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Tag: Raccoon Removal

  • Do You Have a Raccoon Problem?

    Hearing noises in your walls? Is something heavy walking above or below your home? Did you see a raccoon on your roof? These are all signs a raccoon has taken up residence in your home. They’re also indicators that you should have an inspection to know for sure and get your remove the raccoons and get them under control before things get worse.

    Raccoons don’t always live outside. All too often they are unwelcome tenants you never asked for and don’t want. It’s also stunning when you realize all the places raccoons can get into. Female raccoons will often choose crawl spaces, attics, or chimneys to birth their young.
    They may be cute, but they are terrible pests. Aside from being dangerous and spreading germs—and potentially rabid—they can cause much damage to your property.

    Signs of Raccoons

    • Droppings and urination stains
    • Tunnels Chewed insulation in attics and crawl spaces
    • Bite marks on pipes
    • Chewed electrical wiring
    • Scratching and animal signs—especially at night

    Raccoons are terrible tenants and house guests. Unfortunately, they’re very creative when it comes to where they hide.

    Places at home where raccoons could be living

    • Your attic
    • Crawl spaces under your house
    • Your garage
    • In between walls of your house
    • Inside pool houses or sheds on your property
    • Children’s play houses
    • Under patios and decks

    If you observe any of these things, there’s a chance–probably a good one–you have a raccoon problem on your hands. Sometimes people are able to catch raccoons on their own with traps, but it’s strongly advised to hire a raccoon removal expert. Raccoons don’t always fall for traps and they might not even leave their nest. Moreover, raccoon removal experts will determine how the raccoon entered your home and prevent future raccoon problems. Also, raccoon removal experts can guarantee the humane removal of your raccoons.

  • Lessons from the #MPRRaccoon Raccoon Internet Sensation

    You may not have noticed, but one of the biggest sensations on the internet this week was a cute raccoon that blew up the internet.. It wasn’t her cute looks that caught the attention of the masses; it was that she scaled a 23-story concrete building in downtown Minneapolis all on her own (with no shortage of cameras watching and a plethora of bystanders giving real time updates). Once she astonishly scaled this sheer surface that no one would have thought a raccoon could climb, she was humanely captured in a trap baited with cat food and later released into the wild (at an undisclosed location). Raccoons may be cute, and while they may coexist alongside humans in movies like Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy, let’s not kid ourselves. Raccoons are pests. They destroy homes, spread diseases and can attack pets and humans alike. The fact that a raccoon can scale a 23 story made of concrete says it all. A determined raccoon can easily find its way into your home or yard. That said, at Dave’s Pest Control, we use the most humane solutions possible to capture raccoons, and exclude the from reentering.. If you have a raccoon problem, do not hesitate to call. We are experts in capturing raccoons and other small animals in Port Orange, Daytona and throughout Flagler and Volusia Counties.