Get Rid Of A Raccoon In The Attic

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Get rid of a raccoon in the attic. Setting a radio up in your attic can scare a raccoon away by hearing human voices. By keeping raccoons out of the attic you can help prevent you and your family from getting injured by them. You can also repel raccoons with the smell of ammonia. The only way to trap a raccoon is to bait a trap and put it near to the raccoon s nest.

Bait with marshmallows or if stray cats are not a problem in the area cat food works as well. Set up the trap so the raccoon will leave the opening to forage but instead get stuck in the trap. The first step is to figure out how the raccoons are getting into your home in the first place. Selling a raccoon to a captive organization would be amazing and expensive therefore if you have a raccoon in your attic consider the chance of getting 2 000 for selling it.

There are several ways on how to get rid of raccoons in your attic. Make sure traps are scent free and flush to the ground and set in the shade. After identifying how the raccoons got in you can place a one way door live trap that allows the raccoon out but not back in. It ll have more brown staining than other entry points.

The tomahawk excluderis a good choice as it s affordable sturdy and reusable. 2 set traps in areas of high raccoon activity. How to use raccoon eviction fluid. Clean up the attic.

The unwelcome guests are gone and your home is quiet again. Raccoons are messy and they use your attic as a raccoon latrine. Before doing this you must find where the raccoons are getting in through. Keep a light on in your attic as raccoons hate light and prefer darker places.

The most effective is using a trap. These masked marauders hate the smell of the spice. Unfortunately you are still only halfway to solving your problem. This can be through an opening in the wall or through a hole in the corners of the attic.

Sealing up entry points will get rid of the raccoons in your attic and keep them from coming back. 1 purchase large cage traps rated raccoon size usually about 10 x 12 x 30 or so. Add one small canister of cayenne and one bottle of hot sauce to a gallon of water then spray the solution all over your garden plants bushes and shrubs and reapply after a rainfall. Once you get the raccoons out of your attic you will feel quite relieved.

Place a tablespoon of eviction fluid at main entry. You can even deter raccoons from coming with cayenne pepper. Get on the roof and seal up all points of entry except the main one. Give mother raccoon a few days to remove her kits.