How To Get Kittens Out Of Attic

Call your local human society or animal control.

How to get kittens out of attic. Most larger animals are repelled by the scent of ammonia so ammonia soaked rags will discourage the animal from remaining in the crawl space. During this time try not to force the cat to come out of its hiding spot. If they do have cats what i do is i catch the cats. The best way to make your cat comfortable enough to come out of hiding is to give it time to adjust to its new surroundings.

If you ve had contact with the animal call terminix to remove the animal and assess your level of risk for disease exposure. Sometimes i place cages baited with cat food and sometimes i find the hole that the cats are using to enter the attic and i put a one way cat door on the hole. Animals should not me camping out in your attic. Then get a handy man to look at your roof.

We are almost certain that she moved them under our mobile home somewhere because she still lays on our porch for a few hours. Where there is howling there is mating and soon kittens. Place ammonia soaked rags in the crawl space. Give your cat time to get used to its new home.

You can help make your attic less inviting by removing easily accessible food sources from the exterior of your home and your yard. Kittens in the attic how to get them out 08 03 2004 a female feral cat like any other wild critter wants a safe place to have her young. I bought more than a dozen havahart 1079 traps in my first year of business and all but one of them are still in use today. We saw them once but then she moved and hid them.

We feed her daily so she just hangs around and plays with our female cat. Next set a cage trap with the kittens in the back of the trap as live bait to catch the mother cat. Don t block their exit. After the animal is gone repair the damage to keep other animals from entering your attic.

I have my methods. Place the rags along the walls and by any openings into the crawl space. First you inspect inside the attic to confirm the species of animal. So pretty much every time but not 100 of the time when i have a call for cats in the attic there s also some kittens somewhere.

When you discover you have cats you have to search the attic for any litter of kittens. We have had a feral calico that hangs around our mobile home for about 3 months now. Keep your trash cans secured avoid keeping any pet food accessible outside and pick up any fruit or nuts that have fallen from trees in your yard. Most cats take a couple of weeks to acclimate but it might take a month or two.

The cats go out but they can t get back in and then they hiss and scratch and complain while i softly chuckle. She recently about 4 days ago had a litter of six kittens.