Raccoon Removal in San Antonio, TX

San Antonio's raccoons are bold, numerous, and well adapted to the city. The San Antonio River and its creek corridors run straight through town, and neighborhoods along them — plus mature-tree areas like Alamo Heights and the rapidly developing far north side toward Stone Oak — support dense raccoon populations that treat attics as den sites. New construction pushing into former ranch land around Stone Oak and Cibolo Canyons displaces wildlife every year, and attics on the edges of those developments are prime targets.

Raccoons do not slip through existing gaps so much as manufacture them — tearing off soffit panels, ripping open roof vents, and peeling back shingles with strength that surprises most homeowners. Inside, they compact insulation, damage ductwork, and create latrine sites whose droppings can carry raccoon roundworm, a genuine health hazard. They are also a rabies-vector species in Texas, and distemper cycles through urban populations regularly — a raccoon active in daylight or acting disoriented is a call-a-pro situation, never a DIY one.

Timing matters: from roughly March through June, assume any attic raccoon in San Antonio has kits, and be suspicious of any quote that does not mention checking for them. Trapping and removing a single raccoon typically costs $150 to $500; a mother with kits runs $300 to $800; exclusion repairs add $300 to $1,500+. The companies below hold Texas Wildlife (W) licenses.