While homeowners many times find these animals cute, raccoons can create havoc around a household or business.  Throwing trash, tipping garbage cans, tearing screen enclosures, stealing pet food and prying open anything which might hold food.  Raccoons love water,  invading ponds and pools to wash and defecate, and to remove the ornamental fish.  They have no fear of entering homes in search of a meal, through pet doors and screens, and will  return again and again once they find a food source.   The two illnesses most commonly associated with raccoons are distemper and rabies, both potentially fatal and transmissible to pets.  Any raccoons seen in daylight hours is cause for concern.

In urban and other areas where tree dens are lacking, raccoons choose a wide variety of “cavities” including rock and debris piles, attics, crawl spaces beneath mobile homes, culverts and sewer drains.  Female raccoons love to live inside of attics, where they will often bear and raise their young.  A raccoon in your attic can cause major damage. They will nest and bring in the food they have scavenged which will collect and rot. They will also leave waste material.

Raccoon trapping can be done safely and humanely with traps that won’t injure the animal. We know how to trap raccoons - right the first time.