Raccoons typically live in attic dens for short periods.
Do raccoons live in hot attics.
Now imagine sleeping in an attic through the heat of the day.
Raccoon babies are independent by the end of summer when they leave the den and disperse from their family groups.
Raccoons aren t as likely to invade your home when they re not busy making a family.
This hesitation to accept a raccoon in the attic job is based on our experiences of raccoons in attics during periods of hot weather.
A mama raccoon is very vocal during and after her gestation period and her babies make noise too.
What to do if a raccoon is living in the attic be patient with a mother raccoon in the attic.
Their ability to find food and shelter in an ever expanding urban landscape has made them one of the most successful urban wildlife.
Females seek out enclosed areas to raise their babies.
With spring come raccoons.
Raccoons especially mothers choose to live in attics because they are warm and dry and offer protection from predators and the weather.
With uninhabited land growing sparser and man encroaching upon the living quarters of wild animals raccoons have adapted to living in more populated areas.
Once raccoons get into an attic they choose areas for eating giving birth.
Raccoons can cause quite a bit of damage when they live in an attic.
Raccoons easily access roofs and find their way into the attic from there.
Attics are also often close to food sources such as trash cans and pet food.
Springtime isn t only the season of blooming flowers and warmer weather.
The most common reason for a raccoon to enter an attic and choose to live there is the case of a female who needs a safe place to give birth and raise its babies.
Raccoons are incredibly adaptable and intelligent creatures capable of thriving in nearly any environment.
Why do raccoons live in attics.
Please see my raccoon attic damage page for more photos of raccoon damage.
Not only do they urinate and defecate in the attic but they can bring in a host of parasites fleas ticks mites and lice and diseases raccoon roundworm leptospirosis etc.
What to do if you find a family of raccoons in your attic barn or other buildings raccoons used to live primarily in the woods away from civilization.
Your first option is to do nothing at all.
Today it made it up 88.
Yesterday s high was 90 degrees.
