Raccoons are strong, smart and stubborn, and once one finds a way into your attic it will keep coming back. If you hear heavy thumping overhead at night or find trash cans tipped over every morning, it is time for raccoon removal in Poinciana, FL. Primitive Wildlife Solutions traps raccoons humanely, gets them out of the house and seals the damage so they cannot return.
Licensed & insured. Free inspection. Humane removal and sealing.
We are licensed and insured and based in nearby Kissimmee. Call (904) 729-6285 for a free inspection. We answer 24/7, including when a raccoon gets into a living space.
Where Raccoons Live Around Poinciana
Raccoons like edges, where woods meet water and food. This community has a lot of those edges. Homes back up to wooded lots, retention ponds and conservation land, and the Reedy Creek swamp and Lake Marion Creek drainage run along its borders. Raccoons spend the day in hollow trees and thickets and walk into neighborhoods at night to look for food.
Your house offers what the woods do not: garbage, pet food, bird seed and a dry attic. Female raccoons look for a safe den in spring to have their kits, and an attic is about as safe as it gets.
Signs a Raccoon Is in Your Attic
Raccoons use latrines. They go to the bathroom in the same spot again and again, and in an attic that pile soaks into insulation and drywall. Other signs include:
- Heavy walking or thumping at night, often near the edge of the roof.
- Bent or torn soffit panels, roof vents pulled loose or damaged roof returns.
- Muddy paw prints on the fascia, downspouts or AC lines.
- Chirping or whining in spring, which usually means kits.
- A strong smell from droppings and urine in one corner of the attic.
Raccoon Removal Poinciana FL Done the Right Way
We start with a full inspection of the roof, soffits, chimney and the areas under decks and sheds. Then we set humane traps at the right spots. Captured raccoons are handled under FWC rules: released on the property or relocated to a site of at least 40 contiguous acres in the same county with the landowner’s written permission, all within 24 hours.
In spring we always check for kits before we seal anything. A mother shut out of the attic will tear through the roof to reach her young. We remove the kits by hand and keep the family together, so the mother can move them herself or they can be relocated with her.
Raccoon Roundworm and Other Health Concerns
Raccoon droppings can carry raccoon roundworm. The eggs last a long time in dry insulation and can make people very sick if swallowed or breathed in as dust. Raccoons can also carry rabies in Florida. Never corner one, and never try to pull a raccoon out of a chimney or crawl space yourself.
After removal, the latrine area has to come out. Our attic wildlife removal crew bags soiled insulation, sanitizes the area and gets the attic ready for new insulation.
Sealing the House
Raccoons do not need much. They can pull back loose soffit, rip off a gable vent screen or widen a gap where a lower roof meets a second story. We repair and reinforce those spots with heavy-gauge materials as part of our wildlife exclusion service. Chimney caps and vent screens keep them from trying again.
Squirrels and roof rats often follow the same paths, so we look at the whole roofline, not just the hole the raccoon made. A raccoon that has lived in an attic once will test the same spot again, so the repair has to be stronger than the original material.
Make Your Yard Less Inviting
Keep garbage in the garage or in cans with locking lids until pickup day. Feed pets indoors. Clean up fallen fruit and spilled bird seed. Close off the space under decks and sheds with buried wire so raccoons cannot den there. If you see raccoons walking your back fence line from the woods every night, that is their travel route. Let us check the house for weak spots before they find one. For other animals around your home, visit our Poinciana wildlife removal page.
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Raccoon Removal Questions from Poinciana Homeowners
Why do raccoons keep getting into homes near retention ponds?
Ponds bring frogs, crayfish, fish and turtle eggs, and raccoons hunt along the banks every night. A house right next to the water sits on their route. If the soffit or a roof vent is weak, they find it fast. Sealing the roofline and securing trash usually stops the visits.
What happens if there are babies in the attic?
Most kits are born in spring. We find them before we close anything up. The kits are removed carefully and kept with the mother, either placed where she can retrieve them or relocated with her under FWC rules. Sealing a house with kits still inside leads to more roof damage and a terrible smell.
Can I just use a trap from the hardware store?
You can buy one, but Florida law controls what you do with the animal once it is caught. Relocation requires a site of at least 40 contiguous acres in the same county and the owner’s written permission, within 24 hours. A trap also does nothing about the hole in your roof, which is how the next raccoon gets in.
Do you cover both the Osceola and Polk parts of Poinciana?
Yes. Poinciana spans both counties, and we work throughout, including Solivita and homes along Poinciana Parkway, Pleasant Hill Road and Marigold Avenue. We come from Kissimmee, so most addresses are a short drive, and we take emergency calls around the clock when a raccoon ends up inside the house.
Request a Free Inspection in Poinciana
Tell us what you are hearing or seeing and we will call you back to set up an inspection. For a snake in the house, a bat in a living space or any emergency, call (904) 729-6285 now — we answer 24 hours a day.