http://www.animalcapturewildlifecontrol.com/animal_raccoons.php | Raccoons and other wild animals can easily access homes through pet doors. While the best method is always prevention, it's important to know what to do if wild animals gain access to your home through pet doors.

1. How to Keep Raccoons and Other Wild Animal From Using Your Pet Door
You love your pets and you want to give them some sense of freedom, but you don’t want that freedom
to mean that you have to jump up from your comfortable couch every time they want to go outside. Pet
doors work great, but what about the critters outside that discover this weak point in your home
security? For example, raccoons might find the sounds, scents, and lights coming from your home
particularly appealing in the middle of the night. That's why you need to take a few steps to prevent
them from accessing your home through the pet door, and to learn what to do if you do happen to find
yourself with an uninvited guest.
Prevent Entry
While you want to allow your pets access to the outside whenever they might need it, they are more than
likely sleeping during the same hours that you are. This means that there’s typically no need to have the
pet door open during those hours. Consider training your pets to have their final foray to the outside
world at a particular time. Then, lock the pet door so no pests can enter from the outside while you
sleep.
You might also consider an approach that is going to be effective during all hours of the day and night,
like a collar sensitive pet door. These doors only open when a pet with the right collar approaches them.
The collar may be magnetized or may send off a signal that releases the lock on the door. Your pets can
then use the pet door anytime of the day or night, but no other animals can open the door at all. This is
the most effective approach because it also means you can leave your home without worrying that any
intruders, animal or otherwise, will get in through the pet door.
Remove Animals
Let's assume that a raccoon got into your house just as you were getting ready to lock up for the night.
Do you panic? Do you know what to do?
Before you do anything else, calm yourself down. Your pets are going to react to your demeanor just as
much as they will react to the raccoon. If you aren't calm, they don't stand a chance at calming down.
Once you calm yourself, remove your own pets from the room and seal it off from the rest of the house
to prevent the raccoon from escaping to another room. Open a door to the outside and sprinkle flour or
powder in front of it so you can see when the animal leaves. You can even create a trail of treats to the
door to lure the animal in that direction. Be very careful not to get near the creature, as it could be
carrying a form of disease.
Call Pest Control
If you notice that there are wild animals lurking around your home or getting inside the home, call for
raccoon removal. In Los Angeles, it is typical for animals to find their way into a residential home, so
finding professional services that can help you in the future will help you immeasurably in the long run.
Look for professionals like Animal Capture Wildlife Control that provide humane Los Angeles raccoon
removal or other types of wildlife removal.