For instance it might tear up your walls and even rip out your roof shingles.
Male raccoon in attic.
A raccoon living in an attic from january to september should always be assumed to be a mother with babies.
The good thing about having female raccoons in the attic is that you can use male raccoons to your advantage.
Inspect the home and find the entry hole s which are very large and obvious.
It s not possible to gather round a few male raccoons to scare them out of the space they have inhabited but you can use male raccoon urine in the form of wildlife eviction fluid.
Yes most of the time about 80 of situations of any type of raccoon in an attic there s a litter of 3 5 baby raccoon pups.
Raccoon in the attic step 1.
You might see the adult female.
Even if the animal feels safe in its nest it will do damage to your home.
Search the attic carefully and find and remove the litter of baby raccoons by hand and place in sack.
The most common reason for a raccoon to enter an attic as well as pick to live there is the case of a lady that needs a safe place to deliver and raise its infants.
In fact if it is scared and determined a raccoon can cause structural damage to your attic in a matter of hours.
Thus the scent of a male raccoon from urine and glands if spread throughout the attic will often encourage the female raccoon to move out on its own and bring its babies with it.