If you want to prevent raccoons from tearing up your roof, it’s vital to make your home as sanitary as possible. If raccoons are on your roof, it’s likely they aren’t just looking for a view. They are most likely trying to make a home, tearing open any openings to get into your attic. To avoid them, consider installing raccoon traps. Make sure to fasten them to the roof using heavy-duty screws. Alternatively, you can also set traps on flat areas of your roof.
To avoid attracting raccoons, try to trap them as young as possible. Baby raccoons may be too small to be trapped. If a mother raccoon has already given birth to multiple raccoons, you can safely trap her babies. Keep in mind that the baby raccoons are generally in the attic’s back corner.
You can also place bird feeders on a thin clothesline. The thin rod makes it difficult for raccoons to grab on to. You can also place a raccoon guard over the pole of the bird feeder. This will make the pole too wide for the raccoons to grasp. Another effective method is to seal chimneys. Raccoons are attracted to the smell of pet food.
Raccoons are attracted to food sources, so keep your trashcans closed and locked. You should also make sure that they are not easy to chew off, as raccoons love to gnaw on them. Raccoons will eat rotten fruit, bird feed, and human food. If possible, keep the trashcans inside the home. Also, raking fallen fruit and nuts can help.
If you can’t seal the openings, raccoons will find other ways to enter your home. You can also close off open spaces under your structures by installing a mesh of heavy-gauge wire with a half-inch opening. Lastly, install a heavy steel chimney cap to prevent raccoons from getting in. The mesh can also be back-covered with soil if it isn’t sealed properly.
In addition to securing trash cans, you can also place a bowl of ammonia near any entry points. The ammonia smell will keep raccoons away, and you can fix the problem quickly. Raccoons can be very devious and will attack trash cans if they can’t access them. If you have a garbage can on your roof, you should secure it with a lid so that it is out of reach of raccoons.
