If you have trees in your garden, you should take a look around those. Other outbuildings are hit, unless they have a source of food, such as chicken feed. It's not hygienic for them to be so close to their own poop, and if they don't want to be that close to it you shouldn't.Īttics and garages are prime hotspots for raccoon latrines, alongside areas under porch, decking, or a balcony. These can be found in a multitude of places, but aren't usually that close to an area where the animal sleeps or eats.

In the same way that a person would use the bathroom to do their ‘business', a raccoon does the same thing in an area known as a latrine. What makes things worse, although, also better at the same time, is that raccoons do all of their ‘business' in one area. It is much easier than you'd think for that cross-contamination to occur. Children and disabled people, as well as the elderly, are actually high-risk in areas where raccoon numbers are high. A raccoons paw that has touched its own feces, for example, can easily touch a doorway, a window, perhaps even a plate of food? Those eggs are then potentially on whatever the raccoon touched, and if your child were to then come along and use that plate (for example), the tiny, undetectable roundworm eggs then make their way inside your child's mouth. It doesn't take much for cross-contamination to happen. They're definitely there, and they definitely have the potential to do quite a lot of damage. They're tiny little microscopic things - you'd never see them if you tried to look for them - but they are there.

(The name gives it away really.) It is the feces of the raccoons that you'll find the problem that's where the roundworm eggs are. You may not have heard of 'Baylisascaris procyonis,' but it is another name for raccoon roundworm, a parasite that is actually very commonly found in wild raccoons. See my raccoon poop photos to identify it. Raccoon feces, also known as raccoon skat, is actually heavily responsible for the spread of a number of diseases, some of which can be very dangerous to both other animals and people alike. Need raccoon removal in your hometown? We service over 500 USA locations! Click here to hire us in your town and check prices - updated for year 2020.

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