Raccoon Removal in Tomball, Texas

Raccoon removal in Tomball is handled by Michael Gerbino of Cypress Critters & Pests. He catches the raccoon alive, makes sure no young are left behind, and closes the opening it used with heavy mesh, metal or a chimney cap so another raccoon cannot move into the same spot. He does the work himself, on older homes near downtown and on newer houses at the edge of open land. Call Michael at 713-775-8799 if something heavy is walking over your ceiling at night.

Where are Tomball raccoons coming from?

Most of them live out on the open land. Tomball has newer subdivisions and acreage on every side, and raccoons spend their nights moving between pasture, creek edges and the nearest houses. A house with its back fence facing open land is often the first stop. Trash cans, pet food on the porch and feed in an unlocked shed bring a raccoon up to the house. A tree limb or a downspout gets it onto the roof.

The older homes near downtown can have a different problem. An old chimney without a cap looks like a hollow tree to a mother raccoon, and spring is when she goes looking for one.

How does a raccoon get from the back fence into the attic?

Michael reads a raccoon job as a path. Walking it backward from the attic is how he finds every place that needs work.

1. The raccoon walks the fence line in from open land, usually after dark.
2. It stops at whatever food is out: a trash can, a pet bowl, a bag of feed or fallen fruit.
3. It climbs a tree limb, a downspout, a porch post or a trellis to reach the roof.
4. It tests the roof edge for a weak spot: a soffit seam, a loose vent screen, a lifted shingle or an open chimney.
5. It pulls that spot open with its hands and moves into the attic or the flue.

Fixing only the last step leaves the first four in place, so Michael points out the food and the climbing routes as well as the opening.

How Michael handles it here

He starts on the roof and in the attic, then sets cage traps where the raccoon actually travels, or puts a one-way door over the opening so it can leave and cannot come back. No poison is used. Caught raccoons are removed alive and handled following Texas rules. The Texas Department of State Health Services tells people not to handle any wildlife, whether it looks healthy or sick, so leave the trapping to Michael and keep pets away from the trap.

Catching the raccoon is only half the job. Michael then seals every opening on the house, the work described on the animal exclusion page, puts a cap on an open chimney, and repairs torn soffits and vents. Soiled insulation is cleaned out. How he handles raccoons anywhere is on the main raccoon removal page, and the rest of his Tomball work is on the Tomball page.

Hearing it tonight? Call 713-775-8799.

What goes into the quote?

Michael gives a number after he sees the house. A single raccoon behind one torn vent is a smaller job than a mother with young in a chimney and three weak spots along an older roof. Repairs and attic clean-up are part of what he looks at before he quotes.

Nearby

Michael also handles raccoon removal in Spring and raccoon removal in Cypress. In Tomball, the roof gaps raccoons open are used by squirrels too, covered under squirrel removal in Tomball, and the open land that sends raccoons in also sends snakes, covered under snake removal in Tomball. To write to Michael, use the contact page. To talk to him, the number is 713-775-8799.