How To Get Kittens Out Of Attic

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.

How to get kittens out of attic.

Block their re entry if you are sure all animals are gone. She recently about 4 days ago had a litter of six kittens. If you ve had contact with the animal call terminix to remove the animal and assess your level of risk for disease exposure. First you inspect inside the attic to confirm the species of animal.

If they do have cats what i do is i catch the cats. We have had a feral calico that hangs around our mobile home for about 3 months now. Next set a cage trap with the kittens in the back of the trap as live bait to catch the mother cat. After the animal is gone repair the damage to keep other animals from entering your attic.

To get rid of animals in your attic or walls i look for a live catch cage trap with thick wire gauge a heavy duty door and a small amount of moving parts. Place ammonia soaked rags in the crawl space. I have my methods. During this time try not to force the cat to come out of its hiding spot.

Most larger animals are repelled by the scent of ammonia so ammonia soaked rags will discourage the animal from remaining in the crawl space. The cats go out but they can t get back in and then they hiss and scratch and complain while i softly chuckle. Animals should not me camping out in your attic. 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.

Place the rags along the walls and by any openings into the crawl space. You can help make your attic less inviting by removing easily accessible food sources from the exterior of your home and your yard. Then get a handy man to look at your roof. When you discover you have cats you have to search the attic for any litter of kittens.

Give your cat time to get used to its new home. Most cats take a couple of weeks to acclimate but it might take a month or two. Don t block their exit. We feed her daily so she just hangs around and plays with our female cat.

Where there is howling there is mating and soon kittens. If you find one remove the kittens and place them in a bucket or pillow case. 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. We saw them once but then she moved and hid them.

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. 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.