Raccoon Control Services

Raccoons

Raccoons can be considered harmful in several ways, particularly when they come into close contact with human habitats. Their intelligence, dexterity, and adaptability make them capable of causing significant damage and posing health risks. Here are some key concerns:

Property Damage

• Structural Damage: Raccoons often seek shelter in attics, crawl spaces, and chimneys. They can tear through shingles, soffits, vents, and insulation to gain access.
• Chewing Wires: Raccoons may chew on electrical wiring in attics, increasing the risk of house fires.
• Blocking Chimneys & Vents: Nesting raccoons can obstruct chimneys and vents, leading to dangerous carbon monoxide buildup.
• Garden & Lawn Destruction: They dig up lawns searching for grubs and can damage gardens by eating fruits, vegetables, and plants.
• Garbage Raids: Raccoons rummage through trash bins, scattering waste and creating unsanitary conditions.

Health Risks & Disease Transmission

• Rabies: Raccoons are one of the primary carriers of rabies in North America, which can be transmitted to pets or humans through bites.
• Leptospirosis: This bacterial disease spreads through raccoon urine and can contaminate water sources, leading to flu-like symptoms or severe complications in humans.
• Roundworm (Baylisascaris procyonis): Found in raccoon feces, this parasite can cause severe neurological damage if ingested by humans or pets.
• Salmonella & Other Bacteria: Raccoons can carry salmonella, which spreads through their feces and can contaminate food or water sources.

Threats to Pets & Livestock

• Aggressive Behavior: While generally not confrontational, raccoons can become aggressive if cornered or if they feel their young are threatened.
• Pet Food Theft: Raccoons frequently steal pet food left outside, attracting more wildlife and increasing the risk of disease transmission.
• Poultry & Small Animal Attacks: They are known to kill chickens and other small animals in backyard farms by reaching through cages or ripping them open.

While raccoons are a fascinating and intelligent species, their interactions with human environments can create serious problems. Proper prevention, such as securing trash bins, sealing entry points, and avoiding feeding them, can help mitigate these risks.

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Raccoon Removal

Raccoons pose a range of serious problems when they establish themselves around human habitation, making their removal important from both a health and property perspective. Here’s why addressing raccoon infestations is crucial:

• Disease Transmission: Raccoons are vectors for several diseases that can directly affect humans and pets. The most well-known is rabies, a fatal viral infection that spreads through bites or scratches. They can also carry leptospirosis, salmonella, and roundworms—particularly Baylisascaris procyonis, a parasite in raccoon feces that can cause severe neurological damage in humans if accidentally ingested.
• Property Damage: Raccoons are opportunistic and intelligent climbers that can infiltrate attics, chimneys, garages, and crawl spaces. Once inside, they can tear insulation, chew wiring, damage ductwork, and rip shingles or siding while gaining entry. Their nesting behavior also creates unsanitary conditions, as they often leave droppings, urine, and food remnants, which can further degrade structural integrity.
• Agricultural and Garden Impact: Raccoons are omnivorous and will eat fruits, vegetables, and livestock feed. They can devastate gardens, orchards, and poultry operations, causing economic losses for farmers and homeowners alike. Their digging can also erode soil or damage landscaping.
• Aggressive Behavior and Safety Risks: While raccoons often avoid humans, they can become aggressive if cornered or if they perceive their young are threatened. This can result in bites or scratches, which not only cause injury but also carry the risk of infection.
• Rapid Reproduction and Population Growth: Raccoons breed quickly, often producing multiple kits per year. A small problem can escalate rapidly into a significant infestation if not addressed promptly, increasing the potential for all the issues above.
• Impact on Local Wildlife and Pets: Raccoons compete with native wildlife for resources and can carry parasites or diseases that spread to domestic pets. Dogs and cats may be at risk if they encounter raccoons directly or indirectly through contaminated areas.
• Legal and Liability Concerns: In some areas, property owners can be held liable if wildlife from their property spreads disease or damages neighboring properties. Neglecting to control raccoon populations can create legal exposure.

Effectively removing raccoons isn’t just about immediate relief; it’s about protecting human health, preventing property loss, and mitigating long-term risks. Our professional wildlife control ensures humane capture, exclusion, and remediation of damage, while also addressing potential health hazards like fecal contamination.

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Raccoon Control

Hiring our professional pest control team for raccoon removal is the safest, most effective, and legally compliant way to handle an infestation. While raccoons might look harmless, they are powerful, intelligent, and potentially dangerous wildlife that require specialized handling. Here are some of the reasons to trust our professionals for raccoon control:

• Safety for You and Your Property: Raccoons can become aggressive when cornered or threatened, especially if they’re protecting their young. They can inflict serious bites or scratches that risk infection or disease. Our pest control professionals are trained and equipped with protective gear and humane traps, allowing them to remove raccoons safely without endangering your family, pets, or property.
• Prevention of Disease and Contamination: Raccoons carry a variety of parasites and diseases, including rabies, leptospirosis, and raccoon roundworm. Their droppings, urine, and nesting materials can contaminate attics, insulation, and ventilation systems. Our professional pest control services don’t just remove the raccoons—we also decontaminate affected areas, minimizing health hazards.
• Humane and Legal Removal: In many areas, wildlife control laws strictly regulate how raccoons can be trapped, relocated, or euthanized. Our professional pest control technicians are licensed and knowledgeable about local and state regulations, ensuring raccoons are handled in compliance with wildlife protection laws.
• Long-Term Prevention: Even if you manage to chase raccoons away temporarily, they often return if entry points remain open. Our professionals identify and seal access points, repair damage, and install deterrents such as chimney caps or vent covers to prevent reentry—solving the problem at its source.
• Cost-Effective and Efficient: DIY methods often fail, leading to recurring infestations and costly property damage from raccoons tearing insulation, ducts, and wiring. Our professional pest control eliminates the problem efficiently and provides lasting results, saving you money and frustration over time.
• Comprehensive Inspection and Cleanup: Our experts don’t just trap raccoons; we perform full inspections to identify nesting areas, entry routes, and potential food sources. After removal, they clean, disinfect, and restore the affected areas to prevent secondary pest issues like fleas, ticks, or maggots that thrive in raccoon nesting sites.

Our professional raccoon control combines safety, legality, and long-term protection—ensuring your home or business stays secure, sanitary, and raccoon-free.

Raccoon Exterminators

When it comes to raccoon removal, hiring our local exterminator provides distinct advantages over relying on a large national company. Raccoons are clever, adaptable, and often highly localized in their behavior, so effective removal requires expertise that is both practical and region-specific:

• Deep Local Knowledge: Our local exterminators understand raccoon behavior in your specific area. We know the local population density, seasonal activity patterns, and preferred nesting or foraging sites in the area. For example, raccoons in urban neighborhoods often behave differently than those in rural areas—raiding trash cans versus raiding attics—and our local experts anticipate these behaviors and plan our intervention accordingly.
• Faster Response and Accessibility: National companies generally operate through regional hubs and call centers, which can delay response times. Our local exterminators can typically respond more quickly, assess the property firsthand, and begin remediation immediately. This speed is critical because raccoons can reproduce quickly and escalate damage in just a few weeks.
• Customized, Site-Specific Solutions: Raccoon control isn’t one-size-fits-all. Our local professionals can design tailored strategies based on your property layout, structural vulnerabilities, and raccoon activity. We use humane and effective exclusion methods, seal entry points properly, and address attic or chimney infestations in ways that national chains often overlook due to standardized protocols.
• Hands-On Damage Repair and Prevention: After removal, raccoons often leave behind structural damage, insulation debris, and fecal contamination. Our local exterminators provide comprehensive remediation and ongoing prevention advice, including reinforcement of vulnerable areas, installation of raccoon-proof barriers, and advice on trash management specific to your neighborhood conditions.
• Community Reputation and Accountability: Our local businesses relies heavily on our reputation within the community. This translates into more careful, professional, and customer-focused service. National chains, in contrast, often have a turnover of technicians who are less personally invested in long-term results, relying on standard protocols rather than situational judgment.
• Knowledge of Local Regulations and Permits: Wildlife control laws vary by state and municipality. Our local exterminators are familiar with the regulations around trapping, relocation, or euthanasia of raccoons in the area. National companies are often less familiar with these nuances, which can result in delays or potentially even legal issues.
• Cost-Effectiveness and Transparency: Our local exterminators are flexible and can provide precise estimates for the actual work required, potentially saving money over one-size-fits-all plans, as well as achieving better results.
• Long-Term Support: Raccoon problems are rarely solved with a single visit. Our local exterminators provide follow-up inspections, ongoing prevention plans, and advice on neighborhood trends that affect raccoon activity. National companies often offer less personalized long-term support, treating each job as isolated.

Raccoon removal benefits from precision, local expertise, and hands-on management, all of which our local exterminators provide. National companies can often handle volume, but when dealing with intelligent, destructive, and disease-prone animals like raccoons, our nuanced knowledge and rapid, site-specific action are far more valuable.