Raccoon Removal in Cypress, Texas

For a raccoon in a Cypress attic, chimney or soffit, Michael Gerbino of Cypress Critters & Pests does the work himself. He finds how it got in, catches it alive in a cage trap or lets it out through a one-way door, then seals the opening and repairs what it tore up. Raccoons he catches are removed alive and handled following Texas rules. Call Michael at 713-775-8799 if you hear heavy walking over the ceiling at night.

Why do raccoons pick Cypress houses?

Cypress Creek runs through the town with woods along its banks, and wooded strips still sit between many of the subdivisions. Raccoons live in those woods and travel them at night the way people use a street. When the woods end at a row of back fences, the raccoon keeps going. It finds trash cans, pet food left on a patio and, sooner or later, a weak spot on a roof that looks like a good place to sleep.

The newer two-story houses in Cypress have a lot of roof corners, and each corner is a place where trim can be loose. On the older acreage lots, big trees reach over the roof and give a raccoon an easy climb. Either way, the trip usually looks like this:

1. The raccoon leaves the creek woods or a wooded lot after dark.
2. It walks a fence line or crosses a yard to the house.
3. It climbs a tree, a downspout or a porch post to reach the roof.
4. It works at a soffit corner, a gable vent or an uncapped chimney until it opens.
5. In spring, a mother uses that opening to raise her young in the attic or the flue.

Do not go up and try to corner a raccoon, and keep children and pets away from the droppings it leaves.

How Michael handles a raccoon here

Michael inspects the roofline and the attic first, so he knows every opening the raccoon uses and every weak spot it could use next. Cage traps go where it travels, or a one-way door goes over the main entry so it can leave and not return. In spring he checks for young before anything is closed, so the whole family comes out together. Then each opening is sealed with heavy galvanized mesh, metal flashing or a chimney cap, and torn soffits and soiled insulation are taken care of. The full method is on the raccoon removal and exclusion page.

Trapping one raccoon does not end it. The hole stays open and the attic still smells like a den, so the next raccoon from the creek woods finds the same spot. That is why the sealing work on the animal exclusion and live trapping page is part of every raccoon job.

Raccoon in the chimney or attic right now? Call 713-775-8799.

Nearby

Michael handles raccoons the same way in raccoon removal in Tomball and raccoon removal in Klein. In Cypress, the same roof gaps often let in squirrels, covered under squirrel removal in Cypress, and sealing the whole house is on the Cypress exclusion page. Everything else Michael does in town is listed on the Cypress page.

For a raccoon inspection in Cypress, call 713-775-8799 or reach Michael through the contact page.