Wondering about how to keep raccoons off your roof.
Raccoon hole in roof.
Because the trapper never came back with the traps for the attic i could hear the raccoons roaming all over the attic scratching and trying to get out those two days.
These three encounters happened in the same location all three times.
Four years ago we trapped 3 raccoon in the attic and fixed the hole and shingles.
This whole second phase of raccoon removal was a disaster as the repair person had come against my wishes when i was not at home to repair the new hole in the roof.
Once a raccoon creates or enlarges a hole in the rooftop it becomes an easy pathway to the attic.
A female raccoon will go to great lengths to protect their young.
If you can find the hole that the raccoons are using to get in and out one good approach is to place a cage trap over that hole or to affix it in a nearby location and create a tunnel from chicken wire to guide the animal into the trap.
If so you certainly aren t alone.
This week we caught one raccoon in a trap placed on the roof.
This removal was pretty difficul.
Raccoons are extremely strong and never cease to amaze me.
Two years ago we were able to place a metal strip where the raccoons were trying to get in again.
A raccoon ripped a hole right in this roof click the buttons to the left or right for more examples of how the pros set traps in different situations.
Removing a raccoon on the roof.