Do Raccoons Live In Hot Attics

Raccoons aren t as likely to invade your home when they re not busy making a family.

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. Why do raccoons live in attics. Today it made it up 88. Raccoons can cause quite a bit of damage when they live in an attic.

Females seek out enclosed areas to raise their babies. Attics are also often close to food sources such as trash cans and pet food. This hesitation to accept a raccoon in the attic job is based on our experiences of raccoons in attics during periods of hot weather. 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.

Please see my raccoon attic damage page for more photos of raccoon damage. A mama raccoon is very vocal during and after her gestation period and her babies make noise too. 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. With temperatures like this most every attic that we are familiar with is sweltering.

Springtime isn t only the season of blooming flowers and warmer weather. Now imagine sleeping in an attic through the heat of the day. 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 easily access roofs and find their way into the attic from there.

Raccoon babies are independent by the end of summer when they leave the den and disperse from their family groups. Yesterday s high was 90 degrees. Raccoons typically live in attic dens for short periods. Raccoons especially mothers choose to live in attics because they are warm and dry and offer protection from predators and the weather.

It s also raccoon mating season. Once raccoons get into an attic they choose areas for eating giving birth. Your first option is to do nothing at all. With spring come raccoons.

With uninhabited land growing sparser and man encroaching upon the living quarters of wild animals raccoons have adapted to living in more populated areas.