Raccoon Extermination

Raccoons are grayish fur-bearing, round creatures with a “black mask” around their eyes and a fluffy hairy tail with black and white stripes. These are found in North and Central America. This nocturnal mammal is omnivorous and will eat almost anything it finds edible. This unique creature that is known for its cleverness, might give you a real headache once it enters your property. Its hand-like paws enable it to lift the lids of trash cans, opening the jars and even rotating the doorknobs. Having a raccoon invasion would be utterly annoying.

What Attracts Raccoons?

As omnivorous animals, raccoons eat fruits, nuts, insects, small animals like frogs, rats, skunks, squirrels, and birds. When there is not enough food, they might even sift through garbage cans. So, they might enter your house looking for food. Raccoons might enter your house following a squirrel in your attic or a skunk hiding in your garage. They might dig up your garden looking for insects like beetles. They might enter your house looking for shelter.

Damage Caused by Raccoons

Raccoons might scavenge through trash cans looking for food. They have incredible hand-like paws with untraceable claws that enable them to open jars and grip things. They can tear the garbage cans and containers apart. They can cause a huge mess in your kitchen as well in the pursuit of food. Once these creatures enter your house, they will leave urine and feces. They are wild animals and even carry diseases like rabies, roundworms, bubonic plaque and many more. Raccoons are dangerous because other than damaging the property, they might end up harming you and your family with these diseases.

Removing Raccoons

Raccoons are fur-bearing game animals protected by the state-hunting laws in most states of America. Laws regarding their hunting or trapping vary from state to state. Some areas might have no restrictions on raccoon killing at all while in some areas, killing a raccoon might lead you charges of cruelty towards animals. We will discuss some raccoon removing methods now:

1. Precautions

Torn off insulation paper, torn off isolation pipers, damage to wood, urine stains, and feces might be symptoms of a raccoon infestation. House owners should inspect regularly the house and seal any possible point of entry use trash cans with tight-fitting lids get rid of any debris or leave piles in the yard keep the pet food inside An electric fence can also, be used for keeping raccoons away.

2. Traps

Raccoon trapping requires a tapping license because they are furbearers. House owners can trap them if they are damaging the property and harming pets. Harmless traps like cage trap (e.g. Havahart trap) would be best. Other traps might include coil spring traps and species-specific traps but these traps might harm or cause injury to the raccoon. Once trapped, you should either release it or euthanize it.

3. Contacting licensed wildlife operator/pestcontrol operator

Raccoons are wild animals and they might become aggressive and attack you. Getting professional help is the best solution. Contact your local pest control operator if all the other methods fail. These professionals are well equipped and know how to deal with any possible situation.

Conclusion

Raccoons are small mammals that can prove to be a nuisance by damaging property, attacking pets and spreading infections and diseases. Their trapping and killing laws vary from state to state in America. To avoid any raccoon house infestation, house owners should take precautionary measures and in extreme cases, hiring a professional pest control operator or a licensed wildlife operator would be best.

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