I ve dealt with many dead animal removals from inside attics and only a few have been raccoons.
Baby raccoon died in attic.
Here are the general steps for removing raccoons from an attic.
Dead raccoon in attic air handler.
Raccoons are territorial so if you relocate them to somewhere else the family may die and other raccoons will just move in to take their place.
In the case of very small animals like a baby mouse the scent may only last a day or two.
That s the chattering you heard baby raccoons starving to death.
There are a couple of indicators that can let you know if you have baby raccoons in your attic.
If you see an adult raccoon going in and out of your attic it s more than probably a female raccoon that is either preparing to have a litter or nursing a litter in a nest she made there.
If you don t properly remove the baby raccoons from the attic they will suffer as they starve to death then die and rot in your attic creating a strong odor.
A raccoon can die from any number of causes including.
Search the attic carefully and find and remove the litter of baby raccoons by hand and place in sack.
The smell may not have been all that bad since they lost a lot of weight before dying and they might have been young and attic ventilation and air flow and barriers vary a great deal.
So yes what has happened in your case is that some baby raccoons have died.
It s not terribly common but one of the dangers of having raccoons in the attic is that if they die they die in the attic and then while decomposing the odor is terrible.
However larger animals like squirrels take a week or more and weighty critters like skunks decompose over the course of at least a month.
Predators raccoons living in the wild may fall victim to a few natural predators including cougars bobcats and.
Many lazy wildlife trappers simply want to stick a cage trap on the ground and trap the adult don t let this happen.
Possible causes of death for raccoons.
You might see the adult female.
As soon as the animals are out of your attic make sure you repair any holes or vents that they can use to get back in.
While raccoons have been known to live in captivity for up to 20 years they have a much shorter lifespan of 2 4 years in the wild.
However if the animal dies in or around damp conditions this process will take longer.
