Racoons are very
mischievous animals. If you live out in the
woods somewhere you have probably come across
one of these animals before. If you have left a
door open to your home or cabin then you may
know them all too well. These animals know how
to get into things and it is likely that if they
have been able to get into your kitchen or other
area of your home that they were able to make
quite a mess as they did so. Truly, if you give
a raccoon a small window of opportunity they
will make you pay for it.
There are likely many instances where you have
seen a raccoon get him or herself into some
rather peculiar places. Many have watched these
little critters walk their way across fence
lines or tree branches to gain access to
somebody’s house. This may make you wonder can
raccoons jump onto houses or over fences?
Dealing with the second part first, the fact is
that raccoons are not really jumping animals.
While part of the same family of animals as
squirrels, they do not have the hind legs that a
squirrel does and so their ability to jump is
fairly limited. This means that they are not
going to be leaping over your fence to gain
access into your yard.
How a raccoon most often gets over a fence and
on to somebody’s property occurs in one of three
ways. First, if the fence is just to
ground-level and not buried underneath the
ground, that it is likely that the raccoon will
simply dig his or her way underneath the fence.
Also, if the fence is quite short, less than 2
feet for example, then the raccoon will simply
pull him or herself over the fence. This is how
they are able to get onto your property.
The other way that a raccoon can have success
like this is by using something like a tree
branch to get over the fence. While raccoons are
not real climbing kinds of animals, if they gain
access to a tree through other means then it is
likely that they can then use the tree branch as
a form of transportation to get over your fence
or the fence of another person.
How a raccoon frequently is able to get onto a
fence or climb onto another property is when it
already has gain access to a location which
gives it some elevation. Frequently, raccoons
will get into people’s attics and if they have
pushed out a piece of the siding or loosened a
portion of it, they can then use that as a
pathway out of the attic and onto a branch or
wire that allows them to get to other locations.
From there, they can then get onto the roof of
other homes or simply drop down to a deck or
other location where they can continue to forage
and look for food. These are the most agile
animals but they are quite clever. Read more:
Raccoon
Control,
how
to get rid of raccoons,
Raccoon
Feces,
How
to get raccoons out of the ceiling.
