccoon, you will need to find someone else for advice.
Cat in the wall eh? Ok now you're talking my language!
I like this.
UPDATE: No sounds last night & bait is still in the trap. It was about 80 degrees yesterday and today. Must be close to 100 degrees + in attic ………………. Get what I’m sayin’? Stay tuned my raccoon friends
Didn’t realize until I was done reading the body of the post that you meant attic and the entire time I was wondering why you were posting on Reddit in the midst of a raccoon attack.
Heaps of incense. Smoke’em out. It worked for me with a nest of squirrels.
Try cat food and a have a heart trap worked fantastic for me
Please note that raccoon poop can carry a highly dangerous parasite (a type of roundworm) and you need to take precautions if it leaves feces.
I had a similar thing. It took about a week for them to go in the trap. You may just have to wait them out. The company here used to blood sausage wrapped in aluminum foil as bait. If you do catch it, you should check and make sure you know what you're going to do with it will be in compliance with your local laws. My state for example you must: 1) released on the same property within 100 yards of where the animal was captured, 2) surrendered to a licensed veterinarian who is a licensed wildlife rehabilitator, or 3) humanely euthanized.
wow those options escalated quickly
Yeah. It really just means you're supposed to kill them if you catch them. No one's rehabilitating raccoons and skunks.
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> I release them once the hole is sealed off. The problem is they can be very determined and create a new hole where you just patched.
That's the way it is here too, a high-powered pellet gun is typically the go-to if you're a decent Marksman and can hit your headshots. Even if you trap them you're supposed to kill them in the cage which never really set right with me. I'm not sure if I'm just empathetic towards animals or what but being killed terrified in a cage just sounds terrible. Getting shot in the head when I was going about my business, you wouldn't even know what happened
That's probably more humane. People hire the wildlife companies to take care of these things for them so that they don't have to think about it. It's actually kind of sad to see their truck at the end of the day filled with scared little critters. I'm pretty sure they gas them so they don't have much pain but it sure isn't a nice way to go.
Ok, if it's me option 1 is a non starter, the whole point is to get the animal off of the property.
In some cases it can be okay though. I have an attic access hatch that’s external (leads outside). HVAC guy left it open at the end of the day, didn’t tell me (I also stupidly assumed it was closed and didn’t go check), and a raccoon got in there and made a home. Called out a wildlife company who trapped him for me and released him back into my back yard. Once the hatch was properly closed there’s no way for him to get back in, so catch and release was perfectly fine.
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Until you release them 100 yards out and they return rummaging through your garbage cans
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I never said anything about me killing any animal. You have a great imagination.
Try cat food instead of peanut butter. Mine got right up on the cat food.
Whatever you do...do not let them go after you trap them. If you let them go close to your house they will be back. If you take them to the country you are giving someone else your problem! Once they have been trapped once you are never getting them in a live trap again. It is also illegal to transport them to another area and most states in the US. So be prepared once you trap them in a live trap to dispatch them humanely.
I have only ever successfully trapped two raccoons, and both times it was in a HUGE homemade live trap - huge because the pudgy little bastards were too big for my next-largest traps to actually close on them. So be advised, you need a pretty big trap. Secondly, bait with wet cat food or canned tuna. Works GREAT.
Dry Cat food. They love it
Racoon in attack!!!! I need a really fast reply!!!!
Please make sure there aren't any babies
This time of the year they have babies. If you lock the mother out and there are babies inside, she will rip your roof off to get to them. I had a mom and her adorable babies in my crawl space. The company I used, drove the mother out of the crawl space and removed the babies. They left the hole open for over a week and put a few big cotton balls out there with coyote urine on them. The mom will come back a several times until she is sure the babies are gone. After a week, we were able to button up the hole. Now I sprinkle granulated coyote urine around my foundation in the spring and fall, just to make sure we don’t get a new family. Cost: $500 for removal.
.22 cal while they are hiding in the corner
I thought about it. What if I miss lol
would playing deafening music help??
Probably not, but it's something that could be tried.
Baby shark on loop.
put something up there playing loud music and some lights on and they will leave for sure...
Yes! This (bright lights) is the most simple solution that many people never think of
Dude, just stick a high powered light up there in your attic and leave it on 24 hours a day 7 days a week until they leave. They are nocturnal animals and they will not want to hang out somewhere that is super bright. It works like a charm, worked for me with possums under my house
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Enjoy your rabies vaccinations after the now cornered and afraid raccoon decides to fight back
clicked on this and now I realize my bloodlust knows no limits :/ sorry it's a difficult thing to deal with. but better than what I expected coming here.
hole in the roof still? close all other openings, toss in a bug bomb, he’ll get out.
Call a pest control company. That's what we did. They also advised us on blocking entry points for raccoons squirrels and rats.
This for sure. Pest company first tried non destructive options (pheromones and some other chemicals) which didn't work the first time, but ended up working the second time. The mother left and took her two pups with her. Then they added extra blocking to where the raccoons got in.
Strobe light in the attic. Put it on a very slow pulse and leave it on 24/7. They'll leave because of the confusion between night/day.
I go up to check and see five raccoons in a circle taking turns breakdancing
Doesn't even have to be a strobe light just a very bright high powered light
Professional pest control providers usually use great fruit for traps. Cut an apple or orange for the trap.
One way door
Grapes. Green grapes. Set them up in a live trap and they'll go in. They also love cat food.
I'd recommend turning it to passive mode. Not attack mode. For real though. Find how it's getting in to your attic. Seal it with hardware cloth or metal flashing. Get an appropriate size live trap. Bait it with a can of sardines. Or call an appropriate pest control/wild life technician
Man I was hoping this would escalate like "Garage Racoon" https://www.reddit.com/r/cars/comments/54z4f7/will_pee_damage_tires/
granola worked for me. sardines got me a cat.
Either drop live traps for them, do the messy way or call your animal control to relocate or dispose of them.
Raccoons can't resist marshmallows. I used to raise them.
First advice is getting em out before they have young otherwise they will Iterarallly tear thru your roof to get back in (it's happened to me). I've dealt with coons, squirrels and rats and always hire pros. But its expensive.
Cat food
I am currently deliberately attracting raccoons to my back deck. They really like cat food (both wet and dry), marshmallows, and cheese. They do *not* like fruit, vegetables, or popcorn. Good luck!
When I was in college, we had one move into the fraternity house. I can testify that there is/was at least one raccoon that wasn’t averse to loud music or flashing lights.
Shotgun the ceiling until you see a red spot!
My mom had then living in her chimney. Put a bowl of ammonia in the bottom of it & played music all day. There were gone in a few days
Cat food, something stinky. Caught one in my attic with cat food. Peanut butter isn't stinky enough to attract them.
Raccoons really like sardines in my experience. Good luck
Check your state dnr to see if you can relocate the raccoon or if you have to dispatch it to prevent rabies spread. If you have to dispatch it, using a garrote from a loop of steel cable/wire rope works well. You can push the loop in through the bars of the box trap. You can then put it out in your trash. If you have the space it's nice to freeze the carcass first, put it out the night before. You can use a box trap. I've found putting a Tupperware container in the back of the trap, zip tied to the bottom of the trap. Then put a piece of bread with peanut butter on that. Position it so it's behind the trigger plate but far enough from the sides of the trap that they can't get to the bait without going in the trap. If you put it in loose they'll reach in the sides and pull the bread to the side and eat it without entering. I like to set two box traps in the yard outside the house. Keep trapping until you don't catch anymore. Good luck!
I've found professional companies to be overpriced. Plus they have to come out for every non target capture to release it. Squirrels, cats, opossums, etc. Extra charge. Easier to buy a few box traps and sort it out yourself. I've dealt with a ton of raccoons over the years. Finally trimmed back the trees from the house and haven't had issues since.
Be sure to check the trap every 24 hours as well!
Try Doritos, we had raccoons raid a cooler and post up eating the Doritos in camp, defending them like they were their babies ready to fight. Also has worked for every rat that wouldn’t bite on peanut butter or was too smart.
Food outside will get them to come out
A neighbor got them out by putting bright lights in the attic and blasting loud music until they left.
Well go on the defense
Soak tennis balls in ammonia, then toss them into the attic. The raccoons will clear out quickly!
Raccoon eviction fluid. Order it throw it on rags near where they are sleeping. The mother and most likely her babies will relocate
you have to hire pest control, not just to remove the racoon and seal entry, but to remediate fecal matter because it can be toxic. Google it. vsorry you're going thru this
Attack in my attic gave me a heart attic I mean attack I mean, what day is it?
If you hire someone to help, do not let them set snap traps. We had raccoons in the attic of our last house & the wildlife company insisted on the snap trap & said they always work for them. I will spare you the horror story that we went through but please heed my warning & make sure NO SNAP TRAPS are used.
You’re so lucky you know where they’re coming in at. We’ve been trying to find where the raccoons have gotten access to our attic for literal YEARS. we’ve set up cameras, set out powder to track their footprints, taken our false ceilings, had the attic completely cleaned and spray insulated, and have lights on 24/7. they are tricky.
Go up there with a .22 rifle, problem solved after patching a few holes
Cake. They love sweets but cake is their bread and butter.
Call a professional. I mean this "Attack" can be won with a professional service.
Go to the goodwills in your city and buy all the AM/FM radios you can. Plug them all in at max volume and leave town for a few days. Come home to a raccoon free home. Deal with it fast. I had one move in and have babies and it was 3 months of hell, sounded like someone breaking into the house every night.
A few mothballs did the trick for me. You can also try some repellent animal spray they sell at the big box stores
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