Inspect the home and find the entry hole s which are very large and obvious.
Male raccoon in attic.
In fact if it is scared and determined a raccoon can cause structural damage to your attic in a matter of hours.
It s not possible to gather round a few male raccoons to scare them out of the space they have inhabited but you can use male raccoon urine in the form of wildlife eviction fluid.
The most common reason for a raccoon to enter an attic as well as pick to live there is the case of a lady that needs a safe place to deliver and raise its infants.
It may take a day or two for it to find a new place and transport all the young but this is another way to get them all out safely.
Even if the animal feels safe in its nest it will do damage to your home.
You might see the adult female.
Raccoon in the attic step 1.
Be careful you don t want to orphan the baby raccoons.
Raccoons are excellent mothers and will move their babies to a new den site if given the chance but evicting a mother raccoon always runs the risk of her abandoning or getting.
Search the attic carefully and find and remove the litter of baby raccoons by hand and place in sack.
For instance it might tear up your walls and even rip out your roof shingles.
A raccoon living in an attic from january to september should always be assumed to be a mother with babies.