Catching Raccoons In Attic

They must be removed by hand.

Catching raccoons in attic.

Getting rid of raccoons in an attic is a two step process of 1 removing the raccoons currently living there and 2 making a preventative repair. The young are helpless in a nesting area of the attic and can t be trapped. If you wait until the babies are grown and or have left. Raccoon babies are independent by the end of summer when they leave the den and disperse from their family groups.

Because most raccoons in a home are female you can sometimes remove the babies and use them as a lure in the trap for the mother. Raccoons are one of the nuisance critters often found in attics that are effectively trapped with this method. The preferable placement for traps are ordered as such. But just because raccoons are in the attic that does not mean that the attic is the best place to catch them.

Raccoons typically live in attic dens for short periods. The problem is that there are almost always baby raccoons in the attic along with an adult female. After you catch the raccoon if you have successfully trapped a raccoon put a blanket or other cover over the cage before you pick it up. If you have raccoons living in the attic you can t just put a cage trap on the ground because there might be a nest of baby raccoons in the attic.