Raccoon Removal in Spring, Texas

When a raccoon moves into an attic or chimney in Spring, Michael Gerbino of Cypress Critters & Pests is the one who comes out. He finds the opening it tore, catches the raccoon alive, seals the roofline so the next one cannot follow, and rebuilds the soffit or vent it damaged. Call Michael at 713-775-8799.

What do raccoons do in Spring houses?

Raccoons in Spring live along the creek and in the big trees, and they come to the houses for food and a dry place to den. Spring Creek and the greenway that follows it give them a protected route through town, and the yards that back onto it are often their first stop. From there a raccoon climbs a trunk, a downspout or a porch post and walks the roof looking for a soft spot it can pull open with its hands.

Mature trees make that easier. A limb resting on the shingles puts a raccoon at the gutter line without any climbing at all. In late winter and spring, the raccoon in a Spring attic is very often a mother looking for a safe place to raise her young, which is why chimney flues and the far corners of the attic draw so many of them that time of year.

Here is where a Spring raccoon usually gets in, and what closes it for good.

How Michael handles it here

Michael starts by walking the roof and going into the attic to find the opening in use and to check for young. He sets cage traps on the path the raccoon travels, or fits a one-way door over the hole so it leaves on its own and cannot get back in. No poison is used. The Texas Department of State Health Services says live raccoons, skunks, foxes and coyotes may not be transported from, to or within Texas, outside a few exempt groups. A raccoon caught at a Spring house is removed alive and handled following Texas rules.

Catching the raccoon is only half of it. The attic still smells like a den, and another raccoon from the creek will find the same hole. So once the raccoon and any young are out, Michael closes every opening on the house, not just the one it used. That is why his raccoon removal service always ends in animal exclusion and sealing. Torn soffits and vents are rebuilt, and the latrine and flattened insulation are cleaned out.

Raccoon in the attic or the flue right now? Call 713-775-8799, keep the fireplace damper closed and do not light a fire.

Nearby

Michael handles the same work in The Woodlands, just north of Spring, and in Klein. In Spring, a raccoon job often turns up other animals using the same roof. Squirrels chew the same fascia boards, covered on squirrel removal in Spring, and the full seal of the house is described on animal exclusion in Spring. Everything Michael does in town is on the Spring, Texas page.

What goes into the quote?

Michael quotes after he has seen the roof and the attic. The number depends on how many openings the raccoon made or could use, how high they are, whether there are young to get out, whether the chimney needs a cap, and how much soffit repair and attic clean-up is left. Call 713-775-8799 or reach him through the contact page.