I have a female coon in the attic with babies that are about 2 weeks old. If I live trap her in the attic will the babies come to her? They have set up camp on the other side of the house about as far from crawl space as they can get. Could it be that easy or am I going joist hopping? Thanks for your replies, Kevin

That sounds a little young, Kind of depends on what they have to crawl through.

At two weeks, kits are helpless. How do you know their age?

At two weeks, kits are helpless. How do you know their age?

I'm just guessing on the age, the noises ramped up about that time. There started to be some vocal sounds about a week ago and I'm not sure if that's just mom talkin or the whole crew.

Forget about the trap in the attic.
Find the entrance(s) and put a positive set. Funnel the momma into the trap. After you get her go and get the kids. Seal it up and sell that full clean out.

I have seen additional hole created because of positive sets...........

If your not into chasing coon in attics and can't remove the kits then just pass on that kinda work . Even if plan A works it's not always going to be that way . Going up in that attic before removing the female will make her move them deep into the guts of that house making the job a true nightmare trying to get to them . The baby's must be removed bottom line

Okay, I swore I wouldn't respond to anymore of Ryan's ( Pesky's ) posts, after what happened on LT's site. But when a man speaks the truth, he should be acknowledged.

I can only hope that I don't have to do the same thing with Obama.

Set positive traps and then remove the babies if you can't handle it just pass it on to someone else every job is not for you.

Ill go in if I have to, I was just curious if they would come find mom or not if she is in a trap. Sounds like its better to trap her outside then just go get them. Thanks

I would go in first. If you trap her and can not get to the young, then what? Turn her loose. Will have a very hard time getting her in a trap again. Just asking.

Thanks Jim, I've already set the trap this evening so I guess we'll see what happens in the morning. If I can't get to them ill try setting her loose tomorrow night and place a light and radio with hopes that she will move out on her own. Not the best option, but that's where I am at this point. This will be a good learning experience for the future.

So how'd it go?

I didn't catch her last night, going to try again tonight. Ill keep ya posted over the next few days.

Tens bucks your using sardines for bait

Did she not come out? Did she go out another hole? Good luck.

Looks like you owe me $10 pesky. I don't think she came out, if she did she was a lot sneakier than normal because nobody heard her. As for the bait, its dog food mixed with canned tuna (oil) and vanilla extract stuffed in a 1 1/2" PVC pipe with 1/2" holes drilled all over. With my luck ill catch her tonight since I'm working graveyard and would like to just go home to bed in the morning. It would be much better to catch her Sunday night as I have Monday off.

Ok pm me your address

Lol lets just keep it in the bank, I'm sure ill loose the next bet. Besides, ya just saved me from buying sardines on the future.