By turning on bright lights and a radio you can make your attic an unpleasant environment to encourage raccoons to leave on their own.
Animal in attic.
Rats and mice in the attic.
Raccoons can enter your attic through loose shingles and or openings the roof and eaves.
Animals in attic common wild animals in attic include squirrels mice rats raccoons and bats.
Mice are common in many areas as well.
Animals inside the attic this is our area of top specialty.
You can also look at the animal tracks left in the dust in the attic.
Roof rats in particular are very common in attics in warmer areas and norway rats in cities.
These small rodents can fit through tiny entry holes and infest an attic in large numbers.
The most common critter to enter attics in many areas including where i work in florida is the rat.
The methods vary considerably depending on the type of animal in the attic.
It is not easy work and there are many important variables removal of critters in the attic requires very specific special knowledge.
Check on almost any surface not covered by insulation and there should be a layer of dust with animal tracks.
Occasionally we find chipmunks opossums birds and snakes.
Look at photos of raccoon feces or squirrel feces or rat feces or mouse feces or bat feces.
Rats and mice are very common animals in attics throughout much of the country.
The roof rat is more common in warm areas and more likely to enter the attic.
For example we must consider these factors.
If you have rats the entire building must be sealed first and then all the rats trapped and removed.