Raccoon Extermination Tips

A raccoon is small with a gray fur and a black mask around the eyes. Their bushy tail has black and gray stripes. The mask around their eyes and cat-like shapes makes them cute, but you should never forget that raccoons are wild animals. In the wild environment, raccoons don’t pose any problem, but if they decide to hang out around your house, then it’s a real danger. They can cause damage to property, pets, and people. Raccoons are unique than other animals due to their cleverness, and they can do things like lift and remove lids from garbage cans. They can even open the jars and doorknobs with the help of their paws. Raccoons are considered omnivores; they can eat anything like fruits, nuts, vegetables, and plants. Their teeth are designed for tearing and chewing so they can easily eat meat.

Raccoon damages

Raccoon damages the property most of the time, looking for food or shelter. Usually, raccoons look for shelter in attics. They can cause structural damage to your property. They can break garbage cans, containers, and other structures while looking for food. They can dig holes in your garden, can eat your plants, vegetables, fruits and can destroy your lawn. Raccoons are not aggressive toward humans, but if they feel threatened, they can attack even on humans too.

Raccoon diseases

Raccoons carry many health risks as they have parasites on their bodies. Some of the diseases associated with raccoons are



Rabies: Raccoons are carriers of the disease; if they bite pets or any human, he will be needed to get treatment for rabies.

Rocky Mountain spotted fever: This is a very serious disease spread by raccoons; if this disease remains untreated, it can cause serious health risks and even can lead to death.

Tick paralysis: This disease spreads due to toxin that ticks secrete when raccoon bites.

How to get rid of raccoons:

The best thing is that you should take steps to make sure that raccoons cannot enter your home.

-Keep lid containers, garbage bags, and other things having foods should be kept tightly closed.
-If you have pets, keep their food inside your home. If they find pets food they will often visit your home.
-Install motion-activated water sprinklers and motion-activated lights in your property, because raccoons have sensitive eyes, bright lights will force them to leave your property.
-Inspect your property, particularly roof and access to the attic; if you find holes or loose shingles, get them repaired.
-You can also try some natural homemade remedies to get rid of raccoons, some of these works great against raccoons.

Raccoon exterminator

If you are unable to get rid of raccoons and nothing is working against them, then the last and most authentic way to get rid of raccoons is getting help from raccoon’s exterminators. They have trained staff to have the expertise to deal with raccoons and make sure that raccoons will not visit your property again in the near future.


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