Raccoon Removal in Peachtree Corners, GA
Heavy thumping overhead after dark, like a dog in the attic? Near the Technology Park ponds and wooded buffers, that's usually a female raccoon getting ready to have kits. Call us and tell us about the job — we will confirm the local crew for your county before any work starts.
Raccoons in your Peachtree Corners home
The stormwater ponds at the office campuses were built to catch runoff from the parking lots, but to a raccoon they're a reliable source of water, frogs and crayfish next to a strip of woods where no one goes after work. That's the base for a lot of Peachtree Corners raccoon calls. The raccoons feed at the ponds, then cross into the neighborhood at night for garbage, pet food and spilled birdseed. When a female needs somewhere to have kits, a warm attic over that neighborhood beats a hollow tree.
Raccoons don't need a gap to already be there. They're strong enough to rip open a roof vent, peel back soffit or pull up shingles, and a weathered roof edge on an older house makes that easier. Inside, there are usually kits to find, a latrine to clean up, and Georgia's rabies rules to follow. Each of those is a reason this is a job for a licensed Gwinnett County pro and not for a trap from the hardware store.
How to tell it's a raccoon
The most common description is that it sounds like a dog in the attic: heavy, slow footsteps, thumps, and sometimes something being dragged. Squirrels sound light and quick, and rats sound like scratching. If there are kits, you may hear a high chattering from one spot, often near the eaves. Outside, look for a crushed or torn vent, soffit hanging down, or muddy paw prints on a downspout. Homes that back onto a campus pond see this more than most.
Georgia law: the raccoon can't be moved and released
Georgia lists the raccoon as a rabies-vector species, along with skunks, foxes, bobcats and coyotes. Under O.C.G.A. 27-2-10, a trapped raccoon can't legally be driven off and let go somewhere else. Removal is the legal outcome. Moving raccoons around spreads rabies and distemper into new areas. Catching one and releasing it at the next office-park pond isn't legal, and it isn't a fix either.
Find the kits before anything is sealed
In Georgia, raccoons usually have kits from late winter into spring, and the young can't leave the attic on their own for weeks. If the mother is trapped or shut out and the kits are missed, they die in the ceiling, and the smell and flies follow. Pros often use a camera to find the nest in insulation or behind a wall. Then they remove the kits and the mother together, or remove the mother first and the kits right after. The whole family comes out before the hole is closed.
The latrine and roundworm
Raccoons use the same spot as a toilet every night, and after a few weeks the insulation underneath is soaked and the drywall below is stained. Their droppings can carry Baylisascaris roundworm. The eggs are hardy and can make people seriously sick, so the cleanup should be done carefully, with protective gear, by someone who does it regularly. Only the soiled material needs to go. A pro should show you the area and not just quote a whole-attic replacement.
Make the yard less attractive
You can't do anything about the campus pond, but you can control what's in your own yard. Use trash cans with locking lids and put them out the morning of pickup instead of the night before. Bring pet food in at dusk. Clean up under bird feeders. Screen the gap under the deck. A raccoon that's used to coming over from the pond for an easy meal will keep checking the roof until something stops it.
The repair has to be raccoon-proof
A raccoon that got in once will push on the repair, so a squirrel-grade patch isn't enough. Once the attic is empty, the pro closes the hole with heavy-gauge steel, fastened into solid wood. Roof vents get steel guards, and an open chimney gets a proper cap. Then the latrine and soiled insulation are cleaned out. If the raccoon started under the deck, that space gets screened too, with the mesh buried at the bottom so it can't dig under.
Common raccoon questions in Peachtree Corners
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Other Peachtree Corners problems that come with raccoons
Our wildlife crew handles these closely related problems — the ones that most often turn up with a raccoon issue.
Got more than raccoons in Peachtree Corners?
Raccoons are rarely the only thing using an attic or yard in Peachtree Corners. See everything we handle locally on the Peachtree Corners wildlife removal hub, or jump to Georgia wildlife removal.
Want the background before you call? Read our statewide guide: Raccoon in the attic: babies, rabies law and what happens next.
One call to your Peachtree Corners raccoon crew
The longer raccoons stay in the attic, the more they chew and the bigger the cleanup. Call us and tell us about the job — we will confirm the local crew for your county before any work starts.
- Local to Gwinnett County. Georgia DNR-compliant handling — call to ask about licensing and insurance.
- Humane exclusion. One-way doors and steel sealing, not poison.
- Done right. Removal, exclusion and cleanup.