Help! Raccoons trashing our house
I’m desperate to find a happy ending for a raccoon (and her babies, I suspect) that is ripping up our roof. I am in North New Jersey, and we have a roof deck and garden where a raccoon has been living for some time. We ignored her for a long while, hoping she would move on to greener pastures, but since this is a verrrrry densely populated area, I don’t think she has any other viable options. We wanted to give her a safe place to sleep, but we now have multiple roof leaks in places that she’s apparently been chewing and ripping on our rubber roof membrane. She ripped the stuffing out of our deck furniture, ate the tops off of most of our newly transplanted bamboo plants, and tried to break into our house by ripping open a screen door.
I will drive literally any distance to relocate her, if anyone has a sanctuary or a raccoon friendly farm.
I can wait a few weeks (I guess) until her babies are old enough to be caught, as they should be relocated together.
I have sought professional advice, and was told that they would leave when they wanted to search out more/better food sources, but I believe that she has been ripping our garden up out of desperation for food.
Appreciate any referrals !!!