Melbourne Raccoon Removal is a full-service wildlife control company specializing in the humane trapping and removal of raccoons and other wild animals in Melbourne, FL. Whether you have a problem with raccoons in your attic, under your house, tipping over garbage cans, digging up the yard, stealing pet food, pooping in your pool, or any other raccoon mischief we can solve it! The key to our wildlife control lies in our trapping expertise, and ability to employ the correct strategy for your specific wildlife problem. If you have raccoons in your attic for example, the key is in inspection of the attic and house, removal of the nest of baby raccoons, and the preventative work - we seal wild animals out of your house forever. We use humane trapping and relocation methods and we do not use poison! We answer our phone 24/7, and can schedule a same-day or next day appointment. Some of the services we offer include:

Melbourne's Best Raccoon Control: Raccoons are one of the few critters that can enter your property and cause trouble. Although they aren't exactly harmful to humans, they may cause harm to the home itself. When there are raccoons in your home, you are bound to encounter issues such as property damage. Most homeowners value their homes greatly and treat it with the utmost care. Our company thinks properties should be treated with care as well. To make sure your home is protected, we offer raccoon removal services to solve the problem. In our years of experience, we have been named as one of the top wildlife removal companies in the area. Our team is equipped with the technology and techniques needed to get the job done efficiently. Our team has encountered different situations through the years, which allow them to gain deeper knowledge with wildlife control. This includes how to deal with different critters, so your property will surely be safe under our care! We conduct a thorough inspection of the property to locate the raccoons' entry points and nests. We make sure not to miss a spot! We also offer professional-grade home damage repairs for the casualties that have been caused by the critters. This is to further prevent critters from breaking into the home again. We provide emergency critter removal as well as fast service. For your convenience, you may schedule your appointment with us on the same day or the next day. Our lines are open 24/7 with a phone staff ready to attend to your concerns. You can contact us for an estimate. We charge our services at an affordable cost while keeping the quality of our work top-tier. Our phone staff carefully considers your case. In the event that the problem can be solved on your own, they will be guiding you through the process of the removal by providing you wildlife control advice for free!

We are Florida's top experts in wildlife and raccoon control. We are not a typical Melbourne raccoon control or pest control company. We don't treat wild animals like insects, because they are not! You can't just use poison to get rid of them. You also can't just set a few traps on the ground and call it good. Each situation is unique. And remember, if you have raccoons living in your house, it is almost certainly a female with a litter of young inside. These juveniles must be removed by hand, or they will starve to death and die. And after they are gone, the entry holes into the house must be sealed with professional repairs. Unlike most Melbourne pest control, we focus on complete and permanent solutions, by following these steps:

• Inspect the entire house, ground to roof, and the attic
• Seal shut all entry areas with professional grade steel
• If in attic, we remove the baby raccoons by hand
• Technical and human raccoon trapping appropriate to situation
• When necessary, we clean raccoon droppings and replace insulation

Melbourne Raccoon Control Tip: How big do raccoons get?
The world's largest raccoon actually weighs seventy-five pounds! That is really huge and totally not the typical average raccoon that you see from time to time. But how big do raccoons get? Could they grow bigger than that? Could they possibly weigh more than seventy-five pounds?

Bandit is the name of the world's fattest raccoon. This pet raccoon died in 2004, but before he died, he weighed seventy-five pounds and was ten years old. The pet owner said that Bandit was born with a bad thyroid gland, causing the excessive weight. And he also fed on other delicious human food like ice-cream and cake. So obviously, if raccoons are fed sweet food, they are likely to gain a lot of weight. 

In different parts of the world, hunters have claimed to have seen or caught really large raccoons. Some being double the size of an average raccoon. But it is a rare case to find raccoons that are that big. There is little to no chance of you finding them rummaging through your waste bin.

Factors that affect the size of a raccoon
Many factors affect the size of a raccoon. They include age, habitat, genetics, and the quantity of food available. Raccoons in urban areas are usually bigger than the raccoons in rural areas because they have access to a large quantity of food found in waste bins, pet foods, and many other places. According to the National Geographic channel, raccoons are as big as dogs, and can grow between 23 to 37 inches (60 to 95 centimeters), and have a weight of 4 to 23 lbs. Male raccoons are usually larger than female raccoons and can weigh up to sixty pounds. 

When raccoons are born, they are usually around a length of four inches, and have a weight of two to three ounces each, and rely on their mother because they are deaf and blind. They are born in the spring and leave their family's den as adults in the fall, after feeding thoroughly on their mother's breast milk.

For the rest of their lives, they continue to grow, but at a much slower rate, which is why large raccoons are usually older and live in areas with an abundance of food. As raccoons get older, their size and weight reduce while their winter coat and fat makes them heavier during the winter. Also, the animal's territory affects its size too. Younger raccoons have a higher chance of dying, and so the larger raccoons are usually old.

Raccoons in captivity
Raccoons that are kept in captivity also grow to an impressive size. That is because these raccoons are not exposed to the dangers of the wild or the risks involved in scavenging and hunting for food. They also do not have a restricted diet, and so many of them grow bigger than average. Young raccoons raised in captivity have a lower mortality rate, and generally, raccoons kept in captivity live longer than raccoons living in urban or rural areas, some raccoons kept in captivity can live up to twenty years. 

Raccoons should be the last type of animal you want on your property. They cause damage to your home's insulation. They destroy wood, electrical wiring, walls, and other parts of the home. They leave urine and droppings at specific parts of your home that can cause terrible illnesses. They can mess up your property while searching the garbage can for food. They also kill poultry, fish, and damage farms. 

Get rid of raccoons

• You can get rid of raccoons by investigating, repairing, and sealing any potential cracks and holes or other entry points that a raccoon can use. Install a mesh cover over the chimney if you have one or other exposed openings in your house that cannot be repaired. 
• Cover your trash can tightly. Raccoons are smart enough to knock down waste bins and spill out the contents inside, so you should get waste bins with tight-fitting covers and latches if possible. 
• Keep all food (pet food included) properly stored when not used or finished. These foods can attract raccoons to your property.
• All potential hiding spots for raccoons should be cleared, and firewood should be stored at least twenty feet away from the house because raccoons could use them to build a shelter for themselves. 

We service nearby towns such as Palm Bay, Titusville, Cocoa, Cocoa Beach, Merritt Island, Rockledge, Satellite Beach, Melbourne Beach, Cape Canaveral, Indialantic, West Melbourne, Indian Harbour Beach, Micco, Port Saint John, Mims, Malabar, Grant-Valkaria, Palm Shores, Sharpes, Melbourne Village, South Patrick Shores, Cocoa West, Viera West, June Park