How to Get Rid of Baby Raccoons in an Attic

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What if an animal is stuck in a hard to reach place?

In this case, baby raccoons were in the far end of a tight
attic. They were making quite a bit of noise. The attic
was impossible to move through (not to mention hot
and dangerous). In this case, there is no other option
but to cut a hole in the ceiling in order to remove the
young.


A raccoon may find its way through this mess,
but no human could!



The noises are heard in the ceiling, where it is
impossible to get to from the attic.



I cut a hole in the ceiling.



I remove the baby raccoons.



Here they are, all four in a bucket. They may be
cute, but they are noisy!



I replace the ceiling cutout, affix it with inner
brackets, and spackel the edges (it will look
better when dry).



I made a small metal cage, and put the baby
raccoons in it.



I put the baby raccoon cage in the back of a
white plastic box trap and caught the mother
raccoon in less than ten minutes.



Here is the hole the mother was using to get into
the attic.



I put a heavy gauge screen over the hole so no
more critters can get in.


After I catch the mom, she is reunited with her
young, and I can then relocate them all together,
or I can bring the baby coons to a state licensed
wildlife rehabilitator.

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go to this get rid of raccoons in attic page.

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to the raccoon attic damage page.