Comments on: How do you remove a raccoon from a chimney without harming it or it’s young?

By: catmuffinmy

catmuffinmy — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 22:34:05 +0000

Caution!!You can be charge big time.In some states and county’s its illegal to harm,remove,ind-anger, pester, bait by poison or food,ect.ect.To any wild life,while the mother is caring and nursing her young.They have the temporary right to be there,until they leave,or the humane society decides otherwise.THIS applies here in CAN. also.Example last year we could not play the green on the sevens hole for three weeks,because a sand piper gave birth,and made there nest.Please check first,before being sorry you didn’t. Hope this helps you out, Wildlife CO.

By: DearDebra

DearDebra — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:40:33 +0000

Don’t burn it out, as your home will smell up with dead coon smoke! Been there, done that! Stupid chimney company that we hired to remove it set it on fire!

By: Drink a Monster

Drink a Monster — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 21:21:28 +0000

Animal services will safely remove the critters and tend to the young as well. It is against their policy to harm any sane animals. If the coon in your house has rabies however, it is a danger to you and others and it would have to be put down. If you don’t want to call animal services you can rent a trap and bait it with garbage and catch it yourself, then release far from your house. As far as the litter goes, they may not do well if taken from their birthplace and left without their mother.

By: alter_tygo

alter_tygo — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 21:10:20 +0000

call animal rescue in your town .. they can probably do this fairly simply…

By: JFran

JFran — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 16:12:32 +0000

Definitely call animal control. This is not something you should handle by yourself for the reasons that you mention above.

By: ditre06

ditre06 — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:52:29 +0000

tear down the chimney carefully… it might cost a bit though

By: AT

AT — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 05:37:30 +0000

I just heard this on the radio this morning… you can use a hose or try to smoke them out….