Raccoons prefer urban and suburban situations as they are highly adaptable to them. Your dwelling can quickly become the place where they would love to live. Particularly, during spring the adult female head towards residential areas to give birth to and grow her young ones. Your attic and wall spaces can be the targeted area of a mother raccoon offering ample out-of-the-way nooks to hide her young.
How to Control Raccoons
Raccoons just need a safe place to stay, they don’t aim to ruin your home. You need to seek the services of pest control Hamilton if they have invaded your place. Our wildlife control Hamilton professionalsimplement effective raccoon removal techniques. Our professionals have summed up a few tips making you aware of raccoon attack in your home.
Signs of Raccoon Damage
There are some clues that can make you aware that you are about to deal with a raccoon. Some of the potential signs of raccoon damage to your home include:
- Raccoons taking up the dwelling.
- The attic of your home is more likely to get damaged.
- Check for broken or chewed fascia boards, torn soffits and roof shingles or broken attic vents.
- Raccoon latrine or droppings may be found on the roof or inside the attic.
- Inside the attic the insulation may be flattened, the ducts have been torn apart or the wires are chewed. This means the insulation will no longer serve its purpose and the chewed or damaged wires can lead a fire.
Preventing Raccoon Damage
There are various effective preventative measures that you can discourage raccoons from selecting your residence as a den site. Food and shelter are the two big reasons why raccoon head towards your house. If they are finding consistent food resources nearby, they would never want to travel away from that place. For them the reliable food resources come in the form pet food, bird feed and garbage. All these food sources can capture the attention of these wild animals.
Eliminating Food Sources
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- Make sure the trash is kept in secured garbage bins with a thick lid that raccoons can not remove. Thin plastic lids are easy to chew or break.
- It is advised to install baffles on bird feeder poles so that raccoons could not climb up.
- Remove raccoon kit from home.
- Install a tray below the bird feeder that can catch the food particles or seed given to the birds. Since, the seeds or food particles can attract raccoons.
- Make sure there aren’t any tree or any kind of structure that can make the raccoon to jump to the feeder. If it is so, relocate the bird feeder.
- Keep the trees around the home about 6′ to 8′ so that raccoons could not get easy access to your roof.
- Install metal flashing around the house corners to prevent climbing.
Above are some of the tips that might help homeowners in preventing raccoons from their premises. Make sure to check the unsecured openings since they can offer reliable entrance to the raccoons into your home.
We, at Hamilton Wildlife, offer raccoon removal Hamilton services to the homeowners struggling with raccoons. Our professionals use the latest techniques and tools for wildlife removal and prevention.
