Raccoons are rarely a threat. They come to your property to look for food and water. While they are furry they are not warm in the winter and while they could live in a burrow or log your attic is much warmer and safer. If a raccoon has entered our attic your shed, in your …
It would be a great world if there were a safe and humane way to keep raccoons off your property and your roof. Out of your attic, out from under your deck or shed but sadly there is little you can do about the outside of your home. The inside can be protected. While raccoons …
Raccoons are a problem. However, they have also protected wildlife so harming them is a big no-no. While trapping is legal the raccoon can starve to death if left in the trap too long, for this reason, it is considered inhumane by most people. It also takes an exceedingly long time and often catches the …
Raccoons are skilled climbers, they can get onto a roof with ease. They are also very dangerous and can kill you without even touching you, but can also kill you by touching you. Raccoons can carry rabies which is a horrific disease that can cause symptoms like lockjaw and can lead to a comma. One …
Raccoons are a very specific and dangerous species. There is a lot of wildlife in the world, squirrels, rodents, skunks, but the raccoon is far more dangerous and in ways, most people do not expect or even know of. Raccoons are the vector species for a disease called rabies. It’s a potent and incurable illness …
Raccoons access your home because your property has things on it they need like water and food and this case, easily accessible shelter. There is something about your property that attracts them and then, as mating season approaches female raccoons will try to penetrate your house, your deck, under your shed or in your attic …
All native wild animals in Ontario are protected by the ministry of the environment. While trapping is not illegal it is very long and difficult and has risks of harming other animals in the process. Raccoons, especially those that are newly born during the baby season are protected animals in all of Canada. Trapping a …
The question is not how did the raccoon get on your property but why it was on your property in the first place. Raccoons are very dangerous animals that can harm and kill humans and other animals often without even touching them. Raccoons are designated as the vector species for rabies. That is in 90%+ …
Raccoons in the wild have a very short life span but raccoons in captivity have shown a long life span up to ten or more years, as long as seventeen in some cases. Males live shorter lives than females but babies are often killed off by other males at an alarming rate. Most raccoons in …
Raccoons have a gastric system that is capable of breaking down almost anything, they can eat long-dead rotting corpses of another animal, they can eat other dead raccoons without any effect and they can eat garbage from years ago. They have a very strong acid in their stomach, much stronger than the sulfuric acid in …
