Raccoons: Removing the Masked Bandits

Infestations of any kind of pests can be upsetting and problematic. If your property is currently under attack from raccoons, or any other unwanted critters, our professional team can offer you immediate help.

Our proven two-step program will ensure that the raccoons are both removed and permanently excluded. Symptoms of a raccoon infestation include strong odour, loud vocalizations, and fur around the points of entry.
 

Problems Associated With Raccoon Infestations

Raccoons are naturally curious, intelligent, and ingenious when it comes to invading residential properties. The biggest problem is the fact that they can weigh up to twenty pounds, which makes them particularly destructive and harmful to homes and businesses. You should never attempt to deal with a raccoon infestation by yourself, for both health and safety reasons.

Here are some of the main problems associated with raccoon invasions:

1. Building Damage
Raccoons tend to create dens in quiet dark places. Your roof, attic, chimney, and bedroom are at the most risk. Raccoons are especially dexterous when it comes to ripping off shingle, soffit, and flashings, which means they can cause expensive damage to your property in a short space of time.

2. Territorial Nature
Raccoons are completely devoted to their babies (kits) and will do anything to get to them. If you have successfully excluded the adults but the babies are still inside your property, you run the risk of incurring huge amounts of destruction, both from the adults trying to get in, and the kits running wild inside your house.

3. Electrical Dangers
Raccoons love to create a pleasant environment in which to live. If your electrical wires happen to block access to their new home, they will chew through them, causing potential safety and fire risks to your family and your property.
 

Health Risks Associated With Raccoon Infestation

It can be difficult to get to sleep at night if you have a nocturnal family of raccoons traversing their way through your home. What you might not be aware of is the fact that there are some extremely serious health risks associated with raccoon infestation, as well as the disruptions to your sleep.

1. Rabies
Raccoons pose a serious rabies risk to anyone who might come into contact with them. The first reported case of raccoon rabies in Canada occurred in 1999, and there are now many more reported instances in Ontario and Quebec. Raccoons have a tendency to bite while defending their dens and the rabies infection is then contracted by the victim.

2. Roundworm
Unfortunately, the raccoons who invade your home are not potty-trained. In fact, the feces they commonly leave in close proximity to your living quarters is most likely infected with roundworm. This particular species of roundworm produces toxic eggs which can cause blindness, nausea, organ degeneration, and even death if humans ingest them. The eggs are resilient to weather and heat, and quickly contaminate whole areas via surface run-off and building materials.
 

Humane Solutions to Your Raccoon Infestation Problem

Though you probably want the raccoons removed from your property as quickly as possible, you might be hesitant because some companies use chemicals and pesticides. Fortunately, our experts have designed a two step program to ensure the critters that belong outside, stay outside!

Stage 1: Assessment and Location
Our professional critter removers will initially survey your building to determine where exactly the raccoons have been gaining entry. We will carefully locate any raccoon dens which might be in use inside your property, and gain an understanding of how many there are, and whether there are babies present. At that point, we will have enough information to decide on the best removal technique.

Stage 2: Removal and Repair
Our technicians will access the den, remove all of the raccoons in an ethical and humane manner, and then properly seal the access points with heavy gauge wire screening. A full deodorization will then be implemented to rid your property of any smell left by the raccoons. The smell removal will prevent the same raccoons from becoming tempted to return, and also prevent new raccoon invasions.

To safely, conveniently and effectively get rid of raccoons (or any other pests), simply call us or use our online Contact Form.

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