Catching Animals In Attic

Read my how to identify the animal guide for more advice.

Catching animals in attic.

Rarely will you actually see the animals in the attic. Don t wait until you have animal issues in your attic to take action. The animals must be removed properly via trapping or exclusion and the entry points leading into the building and attic must be identified and properly sealed and the waste really ought to be cleaned up and the damage in the attic repaired. It happens for me less than 5 of the time.

To get rid of animals in your attic or walls i look for a live catch cage trap with thick wire gauge a heavy duty door and a small amount of moving parts. Find out if wild animals make good pets if moth balls or ammonia help repel wild animals how to get animals out of the chimney and even everything you need to know about the green anole. Most of the time the animals will crawl down a dark wall or under insulation or in the shadows and. Take steps to correct the conditions that attract critters in the first place.

I bought more than a dozen havahart 1079 traps in my first year of business and all but one of them are still in use today. Your best first bet is to identify which animals you have in your attic and then read the specific guide i wrote for how to catch that animal. Animal trails in the attic holes in attic insulation animal hair or fur bird feathers displacement of attic insulation and even dead animals are common clues found in the attic. If you still wind up with wildlife in your attic here s how to safely and humanely get rid of animals in your attic.

Other common attic pests such as raccoons or squirrels will not enter a trap inside an attic. Keeping these animals out of your attic is the best approach. Catching and releasing using a cage trap is a much better option when it comes to dealing with the larger animals such as raccoons as using a lethal trap in the case of a raccoon can be a major issue as it would need to be installed outside and can catch domestic pets too. Attics are a perfect place for animals to take shelter.

Attics are warm out of the elements of weather and even have fluffy insulation which animals love to tunnel and nest in. Of course you can also watch your house outside especially if you know the entry hole and time of activity and catch the animal in the act.