What to do when there are baby raccoons in a very hard-to-reach area? What if there's no
attic space to crawl into? This type of work takes a lot of sleuthing and searching
The customer had been hearing a lot of heavy scurrying and scratching
noise in the cathedral ceiling in this room. I saw a big hole in the roof, but there was no attic space for me to crawl in, because it was a cathedral
ceiling (same slope as the roof, no real attic space). I always assume that there's baby raccoons somewhere, which is true 80% of the time. Thus, I had to very carefully listen for any sign of baby raccoons,
so that I could find them.
It would have been easy to
simply set a trap and catch the female raccoon, like most raccoon removal companies would have done, but that would have left the baby raccoons inside
the home to starve and die and cause an odor problem. I always work very hard to get the baby coons out of the attic, because I know that almost all
of the time there's an adult raccoon in an attic, it's a female with a litter of babies.
In this case, I heard no noise,
so I started to very carefully feel around the ceiling until I hit a warm spot. I knew that the litter of baby raccoons must be there, so I cut a hole
in the ceiling (upper left), stuck my head inside (upper right), saw the nest of baby raccoons (lower left), and removed them all (lower right). I then
fixed the hole and used the babies as live bait to catch the mom, fixed the hole in the roof, and the job was complete. This type of work is
not easy, and most wildlife removal companies will neglect to take care of a situation like this properly, and that's too bad.
If you want to enlist the help of a professional, I believe that most of the wildlife control operators listed on this wildlife removal directory,
which includes listings for 450 US cities and towns, do a competent job. I've also compiled a list of good raccoon experts in several major US cities, including
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Chicago.
But before you hire anyone, be sure to read this guide and gain a good understanding of the matter at hand, and ask whoever you wish to hire the right questions, and be sure that they remove the baby raccoons as part of their wildlife control solution!
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