Do Raccoons Live In Hot Attics

Raccoon babies are independent by the end of summer when they leave the den and disperse from their family groups.

Do raccoons live in hot attics.

Their ability to find food and shelter in an ever expanding urban landscape has made them one of the most successful urban wildlife. Raccoons aren t as likely to invade your home when they re not busy making a family. With temperatures like this most every attic that we are familiar with is sweltering. Raccoons easily access roofs and find their way into the attic from there.

The most common reason for a raccoon to enter an attic and choose to live there is the case of a female who needs a safe place to give birth and raise its babies. The mother raccoon usually gives birth shortly after moving into the attic within 1 2 weeks and then spends about 10 weeks nursing the baby raccoons. Once raccoons get into an attic they choose areas for eating giving birth. Raccoons typically live in attic dens for short periods.

Springtime isn t only the season of blooming flowers and warmer weather. Please see my raccoon attic damage page for more photos of raccoon damage. With spring come raccoons. Why do raccoons live in attics.

This hesitation to accept a raccoon in the attic job is based on our experiences of raccoons in attics during periods of hot weather. Your first option is to do nothing at all. What to do if a raccoon is living in the attic be patient with a mother raccoon in the attic. Attics are also often close to food sources such as trash cans and pet food.

Not only do they urinate and defecate in the attic but they can bring in a host of parasites fleas ticks mites and lice and diseases raccoon roundworm leptospirosis etc. A mama raccoon is very vocal during and after her gestation period and her babies make noise too. Yesterday s high was 90 degrees. What to do if you find a family of raccoons in your attic barn or other buildings raccoons used to live primarily in the woods away from civilization.

Raccoons especially mothers choose to live in attics because they are warm and dry and offer protection from predators and the weather. With uninhabited land growing sparser and man encroaching upon the living quarters of wild animals raccoons have adapted to living in more populated areas. Today it made it up 88. Raccoons are incredibly adaptable and intelligent creatures capable of thriving in nearly any environment.

It s also raccoon mating season.