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Raccoon Removal and Damage Repair in North Georgia

Young raccoon in a cage trap looking toward the camera at the animal removal technician who trapped and removed the raccoon from a house.

Raccoons are strong, stocky, medium-sized mammals with "masked" faces and ringed tails. A lot of people think they're cute -- or at least handsome. (Raccoons themselves also think they're pretty handsome: Just ask the one in our logo picture.)

Raccoons are also very intelligent animals who have excellent dexterity and are able to manipulate objects such as gate latches and trash can lids. Their ability to "outsmart" humans who are trying to keep them out of places they don't belong can be so frustrating that it's almost amusing. Trying to keep raccoons from scavenging through garbage cans and dumpsters can make a person feel like Carl Spackler battling the dancing gopher in the movie Caddyshack.

Raccoons also have a habit of "washing" their food in water, which makes them seem even more human-like and contributes to their "cute" reputation. But raccoons don't "wash" their food at all. They examine it with their hands. The water makes the special nerve endings in their fore paws more sensitive and helps them decide whether the food is safe to eat. Nonetheless, the "washing" behavior does make them look more fastidious and human-like.

But despite their cute appearance and behavior, raccoons have a not-so-nice side.

For one thing, wild raccoons aren't harmless wildlife who just happen to be mischievous. They are very strong, very unfriendly, and very dangerous -- especially when they're cornered. They will attack if they feel threatened, and they're strong enough to cause serious injuries to humans and pets if they have a mind to.

Because they're "cute" animals with a nasty streak, raccoons are especially dangerous to children. They may assume that wild raccoons are tame and try to pet them, play with them, or even bring them home. It's very important that children be taught from an early age that wild animals like raccoons are not pets and should be avoided.

In addition to the risk of being attacked, messing with a wild raccoon can result in a person being infected with rabies. Wild raccoons that seem tame or friendly, or that are wandering around in the daytime, are quite possibly rabid; and all it takes is a drop of saliva on a scratch for a human to become infected. Not all rabid raccoons show signs of being ill, however, especially in the early stages. So don't try trapping and removing raccoons yourself. Instead, contact us immediately for prompt, professional removal.

Raccoons can transmit several serious diseases. They're susceptible to rabies, as mentioned above. They can also transmit mange and many arboviral diseases vectored by their parasites. Raccoons can also harbor a parasitic intestinal roundworm, Baylisascaris procyonis, that can be deadly to humans when it gets into the person's body and migrates to his or her brain. According to the CDC, B. procyonis is a major cause of serious or fatal larval migrans diseases, especially in young children. Infection in humans causes brain damage that can include cognitive impairment ranging from mild to profound, as well as paralysis, coma, blindness, and death.

Raccoon Removal and Damage Repair

Raccoons can also cause serious damage to homes and property. The damage they cause can be very expensive to repair if the problem's not dealt with promptly. In addition, long-standing raccoon problems usually require decontamination of the attic and replacement of disease-laden insulation to protect the health of the family living in the house. That's why it's much better to seal up your home to prevent raccoons from getting into your house in the first place.

When raccoons get into buildings and nest in secluded places like attics, chimneys, soffits, crawl spaces, and other voids, they need to be humanely trapped and removed. Raccoons can do major damage to the building, as well as water damage secondary to the raccoon damage. The damage caused by raccoons can cost thousands of dollars to repair if it's not dealt with promptly. Raccoons can also cause damage when they get into garages, sheds, barns, and other outbuildings.

In addition, raccoons create a health hazard through their urine, droppings, shed fur, and parasites. Some of the germs associated with raccoons can become airborne and travel through the home through natural air currents or through forced-air heating and cooling systems.

Raccoon trapping, removal and exclusion are risky jobs that require special equipment and highly-trained wildlife-control professionals. Rid-A-Critter is Georgia's largest animal control company, and our technicians provide humane raccoon removal and raccoon damage repair throughout North Georgia.

Raccoon control consists of the following:

Remember: raccoons are very strong, powerful wild animals who are prone to rabies and can become very aggressive when they feel threatened. An attack by a raccoon -- or even a scratch or a drop of their saliva on your skin -- can be life-threatening, making raccoon control far too dangerous for untrained individuals. So be safe. Leave raccoon control to the professional animal control technicians at Rid-A-Critter.

Raccoon Control Gallery

Here are some randomly-selected pictures of raccoon removal and damage-repair jobs we've done in Georgia.

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Raccoons tore a hole about the size of a football through the shingles and the wooden roof trim to get into the attic of a house in Buchanan, Georgia.
Raccoon damage to the roof of a Buchanan home
Raccoons tore a hole a little smaller than a basketball through the soffit where it meets the shingles at a roof junction to get into the attic of a house in Blue Ridge, Georgia.
Raccoon hole at a roof junction in Blue Ridge
Lifting up the shingles at the corner of the roof reveals that raccoons tore a hole about ten inches across through the plywood roof sheathing to get into the attic of a house in Ranger, Georgia.
Raccoon damage to the roof of a house in Ranger
Looking down at a raccoon trap with a screen under it to protect the shingles and a plastic cover over part of the trap on the roof of a house in Cumming, Georgia.
Raccoon trap on the roof of a house in Cumming
Hand of a wildlife exclusion technician pointing out where raccoons tore a hole about the size of a football through the shingles and roof sheathing of a house in Buford, Georgia.
Raccoon damage to the roof of a house in Buford
Raccoons tore a hole through the water damaged soffit panel where it meets the shingles at a junction point to get into the attic of a house in Norcross, Georgia.
Water and raccoon damage to a house in Norcross
A live raccoon in a cage type trap after being caught and removed from the attic of a house in Roswell, Georgia.
Raccoon removed from the attic of a Roswell home
Wildlife resistant steel cage installed over a roof vent as part of an Alpharetta, Georgia raccoon removal and animal proofing job.
Raccoon-proofed roof on a house in Alpharetta
Raccoon scat in the flattened out insulation between the joists is evidence of raccoons that need to be trapped and removed from the attic of a house in Hiram, Georgia.
Raccoon scat in the attic of a house in Hiram
Water damage to the wooden siding under an overhanging rain gutter where raccoons tore an irregularly shaped hole through the siding to get into a house in Young Harris, Georgia.
Water and raccoon damage to siding in Young Harris
A four-inch section of vinyl soffit panel fell out of the soffit right at a roof junction point and allowed raccoons into the attic of a house in Snellville, Georgia.
Raccoon gap in the soffit panel in Snellville
A triangular gap formed by a broken piece of siding on the chimney enclosure where the overhang of the roof meets it that allowed raccoons to get into a house in Jasper, Georgia.
Raccoon gap in the chimney siding in Jasper
Wildlife control technician pointing the edges of the shingles of a house in Dahlonega, Georgia where raccoons chewed on the shingles for several feet.
Raccoon damage to the shingles in Dahlonega
A pile of scat in the insulation is evidence of raccoons that need to be trapped and removed from the attic of a house in Alpharetta, Georgia.
Raccoon scat in the insulation in Alpharetta
Raccoons in the attic caused about half of the soffit panel on the front side of a house in Hiawassee, Georgia to collapse and fall out of the roof soffit.
Raccoon damage to the soffit of a Hiawassee home
Raccoons tore a jagged hole through the soffit about two feet long by about a foot wide to get into the attic of a house in Temple, Georgia.
Raccoon damage to the soffit of a house in Temple
Raccoons pulled down about two feet of the soffit panel trying to find a way into the attic of a house in Snellville, Georgia, without success because there was an intact layer of plywood over the soffit panel.
Raccoon damage to a soffit panel in Snellville
Raccoons bent about a foot of the end of the metal rain gutter down and tore off the fascia to get into a house in Baldwin, Georgia.
Raccoon damage to the roof and gutter in Baldwin
Raccoons tore several sections of the weathered wooden soffit panel out of the soffit to get into the attic of a house in Hiram, Georgia.
Raccoon damage to the soffit panel in Hiram
A large irregular hole about eighteen inches long by a foot wide that raccoons tore through the water damaged plywood soffit panel of a house in Dawsonville, Georgia.
Water and raccoon damage at a Dawsonville home
A cage type raccoon trap covered with plastic on the roof of a house in Roswell, Georgia.
Raccoon trapping and removal job in Roswell
A triangular gap in the overlapping soffit panel at a roof junction that allowed raccoons to get into the attic of a house in Suwanee, Georgia.
Raccoon gap into the attic of a Suwanee home
About three feet of the soffit panel is bowed and sagging down about two inches because it collapsed under the weight of raccoons living in the attic of a house in Rome, Georgia.
Raccoon damage to a soffit panel in Rome
A raccoon trap covered with plastic on the roof of a house in Carrollton, Georgia right next to a hole in the roof that the raccoons made to get into the attic.
Raccoon-removal job at a Carrollton home
Raccoons tore a hole about the size of a melon through the water-damaged soffit panel to get into the attic of a house in Woodstock, Georgia.
Raccoon damage to a soffit panel in Woodstock
Raccoons flattened out the insulation between the joists and used part of it as their latrine before being trapped and removed from the attic of a house in Suwanee, Georgia.
Raccoon damage to insulation an attic in Suwanee
Paw prints in the dust are evidence of raccoons that need to be trapped and removed from the attic of a house in Young Harris, Georgia.
Raccoon prints in the dust in Young Harris
Raccoons tore a hole about five inches across through a plywood soffit panel where it meets the shingles at a roof junction point to get into the attic of a house in Suwanee Georgia.
Raccoon hole through a soffit panel in Suwanee
Raccoons tore several feet of the soffit panel down from the soffit to get into the attic of a house in Gainesville Georgia.
Raccoon damage to the soffit in Gainesville
Raccoons pulled the panel right off the bottom of an overhang at a house in Young Harris Georgia exposing the floor joists and a round metal heating duct.
Raccoon damage to a house in Young Harris
Raccoons pushed about a foot of the soffit panel into the soffit at a roof junction point to get into the attic of a house in Woodstock Georgia.
Raccoon damage to a soffit panel in Woodstock
Young raccoons knocked a four inch section of soffit panel near a roof junction out of the soffit to get into the attic of a house in Toccoa Georgia.
Raccoon damage to a soffit panel in Toccoa
Raccoon droppings in the attic insulation are evidence of raccoons that need to be removed from the attic of an Alpharetta Georgia home.
Raccoon scat in an attic in Alpharetta
A section of plywood about eight inches by twelve inches fell off due to rusty nails and created a rectangular gap that allowed raccoons into the attic of a house in Buford Georgia.
Raccoon gap due to rusty nails in Buford
Raccoons pulled three edges of a sheet metal vent off the soffit panel to get into the attic of a house in Acworth Georgia.
Raccoon damage to a soffit vent in Acworth
Raccoons tore a roughly oval hole about a foot long by about ten inches wide through the water damaged plywood soffit panel of a house in Roswell Georgia.
Raccoon damage to a soffit panel in Roswell
Raccoons tore three adjacent sections of a vinyl soffit panel each of which is about four inches wide down from the end of the porch roof to get into the attic of a house in Jasper Georgia.
Raccoon damage to a soffit panel in Jasper
Raccoons tore about two linear feet of shingles off the edge of the roof of a house in Alpharetta Georgia.
Raccoon damage to the shingles in Alpharetta
The sheet metal crawl space vent has been pulled off the foundation at the lower left corner by raccoons to get into a house in Ellijay Georgia.
Raccoon damage to a house in Ellijay
Raccoons tore the wooden siding off a four foot high section of the chimney enclosure at a house in Hiawassee Georgia.
Raccoon damage to a chimney enclosure in Hiawassee
Irregular and jagged raccoon hole about eight inches by twelve inches where the roof soffit meets the shingles at a roof junction point at a house in Roswell Georgia.
Raccoon damage to a soffit at a Roswell home
Raccoons bent the covering of the soffit of a house in Snellville Georgia and opened a gap in the end by walking inside the soffit and butting against the end cap.
Raccoon damage to a soffit at a Snellville home
Raccoons tore a large roughly triangular hole through the water damaged plywood soffit panel to get into the attic of a house in Young Harris Georgia.
Raccoon damage to a soffit panel in Young Harris
Raccoon damage to the edge of the roof of a house in Young Harris Georgia viewed from inside the attic between two roof rafters.
Raccoon damage to a house in Young Harris
A pile of raccoon scat on the roof shingles is evidence of raccoons that need to be trapped and removed from the attic of an Alpharetta Georgia home.
Raccoon scat on the roof of a house in Alpharetta

With offices throughout North-Central Georgia and our extended service area, Rid-A-Critter has the tools and personnel to handle any raccoon removal or damage repair job, so please call us today.

 

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Spending this Sunday resting up for a big week ahead.
by Chad W.
Sep 10, 2023 08:32:59 am.

Raccoons tore a hole about the size of a football through the shingles and the wooden roof trim to get into the attic of a house in Buchanan, Georgia. The crew trapping and removing the raccoons will also repair the damage and animal-proof the roof to keep wildlife out of the attic.
by Webmaster
Sep 06, 2023 09:17:24 am.

Finished up an exclusion before it for too hot outside. Perks of getting up early and getting started.
by Chad W.
Aug 26, 2023 11:03:43 am.

It’s a hot one today. Headed to Jasper Ga to look for a dead animal under a house
by Chad W.
Aug 24, 2023 01:11:32 pm.

Resting up for another full week of critter ridding.
by Chad W.
Aug 20, 2023 06:11:58 pm.

There is nothing like waking up and looking forward to going to going to work. I love my job and am blessed to be in the position I’m in.
by Chad W.
Aug 19, 2023 07:28:21 am.

Headed to Birmingham to do a raccoon quote. Got another raccoon quote in irondale. Squirrels will be active soon. Call Ridacritter for your free exclusion quote.
by Chris Scott
Aug 18, 2023 09:57:39 am.

A dentist office in Stone Mountain has a dead animal smell that needs checked out this morning
by Chad W.
Aug 16, 2023 07:11:34 am.

Sun’s out in Marietta. Getting hot
by Chad W.
Aug 14, 2023 02:51:31 pm.

Sun’s out in Marietta. Getting hot
by Chad W.
Aug 14, 2023 10:59:56 am.

Headed to Birmingham to seal a bottom transition that snake are entering through. We have a big bat exclusion in sylacauga today.
by Chris Scott
Aug 11, 2023 09:45:07 am.

Installed some crawlspace vent covers in Cartersville then checked out some gutters in Big Canoe
by Chad W.
Aug 09, 2023 02:13:17 pm.

Raccoons tore a hole a little smaller than a basketball through the soffit where it meets the shingles at a roof junction to get into the attic of a house in Blue Ridge, Georgia. The wildlife-management crew who are trapping and removing the raccoons are also repairing the damage and sealing the roof to prevent future problems with animals in the attic.
by Webmaster
Aug 09, 2023 09:52:10 am.

Villa Rica to get some materials, Cartersville to screen some crawlspace vents, then Big Canoe to clean out a gutter for a customer. Busy day
by Chad W.
Aug 09, 2023 06:04:59 am.

Started with bats I Talbotton Ga, Bats in the attic in Manchester Ga. Now to Tyrone Ga for rodents in a home.
by Jason Arruda
Aug 01, 2023 12:52:34 pm.

Taking this Sunday to rest up for a big week. Gonna be a hot one
by Chad W.
Jul 30, 2023 08:20:46 am.

Lifting up a shingle at the corner of the roof revealed that raccoons tore a hole about ten inches across through the plywood roof sheathing to get into the attic of a house in Ranger, Georgia. The raccoon-removal crew is repairing the damage and animal-proofing the roof to prevent future nuisance wildlife problems.
by Webmaster
Jul 24, 2023 09:57:12 am.

Wildlife-management specialists doing raccoon removal at a Cumming, Georgia home have just finished setting traps to catch and remove the raccoons. They'll also be repairing the damage the raccoons did and animal-proofing the house.
by Webmaster
Jul 19, 2023 09:37:05 am.

Mountains this morning to check out some carpenter bee and woodpecker damage then to Atlanta to trap a raccoon that’s trying to break in
by Chad W.
Jul 18, 2023 06:42:06 am.

Headed to College Park to seal a house then to Loganville to remove some squirrels from a trap
by Chad W.
Jul 18, 2023 06:21:22 am.

Mountains this morning to check out some carpenter bee and woodpecker damage then to Atlanta to trap a raccoon that’s trying to break in
by Chad W.
Jul 17, 2023 06:12:21 am.

Headed to Tuscaloosa. Going to quote a client that has rats and bats. Got a few traps to check around the Birmingham area. Then to Lincoln for a flying squirrel quote.
by Chris Scott
Jul 13, 2023 08:23:51 am.

Villa Rica this morning to pick up some material then to Cartersville to look at a house with problems in the crawlspace
by Chad W.
Jul 12, 2023 05:50:08 am.

Quoting exclusions today, Tifton Ga bats this morning and more bats in Americus Ga this afternoon. Bats in the attic, bats in the house!
by Jason Arruda
Jul 11, 2023 01:35:50 pm.

Headed to Loganville Ga this morning to seal a house and install ridgeguard. Then to Duluth to check some traps
by Chad W.
Jul 11, 2023 06:30:46 am.

Our Wildlife-Exclusion Specialists are Racing the Rain to Repair Raccoon Damage to the Roof of a House in Buford, Georgia
by Webmaster
Jul 10, 2023 10:07:05 am.

Another happy customer in Duluth Ga
by Chad W.
Jul 09, 2023 11:27:57 am.

Atlanta this morning to seal a house and do some ridgeguard. Then to Cleveland Ga to seal some carpenter bee holes
by Chad W.
Jul 07, 2023 06:46:37 am.

We are doing a Raccoon/Rat Exclusion in Cartersville, Ga this morning for a previous customer. Always a great feeling to have happy customers continue to use our services!
by Brandon C.
Jul 06, 2023 06:55:38 am.

In Anniston to look a customer’s chimney. I believe he has chimney swifts nesting in the flue pipe. Going to Leeds after that to set some mouse traps. Couple stops in Birmingham for squirrels and rats later today.
by Chris Scott
Jul 05, 2023 09:10:06 am.

We will be sealing a home in Marietta to help this customer get rid of the Raccoons living in their attic. Hope everyone has a great day!
by Brandon C.
Jun 29, 2023 06:50:23 am.

Another good day in the critter industry in the south ga region. Time to call it a day.
by Jason Arruda
Jun 28, 2023 05:53:20 pm.

Rid-A-Critter provides humane raccoon removal and control in all of North Georgia, including Athens, Atlanta, Alpharetta, Canton, Carrollton, Cartersville, Cumming, Dacula, Doraville, Ellijay, Flowery Branch, Gainesville, Jasper, Lawrenceville, Loganville, Macon, Milton, Norcross, Rome, Suwanee, Villa Rica, Winston, Woodstock, Young Harris, and everywhere in between.

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