Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Opossum or Racoon in the walls!?

There is an animal inbetween the 1st floor and basement ceiling. We can hear it crawling and clawing around. We know where it got in and we set up a trap for tonight. I know its alive b/c I can hear it right now moving around.





There is now a funny smell coming from my vents and I'm pretty sure its because it went to the bathroom up there. What do I do?!Opossum or Racoon in the walls!?
i think your doing the best solution possible but remember when using a trap check it before daylight animals get nerves when daylight comes about and that's when they chew their limbs off so if possible try to use a live trap and squirrels get into houses alot as well.Opossum or Racoon in the walls!?
Be sure to use ';Have A Heart'; traps. The animal is not injured and neither are you. It is a cleaner and kinder way to handle the capture

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Be cautious, they are treacherous and do not want to be cornered.


I had the same thing exactly and they are so smart that they use their paws to open the old air vents at the crawl spaces and crawl up the wall or penetrate the attics where mine were.


FYI, if they die in the attics or between walls, you Willl have a smell that wil drive you from your home for 2 months.


SO, what I did was; went to the opening they used for entry, secured all the others and placed food outside the hole and placed/built a trip door on springs so when the varmint wanted to get in, he couldn't and when he came out with little effort it closed again and couldn't return. soon to rid yourselves of some or all of the Lil squatters.


NOTE: if you don't get the Lil ones and they die, hope you have mice that will eat them or Ferrel cats that will take them away.


Its a job and you have yours cut out for you.


Happy hunting.
Call animal control and let them know. They can tell you what to do from there.

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