Raccoon Hole In Roof

Removing a raccoon on the roof.

Raccoon hole in roof.

In the above photos you can see that that a raccoon has torn a hole right through the shingles and into the roof. A female raccoon will go to great lengths to protect their young. Four years ago we trapped 3 raccoon in the attic and fixed the hole and shingles. Preventing raccoon access to roofs is difficult as these clever creatures can climb up just about any surface but there are ways our professionals can reduce the odds.

If you can find the hole that the raccoons are using to get in and out one good approach is to place a cage trap over that hole or to affix it in a nearby location and create a tunnel from chicken wire to guide the animal into the trap. Raccoons are extremely strong and never cease to amaze me. This whole second phase of raccoon removal was a disaster as the repair person had come against my wishes when i was not at home to repair the new hole in the roof. Even if these nuisance animals didn t carry disease or cause significant property damage raccoons would still cause homeowners considerable trouble and annoyance thanks to their ability to break into garbage bins and scatter trash everywhere in search of a meal.

If so you certainly aren t alone. Wondering about how to keep raccoons off your roof. Once a raccoon creates or enlarges a hole in the rooftop it becomes an easy pathway to the attic. This week we caught one raccoon in a trap placed on the roof.

A raccoon ripped a hole right in this roof click the buttons to the left or right for more examples of how the pros set traps in different situations. These three encounters happened in the same location all three times.