Raccoons are just like any other wild animal. They seek out food, shelter and water to survive and safe place to raise their young.

Food, Shelter & Water – are you the enabler?

Food – Trash, pet food, bird seed, gardens, fruit trees, insects, and other readily available food sources can attract raccoons. Easy and consistent meals are just one of the primary reasons they selected your location.

Shelter – Attics, crawlspaces, chimneys, sheds, decks, trailer skirting, crawlspaces and other protected areas can provide places for raccoons to rest or raise young. Anywhere they can feel safe from the weather and other animals without harassment, they will build a nest and consider it their new home.

Water – Pools, lakes, ponds, bird baths, pet bowls, drainage areas and other water sources can make a property attractive. Raccoons are known to carry food items to a water source and wash the food before consuming it.

You need to understand what attracts them, then see what keeps them coming back.

Small Entry. Big Problem.

Raccoons are excellent climbers and remarkably capable of exploiting vulnerable areas around a structure. Once inside, they can damage insulation and other building materials, contaminate areas with urine and feces just like a rodent. They also create additional damage around the entry point they continue to enter, making your house vulnerable to rain water intrusion as well. That’s why scratching or movement coming from an attic shouldn’t automatically be dismissed as “something outside.” If you hear something above you at night, it’s worth finding out what it is.

The Problem Isn’t Going Away on Its Own

Catching an animal or two may address the immediate problem, but it doesn’t necessarily address what attracted the animals to your property. If food & water remains accessible and the entry point remains unsecured, another animal may eventually take advantage of the same opportunity.

A more complete approach considers:
What’s attracting them?
How are they getting access?
Where are they traveling to and spending their time?
What can be done to reduce the chances of the problem happening again?

How Guardian Trapping Can Help

Every wildlife situation is different. Guardian Trapping helps property owners identify practical options for dealing with nuisance raccoons and other wildlife around their homes and property. Our approach starts by understanding what’s happening, where the activity is occurring, and what may be attracting the animal. From there, we can determine the appropriate next steps.
Our goal isn’t simply to catch an animal. It’s to help you regain control of your property.

We provide the traps. You do the trapping.

Our goal is simple: give you access to the equipment you need to put a strategic trapping plan into action—without having to purchase and store expensive trapping equipment yourself. Once the contributing risks have been mitigated, we let the traps do the work for you.

It takes a strategic trapping approach to help protect the property and resources you’ve worked so hard to build.

Don’t wait for the problem to get worse, call Gaurdian today!