The young are helpless in a nesting area of the attic and can t be trapped.
Catching raccoons in attic.
They must be removed by hand.
Raccoon babies are independent by the end of summer when they leave the den and disperse from their family groups.
But just because raccoons are in the attic that does not mean that the attic is the best place to catch them.
If you have raccoons living in the attic you can t just put a cage trap on the ground because there might be a nest of baby raccoons in the attic.
If you wait until the babies are grown and or have left.
Because most raccoons in a home are female you can sometimes remove the babies and use them as a lure in the trap for the mother.
The problem is that there are almost always baby raccoons in the attic along with an adult female.
Getting rid of raccoons in an attic is a two step process of 1 removing the raccoons currently living there and 2 making a preventative repair.
Raccoons are one of the nuisance critters often found in attics that are effectively trapped with this method.
The preferable placement for traps are ordered as such.
Raccoon mothers commonly move their babies between den sites during the nesting season so she may leave on her own.
Raccoons typically live in attic dens for short periods.