Raccoon in the attic step 1.
Get baby raccoons out attic.
Inspect the home and find the entry hole s which are very large and obvious.
How to get rid of raccoons in the attic.
Raccoons need a safe warm and dry place to raise the new pups and your attic makes a perfect habitat.
If there s no accessible attic space above the ceiling but that s where the baby raccoons lie then you need to find the spot where the babies lie by feeling for a warm area on the ceiling and cut out a hole nearby and grab and remove the baby raccoons.
The mother raccoon is living in the attic because it s a dark quiet safe place for her and her babies.
1 physical removal of the nest of baby raccoons 2 humane trapping or exclusion of adult raccoons 3 repairs to the entry points 4 cleanup of raccoon feces and waste.
This isn t something that i recommend laymen doing though.
Search the attic carefully and find and remove the litter of baby raccoons by hand and place in sack.
If the nest is in the middle of the attic you can consider just climbing up there and just grabbing the babies.
The main reason a raccoon may have made your attic his new den is because the female is about to give birth.
If you don t properly remove the baby raccoons from the attic they will suffer as they starve to death then die and rot in your attic creating a strong odor.
It s not always a simple task it usually requires these 4 steps to get raccoons out of an attic.
Cleaning up raccoon waste afterward is also a good idea.
You might see the adult female.
Same goes for how to get raccoons out of your walls you need to pinpoint the exact spot by listening to baby raccoon chattering and feel for the warm spot and cut a hole in the wall to remove the baby raccoons.
You don t know how momma raccoon is going to react to your presence in the attic.
You can also encourage the mother to move the young out of the attic herself by intimidating her out with a variety of techniques such as the use of raccoon eviction fluid.
You are at a definite disadvantage.