Raccoon Persuasive Speech

If you are hearing noises in your attic such as running, crying and or growling you could have a raccoon or raccoons with babies in your attic or soffet area. If you do have raccoons in your home you will know it, they will drive you nuts! It is baby season for raccoons. There are humane ways remove Raccoons and their babies from your home.

First, let's address the age old question." How do I know if I have a raccoon problem?" There are many telltale signs to knowing that you have a raccoon in your home.

You know the sound your dog makes when it scampers across your hardwood floors? Well put that noise above your head in your bedroom and that's the sound a grown raccoon makes when he's running through your attic. Now the problem is,is that
The reason that fact is SO important is that female raccoons are very clean. They have their babies above your bedroom and they will do their business above your bathroom. That's why when you turn on your bathroom fan you might also smell dirty fishy cat. When she is looking for a male she will do her business on the roof. She will draw any males that are near. Problem being that, that sent never goes away unless disinfected properly. So you can live trap all you want but it isn't going to solve your problem in the long run. If you have known anyone that has had a raccoon problem and thought they solved it themselves by buying a trap. They'll say "Yah trapped a couple of raccoons last year now I got them back again.". They don't have the same raccoons back. What they have are the males come looking for the females, or the babies that were born there coming to have their own
The best most effective way to remove raccoons from your attic is the following:

Make a one-way-door to fit the main hole of the raccoons layer. Use Plexiglas so that the raccoon can see out and will go out. Once she is out the heavy duty spring on the door will slam the door shut. Due to the way the door is made the raccoon won't be able to open it to get back in.

Properly seal up any other holes and or areas that she might get back in through.

Cap your vents and chimneys. Which means secure your vents including plumbing stacks at the base with heavy gauge mesh that they can't penetrate but still allows the vents and chimney to work properly.

Once momma's out go into the attic and find the babies if there are any. There are usually anywhere from 2 to 6. Then place them and their nest of insulation outside where she can take them to their new home. This all has to be done right. Don't think that by reading this you can follow these instructions and do it yourself. Well you can but you will end up calling me to fix the job! If you don't do it right she could get spooked and move the babies. The babies could fall down into the wall. You will then have at best three days to find those babies before they die in your walls. Then you want to see an angry animal watch out. Momma will rip the siding right off the side of your house to get at