Raccoon In the House - Attic Gable Vent
To get a raccoon out of the house, you need to find out how it is getting in, trap and remove it, and fix the hole it was using to enter the house. Most of the time,
raccoons will live in the attic, not the living quarters of the house proper. It usually takes a professional nuisance wildlife control specialist to take care of this
problem correctly. Here is just one of hundreds of examples I have of a raccoon breaking and entering into a house.
The homeowner heard heavy noises up in the attic - thumping, walking, scratching. I did an inspection of the attic, and found this big
hole clawed open and chewed open in the gable vent. The size of this hole says, "raccoon!". No small animal, like a rat or squirrel, could or
would make a hole this big.
The hole may not look that large, but raccoons can squeeze through tight areas. I set the trap right next to the hole on the roof, and presto-magico, the raccoon is trapped! I take the animal down off the roof and safely relocate
far away from the capture site.
Before I do that, however, I make sure that I seal up that entry point good and tight. Here we see that I've bolted a heavy steel mesh over the entry
hole in the gable vent. This repair was done inside the attic.
For more raccoon trapping information, go back to the Orlando raccoon control page.
If you don't live in Orlando FL, click here for the National Directory of Wildlife Trappers.
I operate a professional wildlife removal and pest animal control business in Orlando Florida. I deal with wild critters and control them via trapping, exclusion, and prevention techniques. If you
have raccoons in the attic and need to know how to how to get rid of raccoons, give me a call any time and I can professionally
take care of your Orlando raccoon problem.
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