Our Furry Little Friends

Raccoons can become a nuisence around houses and outbuildings if they gain entrance to attics or chimneys, or raid garbage cans in search of food. Pet food may be removed from porches if pets are fed outdoors. Raccoons can be captured using a baited live trap and transported to wooded areas away from residential neighborhoods. This is a safe and humane method of removing raccoons from your yard. Raccoons can easily enter a house through a dog or cat door and may be unable to find their way out. Lock dog and cat doors at night and place ammonia stations in front of the locked door.

Raccoons can cause substantial damage. In urban areas, raccoons damage buildings (particularly attics and roofs), gardens, fruit trees, lawns, garbage cans and trash containers. Raccoons can make good pets as well as bad pets, it depends upon what the owner makes them. Each individual has to decide if they are good for them. Raccoons can be litter boxed trained. Though once they are trained they will still express anger or displeasure by eliminating on something of yours.

Raccoons can be quite destructive around man-made ponds, especially if they spot colorful fish in the water. This behavior often labels the raccoon as a koi pond predator . Raccoons can also be a menace to farmers because they may eat domestic fowl and eggs. Raccoons cannot be relocated. A territory left open by removing one animal will be quickly filled by another.

Raccoons can cause serious damage to your home. Females may rip off fascia boards or shingles to gain access to your attic when they are trying to find a suitable nesting site. Raccoons can have rabies, roundworms, and canine distemper. These diseases can be very dangerous to you and your pets. Raccoons can live 10-15 years in the wild.