Raccoons are everywhere in Mobile, Alamaba. They can have three separate breeding seasons in South Alabama. During maternity season, female raccoons will look for safe places to give birth. Areas in your house like attics, walls, crawlspaces, or even on the roof are common places to find a raccoon den.
Bobby Ard, District Manager
Photos of Raccoon Problems in Mobile, AL
When they can’t find a den tree, your attic can make an adequate substitute. Raccoons will enter your home for a variety of reasons. A safe place to give birth is one of the most common. Raccoons begin to mate as early as December to as late as August, with a peak in the mating season around February and March. The gestation period is 63 days and most young are born between April and August. Females can have one to seven young per year with an average of three to four.
If you hear strange noises at night like loud thumping, mewing, whining, or screaming between April to August, you might have a family of raccoons in your attic.
Raccoon Inspection in Mobile, AL
Raccoons are not discriminating when it comes to home choices. They’ll get into any type of house in Mobile.
We inspect the exterior and interior of the home looking for signs of raccoons. Raccoons are strong and their claws can tear through most materials on a home. We check on the roof for missing shingles and holes in the plywood. Soffits, gable vents, and roof returns are common entry points for a raccoon.
Once in the attic, raccoons leave plenty of evidence. They flatten and compress insulation simply by walking on it (they can weigh 10 to 30 pounds). Raccoons create separate latrine sites. They consistently return to these locations, which are commonly found on roofs, attics, woodpiles, haylofts, and on or under decks. Their accumulated feces and urine quickly destroy insulation and saturate woodwork.
Other signs of raccoons we look for include raccoon tracks, damaged ductwork, and frayed or shredded wire.
Critter Control Raccoon Removal in Mobile
The best way to get rid of a raccoon is a cage trap. We set and secure traps near raccoon activty. Inside your home look for signs of tracks or paw prints and raccoon droppings. Outside of your home, look for raccoon droppings, dens, or animal runways. Depending on the location, we might set several traps.
Bobby Ard, District Manager
Because the raccoon trap needs to be checked, we do place it in a somewhat accessible location.
Critter Control uses only humane raccoon trapping techniques that are environmentally friendly and ecologically safe to remove raccoons from attics. We bait the trap with sweet items to reduce non-target captures. You can purchase sweet pasts. Fruits like cherries or grapes, marshmallows or jelly work effectively as raccoon bait.