A mom raccoon picks up her baby.

Customer Raccoon Email: Dear David, I want to thank you very much for all the info, (lots of details I sure didn't know). I would really like the raccoon or raccoons to leave my home and stay wild. I don't know what you call it (the space between upstairs & downstairs), but that's the location. Access was a loose shingle around the chimney. I saw one stick it's head out, I closed the back door (softly), so I guess the coast was clear. and he went on about his business. They are sooo so cute But from the series "Little House on the Prairie", I know they can carry rabies and also hurt people ( & pets). Same source told me they are trainable. I doubt any of the "wild" animals were truly wild. Thanx and bless you, Pat

My Answer: Thank you for the nice note. I think the space between floors could just be referred to as a ceiling.

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The raccoon (Procyon lotor), is a common urban animal, and native to North America. Raccoons are easy to recognize, with a black mask and ringed tail, as seen in the above photo. Raccoons tend to weigh between 10-20 pounds as adults, and live an average of 5 years. They are mostly nocturnal, and are omnivores, and will often eat pet food or garbage. They have become very acclimated to living in cities and urban areas. They are very strong, excellent climbers, very intelligent, and they are very skilled with their hands, which causes them to commonly break into homes and attics, where they cause considerable damage, and they also destroy other property, and thus raccoons are considered pest animals by many people, which is why I remove them. If you want to learn more, please read my How To Get Rid of Raccoons page.

AAAnimal Control is a privately owned wildlife removal and pest control business, located in Orlando Florida. I deal strictly with wild animals. I am not an extermination company, but a critter removal and control specialist. The above photos are some of the many that I've taken in the field over my years of work. Please email me if you have any questions about the above photographs, or any questions about wildlife problems or raccoon control issues.

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