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If you see a raccoon on your property or signs of raccoon activity, it’s time to consider raccoon pest control. Raccoons can damage your home and carry diseases that can be transmitted to humans.
Raccoon in Wilmington
Critter Control of Wilmington offers professional raccoon trapping and removal services to help residents safely and effectively address raccoon infestations. Known for their adaptability, raccoons can cause significant damage by nesting in attics, chimneys, and crawl spaces, contaminating areas with waste and increasing the risk of disease transmission.
Our team of licensed wildlife specialists is trained in humane trapping and exclusion techniques, ensuring raccoons are removed safely and your property stays secure against future intrusions. With a deep understanding of local wildlife behavior, Critter Control of Wilmington provides efficient, long-lasting raccoon control solutions tailored to the Wilmington, NC area, with peace of mind.
Raccoon Inspection
Critter Control technicians are thorough during the inspection to avoid missing any signs of raccoon activity. What they find helps them plan steps to remove and exclude raccoons. Specific raccoon signs include the following:
- Paw tracks that resemble human hands, with four fingers and a thumb.
- Raccoons typically leave feces in piles because they like to create a latrine in their dens.
- Holes and cracks that are the right size for raccoons to enter your home.
- Smudge marks on siding, walls, floors, and anywhere a raccoon was active.
Our technicians use their expertise to guide the inspection process.
Raccoon Trapping
The best way to get rid of a raccoon is a cage trap. At Critter Control, we start with a free inspection inside and outside your home. The inspection will reveal where raccoons are denning in your home, whether they have kits, and where they travel on your property.
This information tells us how many traps to use and where to place them.
Critter Control has over 40 years of experience removing raccoons. We’ve perfected humane, safe, and environmentally friendly raccoon-trapping methods.
Setting Raccoon Traps
We typically set up multiple traps at locations along the raccoons’ path. Our raccoon trapping service uses only humane practices when trapping and legally rehoming raccoons. We secure the raccoon trap to protect the animal, especially if it is placed on the roof. If the trap is outside or on the roof, we typically cover it to protect the animal from the elements. The trap must be checked on often to prevent the raccoon from suffering from stress or exposure to weather conditions.
Baiting Raccoon Traps
Raccoons are opportunistic eaters with a healthy appetite. We bait the traps with sweets that raccoons are known to like, such as cherries, grapes, or marshmallows. These sweet items reduce non-target captures.
Raccoon Excluders
Sometimes, when there is only one raccoon and no kits, we install a raccoon excluder instead of traps. We install the excluder at the raccoon’s entry point. It lets the raccoon leave but prevents it from returning.
Exclusion for Immediate Raccoon Pest Control
Exclusion means changing your home and property so a raccoon is unlikely to move in. We practice exclusion for control, not raccoon extermination. Exclusion services are the most effective and immediate means of raccoon pest control. While do-it-yourself (DIY) methods are available, such as devices that use noises, lights, or predator scents, they are not long-term solutions.
Critter Control identifies all potential and current raccoon entry points. We permanently seal or repair cracks and holes with materials raccoons cannot break. Exclusion services also involve making your property less attractive to raccoons.
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