It can be scary to find a raccoon family living in your attic, especially if there are baby raccoons, which are also called kits. As soon as possible is important, but getting rid of raccoon babies needs to be done carefully, taking into account both their safety and your peace of mind.
1. Figure out the Signs
Before you start the cleanup process, you need to be sure that there are raccoon babies in your attic. Sounds like digging or scurrying coming from the attic, bad smells from urine and feces, and damage done by adult raccoons while they were getting in are all common signs.
Two. Time is important
In early spring, raccoon moms usually give birth to their kits. This is an important thing to think about when deciding how to get rid of them. Trying to remove during this time can cause mothers and kids to be split up, which is not ideal. The best time is when the kits are eight to ten weeks old, which is when they are old enough to leave with their mother.
3. Inspection by a professional
It’s best to talk to a professional wildlife removal service to make sure the process is safe and gentle. They will carefully look through your attic to get a good idea of what’s going on. Professionals will figure out how the rats got in, how many kits are there, and what the best next step is.
4. Doors that only open one way and exit
The main goal of raccoon kit removal is to get the kits back to their mother and get her to move them all. For getting rid of raccoons, one-way doors that are made to do just that work well. Raccoons can get out of the attic through these doors, but they can’t get back in.
For exclusion methods to work, entry places must be sealed after the raccoons have left. Before closing the holes, it’s important to make sure that all the raccoons, including the kits, have gone away. Care should be taken with this process so that rats don’t get trapped inside, which could cause more problems.
5. Time of Observation
It’s important to keep an eye on things after putting up one-way doors and sealing off entry spots. Raccoon moms are very protective of their young and won’t leave them for short periods of time. It is during this time that professionals watch to make sure that the mother moves her kits to a better den.
6. Steps to take to stop it
Once the raccoons and their kits have left your attic, it’s important to take steps to keep them from coming back. This includes checking and fixing up the outside of your house on a regular basis to find and seal any possible entry spots. Raccoons won’t try to get in if you use welded steel mesh or hardware cloth to reinforce attic vents, soffits, and chimneys.
7. Cleaning up and making germ-free
When raccoons take over, they can leave behind a mess of waste, pee, and feces. It’s important to clean and sanitize your attic well after getting rid of the raccoons. Raccoon poop can spread diseases, so be careful when you touch it. Hiring a cleaning service can make sure that your attic is safe and free of germs.
8. Moving in a humane way
Professional animal removal services move raccoons in a way that doesn’t hurt them. Raccoons are usually taken to good places to live that are far away from neighbourhoods so they can start over.
Finally, if you have raccoon babies in your attic, you need to be careful and kind. Talk to people who are experts at getting rid of wildlife to make sure that both the rats and your property are safe. Timing, one-way doors, methods of exclusion, and prevention steps are all very important for reuniting raccoon families and stopping future invasions.
At Raccoon Control Lindsay we offer our neighbors across Lindsay with a high-quality, robust, and reliable set of pest control solutions that include exclusion services and proofing services against all kind of pests and wildlife including the notorious raccoon that roams Lindsay causing all sorts of trouble.