Soffit Raccoon In Attic

Since they are weak points soffits often attract raccoon attention.

Soffit raccoon in attic.

You ve seen squirrels all around your house and on your roof. Once a raccoon creates or enlarges a hole in the rooftop it becomes an easy pathway to the attic. You looked around a little and found a hole in the soffit or roof edge. I usually find myself climbing through very tight quarters to find the young.

The eaves of the homes often meet other parts of the roof and the soffit is right there. Subsequently these soffits attract our attention when it comes time to get the raccoons out and keep them out. The openings into soffits are great places to catch the raccoons because these openings clearly define the raccoons travel path. Which is it raccoons or squirrels.

Pictured below is a favorite attic soffit entry point for raccoons. This hole leads right into the attic of the home where the raccoon has set up a nest. Females are known to destroy soffits fascia boards shingles vents and insulation to establish denning sites. If the raccoons live in your shed or barn the same inspections apply but you may have to do more work to close any possible openings.

This is a very common entry point for raccoons. First he uses the wire to modify his trap so that the raccoon using the vent is captured and removed. They simply use the lower roof as an extremely stable base to reach up and rip down the. These sections are usually located where an upper and lower roof meet and make for ideal raccoon entry points.

Raccoon trapping at the soffit. Males will frequently just tear off a loose air vent to gain entry into your attic. Raccoons have no problem bending soffits to make an entrance. This will prevent future raccoons from using the vents to get into the attic.

Raccoon caught exiting soffit. So you re pretty sure they are the little invaders of your. It s usually made of flimsy aluminum or vinyl and it s a cinch for raccoons to tear it open. As you can see an overhang area where two roof lines come together is a raccoon favorite.

A typical scenario has squirrels or raccoons standing on a lower roof and moving pull. The mother raccoon stashes them in a safe place often down at the very tight edge of the attic down in the soffit or down a wall. Raccoons are great at exploiting this common structural design. Raccoons on roofs can cause significant damage to your property.

Raccoons lifted this soffit to enter the attic a roof soffit intersection or rsi for short is any area on your roof where the soffit sits just above a section of roof.