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Raccoon Removal Near Me

Raccoons in attics is common in Metro Atlanta due to poor building practices and excess trash, providing shelter and food. These wild animals can enter your home with ease due to their extreme grip strength in their front hands and climbing ability. Smart Solutions Wildlife Removal solves nuisance wildlife problems and prevents raccoons from damaging your home and business for the long term.

We offer multiple services for getting rid of raccoons through trapping, exclusion , attic cleaning, and prevention. Attracting raccoons to your property can be anything from bird feeders, chicken coops, trees or a missing chimney cap. If you hear high pitched noises in your attic or walls, you could be dealing with raccoon litter and a maternal female.

Our raccoon removal process starts with a detailed inspection of the entire structure and taking pictures. We inspect the interior of the attic, basement or crawlspace and exterior roof, sidewalls, foundation and property. We perform a damage control evaluation of the electrical wiring, construction, drywall, insulation and heating and cooling system.

Our team formulates an action plan to conduct a trapping program and seal the home with a raccoon exclusion. We use thick gauge color blended steel on entry points, to learn more about repairs and lifetime warranty check out our wildlife exclusion page. Finally, we clean the attic and remove odors and contaminates to restore your home or business to a safe space.

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Dangers Of Raccoons

Raccoons are curious little bandits and that could lead them into your home or commercial space. They can make their way in through soffits, roofs, foundations, vents, chimneys, and other areas. Once inside, they can do a lot of damage and keep you up at night due to loud noises and chattering.

  • Harmful. Raccoons love to raise families of babies called kits in attics and crawl spaces. They will climb almost anything and use their extreme senses of smell, touch and sight to gain entry through vulnerable areas of the home. Raccoon activity includes: damaging your insulation, putting holes in your roof, damaging siding, and contaminating your attic with droppings and urine.
  • Noises Raccoons are nocturnal and extremely loud because of their large size. What Sound does a raccoon make? You may hear them thumping, running and scratching around your attic, even chattering late at night or early in the morning.

As the young grow between January and May, they will fight and growl loudly.

  • They’re a threat to your health. Raccoons carry rabies, distemper, roundworms in droppings, fleas, ticks, leptospirosis other diseases and parasites. If threatened, these animals may attack you or your pets, so it’s best to leave a raccoon problem to experienced raccoon control experts.
  • How can you tell if a raccoon has rabies? A raccoon with rabies will foam at the mouth and not be able to walk. They are extremely disoriented because of the way this horrible disease attacks the brain. If you or a pet have come into contact with a sick animal, call a wildlife control operator to detain the animal and send it off to be tested.
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Raccoon Trapping Near Me

Smart Solutions Wildlife Removal is a full-service wildlife removal company serving all of Metro Atlanta and surrounding areas. We specialize is residential and commercial urban raccoon removal and control. We’ll quickly locate any entry points, set up cage traps and make sure every last animal is removed.

A vitally important thing to consider when trapping or removing is raccoon babies. We locate baby raccoons or pups by using a thermal imaging camera. Our team is expert trained and practices safe and humane processes.

There 2 control methods we execute to ensure your safety and the welfare of wildlife we remove. During the maternity season, we will catch and house the mother, locate the young and relocate them all together. The second option is to evict the mother raccoon using a specialized material, monitoring the nest and entry point.

The raccoon eviction process creates a fear response in the sow(mother) and she will take the young with her, leaving the structure. Next, we make the necessary exclusion repairs and conduct a pheromone odor enzyme treatment to prevent her from returning.

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Raccoon Damage And Signs
  • Raccoons tear up the exterior of your home or business in order to gain access to the interior. Check attics, chimneys, crawlspaces, eves, vents, and the roof for signs of damage and paw prints. Raccoon tracks have both small and large paw prints for there front and hind feet that look like hands with long claws.

The toes of the front footprint usually spread wider than the back footprint. The pad of the back tracks is usually much bigger and they show 5 long toes in the front and hind tracks.

  • They will happily share any pet food or raid the dumpster or trash cans, leaving teeth and claw marks. Raccoon bites pierce deep and are of a serious concern if they decide to attack you or your pets, especially if they have rabies.
  • What does raccoon poop look like? Raccoon scat identification is similar size to a small dog. Their droppings and urine accumulate in large piles called latrines, they can seep through insulation and ceilings, causing major damage.

These critters can also get stuck in voids, walls, chases, or other areas of the home or business and die. Dead raccoons, droppings with roundworm and contaminated attic insulation need to be properly cleaned. To learn more about these services check out our page attic remediation and sanitation.

  • They’re a threat to your health. Raccoons carry rabies, distemper, roundworms in droppings, fleas, ticks, leptospirosis other diseases and parasites. If threatened, these animals may attack you or your pets, so it’s best to leave a raccoon problem to experienced raccoon control experts.
  • How can you tell if a raccoon has rabies? A raccoon with rabies will foam at the mouth and not be able to walk. They are extremely disoriented because of the way this horrible disease attacks the brain. If you or a pet have come into contact with a sick animal, call a wildlife control operator to detain the animal and send it off to be tested.
Raccoon Biology And Behavior
  • Gestation is 65 days
  • Average litter of kits is 4
  • Young become mobile in 30 days
  • They are omnivorous easting a wide variety of both plants and animal
  • Their diet consists of rodents, lizards, frogs, eggs, trash, grains, seeds, nuts and fruits
  • Often dig for grubs in yard turning over sod or digging large holes in mulch
  • Raccoons are nocturnal, great climbers and have a wide variety of sounds they make to communicate and express themselves
  • This animals will stand its hind legs to hold and observe objects with its front paws
  • They weigh an average of 7 -10 pounds
  • The most distinctive feature of the raccoon is the back mask of fur around the eyes, giving the the nickname of ‘bandits”
  • Raccoon tails have 5 to 7 stripes or rings that are whitish, brown or black
  • There are even rare cases of albino raccoons and their appearance is entirely white, including their face and tails
  • Their lifespan is an average of 3-5 years but can live in excess of 15+ years
  • A raccoon home range can vary from 1-10 square miles or more depending on the age and sex
  • Predators include coyote, fox, bobcats, mountain lions and raptors like owls and eagles that prey on young
  • Learn more about habits and raccoon habitat
Humane Raccoon Exterminator Near Me

Have you tried raccoon deterrents or trapping with no success? Give us a call at (678) 789-4016 or contact us online and our trained, licensed and insured wildlife removal experts will assess and solve your problem. Whether you’re in MariettaAcworth, Dunwoody or in the greater Atlanta area, call today — we’ll get rid of them and keep them out — guaranteed.

We provide extensive protection from pests due to our re-occurring pest and extermination protection programs. We solve all wildlife and pest issues, clean and treat the home and offer continued monitoring to provide year round home protection.

FAQ

Q – Do raccoons carry rabies

A – Yes high percentages of raccoons can carry the rabies virus. There should be extreme caution practiced when approaching, apprehending and trapping raccoons. This should only be done by a licensed professional.

Q – If I trim the tree branches that overhang the house will it keep the raccoons off the house?

A – Trimming or removing the tree branches from the home is always a good idea but it’s not a solve all for animal problems. Animals including raccoons can climb downspouts, wood trim and siding corners in order to access the roof.

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