Now that the raccoon baby season is upon us, we want to take the opportunity to show our readers an example of a full raccoon eviction we did today in Guelph Ontario.
Today after we came across the baby raccoons we were swiftly able to remove them from the attic. What most people don’t know is that our eviction process doesn’t involve simply taking the raccoon babies from their mother and/or locking her out.
The little guys we removed were only about a week old; we found six of them. What we did was place them inside our specially designed baby box.
Within this baby box, we place a little bit of their nest-insulation inside it so they have a sense of familiarity and warmth, and doing so ensures the mother raccoon will be able to easily identify her kits.
You’ll also notice in the video that there’s an electrical cord attached to the warming-box. That cord is connected to a baby-heater blanket which allows warmth to be generated and maintained in the warming-box until the raccoon kits are picked up by their mother.
Sometimes raccoon mothers will get confused and not able to find her babies right away so this warming-box ensures they’ll survive until their mother gets them and relocates them to another den site.
Watch the video below but viewer discretion is advised as these baby raccoons are the cutest thing you’ve seen this year!
Where was the mother raccoon?
The mother raccoon was still in her den in the home owner’s attic.
In the mean time we secured off potential areas of entry and installed our unique one-way door which enables her to leave her den and look for her kits, but prohibits her from re-entering it (from re-entering the attic).
From there after she finds her kits within the warming-box (we place her kits in the warming box somewhere close to the one-way exit door so she can find them quite easily), enters it and removes her kits one by one to a new den site.
This is the proper way to do a raccoon eviction and it’s the most humane way to do it too.
If it’s not done this way, baby kits can get separated from their mother and even within a few hours they can die.
With humane evictions, wildlife remain safe and stable and the home owners can rest assured they won’t have a raccoon problem anymore while knowing they had their problem handled with great sympathy.
Are you hearing noises in your attic?
If you are hearing noises in your attic, there’s a chance you’ve got a raccoon baby issue to contend with especially at this time of year (spring). Read these signs raccoons are in your attic, and if you find you do, don’t hesitate to call the experts.