Washington Raccoon facts.
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The raccoon (Procyon lotor) is a native Washington mammal, measuring about 3 feet long, including its 12-inch tail. Because their back legs are longer than the front legs, raccoons have a hunched over appearance when they walk or run. Each of their front feet has five dexterous toes that allow raccoons to grasp and manipulate food and other items. Raccoons prefer forest areas near a stream or water source, however they have adapted to various environments throughout Washington. Raccoon populations can get very large in urban areas, Due to Washington hunting and trapping restrictions, not many predators, and human supplied food. Adult raccoons weigh 15 to 40 pounds, their weight being a result of genetics, age, available food, and habitat location. Males have weighed in at over 60 pounds. A raccoon in the wild will likely weigh less than the urbanized raccoon that has learned to live on handouts, pet food, and garbage. As long as raccoons are kept out of our homes, not cornered, and not treated as pets, they are not dangerous.
Raccoon Food and Feeding Habitats
Raccoon Food and Feeding Habitats
- Raccoons will eat almost anything, but are particularly fond of creatures found in water—clams, crayfish, frogs, fish, and snails.
- Raccoons also eat insects, slugs, dead animals, birds and bird eggs, as well as fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. Around humans, raccoons often eat garbage and pet food.
- Although not great hunters, raccoons can catch young gophers, squirrels, mice, and rats.
- Except during the breeding season and for females with young, raccoons are solitary. Individuals will eat together if a large amount of food is available in an area.
- Dens are used for shelter and raising young. They include abandoned burrows dug by other mammals, areas in or under large rock piles and brush piles, hollow logs, and holes in trees.
- Den sites also include wood duck nest-boxes, attics, crawl spaces, chimneys, and abandoned vehicles.
- In urban areas, raccoons normally use den sites as daytime rest sites. In wooded areas, they often rest in trees.
- Raccoons generally move to different den or daytime rest site every few days and do not follow a predictable pattern. Only a female with young or an animal “holed up” during a cold spell will use the same den for any length of time. Several raccoons may den together during winter storms.
- Raccoons pair up only during the breeding season, and mating occurs as early as January to as late as June. The peak mating period is March to April.
- After a 65-day gestation period, two to three kits are born.
- The kits remain in the den until they are about seven weeks old, at which time they can walk, run, climb, and begin to occupy alternate dens.
- At eight to ten weeks of age, the young regularly accompany their mother outside the den and forage for them selves. By 12 weeks, the kits roam on their own for several nights before returning to their mother.
- The kits remain with their mother in her home range through winter, and in early spring seek out their own territories.
- The size of a raccoon’s home range as well as its nightly hunting area varies greatly depending on the habitat and food supply. Home range diameters of 1 mile are known to occur in urban areas.
- Raccoons die from encounters with vehicles, hunters, and trappers, and from disease, starvation, and predation.
- Young raccoons are the main victims of starvation, since they have very little fat reserves to draw from during food shortages in late winter and early spring.
- Raccoon predators include cougars, bobcats, coyotes, and domestic dogs. Large owls and eagles will prey on young raccoons.
- The average life span of a raccoon in the wild is 2 to 3 years; captive raccoons have lived 13.
Raccoon Control.
We Provide Raccoon Control Throughout most of King county, Pierce County, Thurston County, Lewis county, Kitsap county and grays harbor county and get rid of raccoons fast. Our raccoon control and Raccoon removal professionals are fully licensed to trap, remove, and transport your problem animals. We are highly trained experts in the removal and control of raccoons. Our licensed Raccoon trappers are the best in the business when it comes to getting rid of raccoons and repairing the damage they cause and all other aspects of wildlife removal. We live trap and remove problem raccoons and other animals in a safe fast and humane way. Live trapping raccoons is often the most effective solution to get rid of raccoons, but many other solutions are also available upon request. Our raccoon removal technicians are state licensed Nuisance Wildlife Control Operators that have gone thru rigorous amounts of training before ever handling an animal. We are also licensed general contractors in Washington state and can repair most damages cause by the raccoons eliminating the need to call multiple companies and people to your home or business. Raccoon problems are on the rise in Olympia Washington, Tacoma Washington, Seattle Washington and the Kitsap Peninsula. We also get numerous calls from Puyallup, Bonney Lake, Sumner, Port Orchard, Gig Harbor, and Graham. Our raccoon exclusion work always come with a guarantee to keep raccoons and other critter out. Raccoons most often enter crawl spaces and attics by gaps left in the construction process or by tearing out vent screens and climbing under window well pop outs making it difficult for homeowners to get rid of raccoons on their own. Our raccoon removal technicians have the tools and knowledge to repair even the hardest to reach raccoon entry points. Are prices being some of the most affordable in the industry for our fast safe humane and affordable raccoon trapping and raccoon repellant options. Often the raccoons cause considerable damage to the crawlspace when living and breeding under the home. The raccoons may have damaged duct lines, insulation, wiring, screens, vapor barriers, and crawlspace access doors. We offer affordable solutions for getting your home back in shape and back to a healthy environment for you and you loved ones. When raccoons enter the chimney it requires special skill, ability, and equipment to safely remove the raccoon from the chimney. Our raccoon removal and raccoon control professionals have all they need to remove the problem nuisance raccoon out of even tightest places and get rid of it for good. Step one is to contact us and set up an appointment to have one of our qualified raccoon removal specialists and nuisance wildlife control operators inspect the home checking both the attic and crawlspace for raccoon entry points. Our raccoon trapper will then position live traps over a precise location to most effectively trap the raccoon using the best baits in the industry that are proven effective in years of field trials. When ever possible our wildlife removal technicians will place a trap directly over the entry exit point then enter the attic or crawlspace with the appropriate safety gear and flush the raccoon into the trap providing same day results and happy customers. Once the raccoons are removed from the attic or crawl space we will perform any repair and clean up that you desire such as feces removal and sanitizations to make your crawlspace and attic as good or better than before the nuisance raccoons took up residence in your home. Raccoon control and wildlife removal is provided in Chehalis, Olympia, Tacoma, Gig Harbor, Bremerton, Seattle, Puyallup WA, Bonney lake, and all cites in between Call Today and schedule your multipoint home inspection with one of our raccoon trappers today!
We Provide Raccoon Control Throughout most of King county, Pierce County, Thurston County, Lewis county, Kitsap county and grays harbor county and get rid of raccoons fast. Our raccoon control and Raccoon removal professionals are fully licensed to trap, remove, and transport your problem animals. We are highly trained experts in the removal and control of raccoons. Our licensed Raccoon trappers are the best in the business when it comes to getting rid of raccoons and repairing the damage they cause and all other aspects of wildlife removal. We live trap and remove problem raccoons and other animals in a safe fast and humane way. Live trapping raccoons is often the most effective solution to get rid of raccoons, but many other solutions are also available upon request. Our raccoon removal technicians are state licensed Nuisance Wildlife Control Operators that have gone thru rigorous amounts of training before ever handling an animal. We are also licensed general contractors in Washington state and can repair most damages cause by the raccoons eliminating the need to call multiple companies and people to your home or business. Raccoon problems are on the rise in Olympia Washington, Tacoma Washington, Seattle Washington and the Kitsap Peninsula. We also get numerous calls from Puyallup, Bonney Lake, Sumner, Port Orchard, Gig Harbor, and Graham. Our raccoon exclusion work always come with a guarantee to keep raccoons and other critter out. Raccoons most often enter crawl spaces and attics by gaps left in the construction process or by tearing out vent screens and climbing under window well pop outs making it difficult for homeowners to get rid of raccoons on their own. Our raccoon removal technicians have the tools and knowledge to repair even the hardest to reach raccoon entry points. Are prices being some of the most affordable in the industry for our fast safe humane and affordable raccoon trapping and raccoon repellant options. Often the raccoons cause considerable damage to the crawlspace when living and breeding under the home. The raccoons may have damaged duct lines, insulation, wiring, screens, vapor barriers, and crawlspace access doors. We offer affordable solutions for getting your home back in shape and back to a healthy environment for you and you loved ones. When raccoons enter the chimney it requires special skill, ability, and equipment to safely remove the raccoon from the chimney. Our raccoon removal and raccoon control professionals have all they need to remove the problem nuisance raccoon out of even tightest places and get rid of it for good. Step one is to contact us and set up an appointment to have one of our qualified raccoon removal specialists and nuisance wildlife control operators inspect the home checking both the attic and crawlspace for raccoon entry points. Our raccoon trapper will then position live traps over a precise location to most effectively trap the raccoon using the best baits in the industry that are proven effective in years of field trials. When ever possible our wildlife removal technicians will place a trap directly over the entry exit point then enter the attic or crawlspace with the appropriate safety gear and flush the raccoon into the trap providing same day results and happy customers. Once the raccoons are removed from the attic or crawl space we will perform any repair and clean up that you desire such as feces removal and sanitizations to make your crawlspace and attic as good or better than before the nuisance raccoons took up residence in your home. Raccoon control and wildlife removal is provided in Chehalis, Olympia, Tacoma, Gig Harbor, Bremerton, Seattle, Puyallup WA, Bonney lake, and all cites in between Call Today and schedule your multipoint home inspection with one of our raccoon trappers today!
This information is provided by the WDFW, Russell Link, and Michael Holmquist
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