Will Rat Poison Kill A Racoon Living In The Attic

Anti freeze sometimes kills raccoons skunks squirrels and other animals.

Will rat poison kill a racoon living in the attic.

There are no registered rodenticides for raccoons. If you think you may have a rat living in your attic then you need to get up there and investigate further. Also if you do manage to kill one with poison the smell of a rotting raccoon is terrible. The most obvious sign that you have rats in the attic is they will leave rat droppings all over the place.

If you put out poison rats will indeed die. A rat can die inside your walls and slowly decay leaving an intense odor for months. Third of all the ones that did die will die in the attic and walls and cause a terrible odor problem. In the photo below a homeowner attempted to perform do it yourself raccoon removal using antifreeze and rat poison.

Where they die becomes the problem. Poison isn t an easy solution. Read about dead rats in the attic if you ve set out. You are probably already aware that rats are not the cleanliest of creatures that could be living in your house.

Never use rat poison in your attic. Rat poisons are best used outdoors and only with a rat bait station. One of our team professionals was called in to remove the remaining raccoons in the attic and exclude them properly to prevent future issues. Using poison for raccoons is illegal.

Registered rodenticides are for rats only and using them for any other animal is against the law. Rat poison seems like the easy solution to a rat invasion. Second of all not every rat who eats the poison will die. So you re left with living rats which reproduce so fast that you have the same number of rats you always had prior to the poison.