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Raccoon Removal and Wildlife Exclusion in Macon, Columbus, and South 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 among the most common and easily recognized nuisance animals in Macon and throughout Georgia. They're strong, stocky animals with masked faces, ringed tails, highly dexterous front paws, and distinctive ears.

They're also highly intelligent animals who are able to figure out things like gates and latches, and even have rudimentary tool-using abilities.

Those characteristics are why raccoons can be such an annoyance: Raccoons are smart enough to get into places where they're not wanted, determined enough to figure out ways around all but the best exclusion methods, and strong enough to do some damage or to be dangerous if they feel threatened.

That last part -- about raccoons being dangerous -- really shouldn't be underestimated. Wild raccoons are decidedly unfriendly animals. Like most wild critters, they usually run away when they encounter a human; but when they're startled or cornered, they may well attack: and they're strong enough to do some damage if that's what they decide to do.

Raccoons and Disease

Raccoons have a fairly high rate of rabies, a serious disease that is always fatal once symptoms begin to show. When raccoons become rabid, the disease may manifest as the "furious" form, in which the animal gets very aggressive; or the "dumb" form, in which the animal may be lethargic, confused, or even appear friendly or tame.

Rabid raccoons are more likely than healthy raccoons to be seen during the day, so if you see a raccoon out and about during the day time hours, it's something to be concerned about. The same is true if the raccoon seems confused, is walking erratically, appears to be partially paralyzed, is unusually aggressive, seems to be growling or snapping at nothing in particular, or seems friendly or tame. Those are all possible signs of rabies.

In addition to rabies, raccoons carry parasites on their bodies, some of which can transmit diseases. Their droppings can also harbor disease-causing pathogens, which is one of the many good reasons why raccoons that get into homes must be removed.

Raccoon Damage

Raccoons can cause a great deal of damage to your home and to stored property. They're expert climbers and can get into a home at any height, from ground level right up to the chimney.

Once they're inside a house, raccoons like to tear thing up, including insulation, books, clothing, and flexible HVAC ducts. They also make a mess, cause odors, and create a health hazard with their droppings, urine, and shed parasites.

Long story short, if you have raccoons living anywhere in your home, they need to be removed.

Raccoon Removal and Exclusion

Raccoon control is accomplished by trapping and removing raccoons from the home or building, and animal-proofing the house to keep raccoons and other nuisance wildlife from getting inside. Because of raccoons' intelligence, strength, and dexterity, this can be a challenging job. Once raccoons move in to a house, they try very hard to get back in after being removed.

Once we've removed the raccoons and sealed them out, we clean up after them. This can include removing droppings, disinfecting, deodorizing, and applying insecticides to kill displaced parasites. Optionally, we also can replace insulation that has been damaged or contaminated with filth.

Raccoon Control Gallery

Here are some randomly-selected pictures of raccoon-removal work we've done in Macon and Columbus and throughout South Georgia.

An irregularly shaped hole about eighteen inches wide that the raccoons made in the soffit panel of a house in Williamson, Georgia.
Raccoon hole in the soffit in Williamson
An eight-inch section of soffit panel went missing near the root of a roof junction and allowed raccoons into the attic of a house in Columbus, Georgia.
Raccoon entry gap in the soffit in Columbus
Sunlight shining into the attic through a gap about the size of a football between the rafters made it obvious how raccoons were getting into a house in Cuthbert, Georgia.
Raccoon damage at a house in Cuthbert
Water damage caused a section of the soffit near a roof junction to rot away and hang down like a flap, which allowed raccoons into the attic of a house in Columbus, Georgia.
Water and raccoon damage at a house in Columbus
A young adult raccoon looking calm in a cage type trap after being trapped and removed from the attic of a house in Columbus, Georgia.
Young raccoon removed from a Columbus home
Raccoons basically muscled their way through a triangular gable vent at a Columbus Georgia home by pushing through the bottom louver on their way into and out of the attic.
Raccoon damage to a gable vent in Columbus
Rain water dripping through a large hole that raccoons tore through the roof through the area where the raccoons also tore down the soffit panel at a house in Columbus, Georgia.
Raccoon damage at a house in Columbus
Raccoons tore a hole a little bigger than a grapefruit through the shingles and sheathing at the corner of the roof to get into the attic of a house in Columbus, Georgia.
Raccoon damage to the roof at a Columbus home
Raccoons broke some of the cedar siding trying to pull it off a part of the wall that juts out about a foot from the rest of the house so they could get into a house in Columbus, Georgia.
Raccoon damage to the siding in Columbus
Raccoons tore a hole about ten inches across through the corner of a water-damaged plywood soffit panel to get into the attic of a house in Sylvester, Georgia.
Raccoon damage to a soffit panel in Sylvester
Raccoons pulled one end of a wooden slat on a triangular gable vent away from the frame and down a few inches to get into the attic of a house in Macon, Georgia.
Raccoon damage to a gable vent in Macon
Raccoons tore a large hole through the thin plywood soffit panel right over a roof junction near the rain gutter to get into the attic of a house in Cuthbert, Georgia.
Raccoon hole through a soffit panel in Cuthbert
Raccoons tore a large hole through the corner and edges of the plywood soffit panel to get into the attic of a Macon, Georgia home.
Raccoon damage to the soffit panel of a Macon home
About seven inches of the soffit panel are missing where the soffit meets the shingles at a roof junction, and raccoons used the gap to get into the attic of a Forsyth, Georgia home.
Raccoon gap at a roof junction in Forsyth
Raccoons tore down the insulation from between the rafters and flattened down the insulation between the joists before being trapped and removed from the attic of a house in Macon, Georgia.
Raccoon damage in the attic of a Macon home
Raccoons tore a hole about a foot wide and four inches deep through the waterlogged wooden roof sheathing to get into the attic of a house in Moultrie, Georgia.
Water and raccoon damage to a roof in Moultrie
Raccoons tore about two feet of soffit panel out of the soffit right under the peak of the roof of a house in Albany, Georgia.
Raccoon damage to the soffit panel in Albany
Raccoons tore a roughly square hole about five inches across through the water damaged wooden roof sheathing to get into the attic of a house in Perry, Georgia.
Raccoon hole through the roof sheathing in Perry
The foundation vent cover is completely missing, leaving a rectangular hole about eighteen inches wide by ten inches high in the brick wall that allowed raccoons into a house in Albany, Georgia.
How raccoons got into this house in Albany
Lifting a shingle reveals a gap of about three inches in the edge of the roof that allowed young raccoons into the attic of a house in Cordele, Georgia.
Raccoon gap into the attic of a Cordele home
A rounded rectangular hole about five inches across in the soffit at a roof junction, where some kind of vent used to be, allowed raccoons into the attic of a house in Sylvester, Georgia.
Raccoon entry hole into a house in Sylvester
Raccoons tore an oblong hole about a foot wide by four inches high through the shingles on the edge of the roof and the sheathing behind them to get into the attic of a house in Sylvester, Georgia.
Raccoon hole into the attic of a Sylvester home
A section of soffit panel about three feet long is bowed and hanging down from the soffit because it collapsed under the weight of raccoons living in the attic of a Fitzgerald Georgia home.
Raccoon damage to a soffit panel in Fitzgerald
The soffit panel of a house in Cuthbert Georgia is bowed and hanging down a few inches because it collapsed under the weight of raccoons in the attic.
Raccoon damage to the soffit panel in Cuthbert
The fascia has been pulled off the edge of the roof of a Griffin Georgia home by raccoons that climbed a tree that is next to the house and touching the roof.
Raccoon damage to the fascia of a Griffin home
Raccoons tore a hole about the size of a basketball through the water damaged plywood ceiling under an overhanging deck to get into a house in Moultrie Georgia.
Raccoon damage to a house in Moultrie
Raccoons tore the edge of the shingles to about two inches back along about a foot of the edge of the roof of a house in Sylvester Georgia.
Raccoon damage to the roof of a house in Sylvester
Raccoons made an irregularly shaped hole roughly the size of a football through the water damaged wooden soffit to get into the attic of a house in Moultrie Georgia.
Raccoon damage to a house in Moultrie
Raccoons gnawed away pretty much all of a one foot section of the wooden roof fascia to get into the attic of a house in Camilla Georgia.
Raccoon damage at a house in Camilla
About six feet of the soffit panel is sagging down about six inches from the soffit due to raccoons that got into the attic of a house in Griffin Georgia.
Raccoon damage to the soffit panel in Griffin

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Mar 22, 2023 12:41:29 pm.

Technicians doing raccoon removal at a house in Williamson, Georgia are repairing an irregularly-shaped hole about 18 inches wide that the raccoons made in the soffit panel. The raccoons themselves have already been trapped and removed from the attic.
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An eight-inch section of soffit panel went missing near the root of a roof junction, which allowed raccoons into the attic of a house in Columbus, Georgia. The crew trapping and removing the raccoons from the attic will also repair the damage to animal-proof the house.
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We're heading out to a Raccoon control job in Douglasville. The Raccoons are getting into the attic through the vinyl siding junctions. We'll be sealing the junctions up among other things to rodent-proof the house.
by Mason B.
Mar 07, 2023 08:35:32 am.

Sunlight shining into the attic through a gap about the size of a football between the rafters made it obvious how raccoons were getting into a house in Cuthbert, Georgia. A wildlife control crew from our South Georgia office will be heading out there today to trap and remove the raccoons and repair the damage.
by Webmaster
Mar 02, 2023 06:15:46 am.

Water damage caused a section of the soffit near a roof junction to rot away and hang down like a flap, which allowed raccoons into the attic of a house in Columbus, Georgia. The wildlife-control crew removing the raccoons from the attic is also addressing the water problem and repairing the damage.
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We Have a Wildlife-Control Technician on his Way to Pick Up a Young Raccoon Trapped and Removed from a Columbus, Georgia Home
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Our Animal Damage Repair Specialists are Busy Repairing Raccoon Damage to the Gable Vent at a Columbus, Georgia Home
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Feb 16, 2023 10:42:16 am.

Raccoons tore a hole through the roof and tore the soffit panel down at a house in Columbus, Georgia. Our wildlife-management specialists are trapping and removing the raccoons and repairing the damage.
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Feb 01, 2023 09:24:40 am.

Raccoons tore a hole a little bigger than a grapefruit through the shingles and sheathing at the corner of the roof to get into the attic of a house in Columbus, Georgia. Our animal-control specialists will repair the damage as soon as the raccoons have been trapped and removed from the attic.
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Jan 30, 2023 09:46:52 am.

Raccoons broke some of the cedar siding trying to pull it off the wall and get into a house in Columbus, Georgia. The crew trapping and removing the raccoons will also repair the damage and animal-proof the house.
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Jan 24, 2023 09:25:08 am.

Raccoons tore a hole about 10 inches across through the corner of a water-damaged plywood soffit panel to get into the attic of a house in Sylvester, Georgia. Wildlife damage repair specialists from our South Georgia office are fixing the damage. The raccoons have already been trapped and removed from the attic.
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Jan 19, 2023 10:16:40 am.

Raccoons pulled one end of a wooden slat on a triangular gable vent away from the frame and down a few inches to get into the attic of a house in Macon, Georgia. Raccoons are very strong, very intelligent animals with good dexterity but unpleasant dispositions, making raccoon removal and exclusion a job for professionals.
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Jan 16, 2023 08:46:22 am.

Raccoons tore a large hole through the thin plywood soffit panel right over a roof junction near the rain gutter to get into the attic of a house in Cuthbert, Georgia. A wildlife-management team from our South Georgia office are trapping and removing the raccoons, fixing the damage, and animal-proofing the house.
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Jan 12, 2023 10:26:58 am.

Raccoons tore a large hole through the corner and edges of the plywood soffit panel to get into the attic of a Macon, Georgia home. Our wildlife-management crew will repair the damage once the raccoons have been trapped and removed from the attic.
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Jan 11, 2023 09:47:49 am.

Down in South Georgia, we have a crew finishing up a raccoon-removal job in Forsyth. The raccoons have already been trapped and removed from the attic and the house has been sealed up to keep wildlife out. Today we'll be replacing the fouled attic insulation.
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Jan 09, 2023 08:59:06 am.

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Jan 05, 2023 11:48:37 am.

Raccoons tore down the insulation from between the rafters and flattened down the insulation between the joists before being trapped, removed from, and sealed out of the attic of a house in Macon, Georgia. We're replacing the insulation today.
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Raccoons tore a hole about a foot wide and four inches deep through the waterlogged wooden roof sheathing to get into the attic of a house in Moultrie, Georgia. Water problems and animal problems often occur in the same places. Our wildlife-control technicians address both problems before calling a job done.
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