Raccoon Mother Lives in a Pool House Rent Free

We humanely removed a mother raccoon and her one baby from a pool house attic last week. The mother had hallowed out an area in the spray foam insulation to create a nest.
Watch how we almost persuaded the mother to come out while we were there. Psst..there is footage of the mother gathering her baby!
I apologize for the late upload this past week, we had technical difficulties.

[@sallyrickerson9139]

The pool house is literally a house!

[@blessedbeauty2293]

- For the rich && famous.

[@sambachri]

Very nice sharing video racoon mother lives friend,success for you 👍

[@newls1]

You guys are amazing and thank you for taking such good care of our furbabies! Also, I want your clients money!

[@sharonbrown6595]

I agree. You can tell they love animals esp when they see the babies and hold them for a bit. And love they put the babies in a safe place for mama to come and get them later. They r so cute and most animals make such good loving fierce mamas haaaa. I love these people come back to see if the babies r take away

[@laisuresboringadventures7052]

Have you ever seen a situation where the mother has not came back to her babies

[@CanEverything]

That painter did a clean lining job… stunning

[@redsash_tv1221]

You can see Momma Racoon at 6:56 upper right corner just under the metal joist support but in the back shadows.

[@OfficialLoupak]

you're totally right !!! such a cute little sight in the shadows hahaha

[@gateswildlife]

We hadn't noticed when editing the footage, good catch!

[@susanhill3100]

You have a great eye!.. I can't see it... 😕

[@null_subject]

I couldn't do this, because I'd end up with a house full of racoons.

[@OfficialLoupak]

6:56 cute face spotted in the shadows

[@PCJ52]

I wondered if anyone saw that.

[@DominicNJ73]

I swear, every time you stick a camera into an attic or something and start moving it around to show us the space I keep expecting you to turn the camera around and suddenly a coon face is staring into the lens like some sorta serial killer. LOL

[@Grimace_2.0]

You can see her looking at the camera at 6:59 😂

[@karenhorton2345]

What a classy pool house

[@animalsareourangels93]

What a good Mother! It looks like it was snowing as well. Thank you Gates Wild Life Control! Being compassionate is a wonderful thing…..Take good care…..Susan from Ontario Canada

[@gateswildlife]

Thank you so much Susan. It was raining that night, which is why the camera was a little blurry too.

[@animalsareourangels93]

@@gateswildlife Thank you so much for your kind reply…I always enjoy watching your videos. They always leave me with a smile on my face …..Have a wonderful rest of your week……Kindest regards, Susan

[@davidheafield1436]

We’ve seen that raccoons , foxes , rats etc take time to gather up their young and move them somewhere safe as is their maternal instinct….but are there certain mammals that don’t have that instinct and would just abandon their young if disturbed? Wonderful channel , great production values.

[@AmazonWebService98]

Raccoons

[@PavelNr1]

Rabbits, they are cruel

[@TylerShacklefordDurden]

A pool house that would rent for ten grand a month in NYC lol

[@AprilTBaker]

Thanks for another Amazing Video! I love the clear boxes❤️❤️❤️

[@bealynn2258]

ANOTHER EXCELLENT JOB well done!! GATES... THANK YOU!! You are an INSPIRATION to all other Animal Control Companies!!😀👍👍💖🐿️😼🐦🐰🐭🦝

[@gateswildlife]

Thank you so much for saying that. It means a lot!

[@mrJules100]

What great clients to let you damage parts of their beautiful home for the sake of rescuing these wonderful animals. Great job as always guys. 👍🏿

[@caro.caro.9578]

A taste of the good life.😂👍 I love racoons.

[@Growdankmeds]

It's rare i press the like button on here but you guys deserve it!

[@marych3425]

I love these longer videos!!!

[@gateswildlife]

We're so glad!

[@karenhayes4743]

Another job done very well. You people are wonderful. Thank you for sharing.

[@kevindecoteau3186]

Gotta be such a pull for the mom, seeing her baby and knowing people are there,

[@debragregory191]

I just found you guys today. I am SO GLAD to see you are still posting! If I could ask one thing, it would be that when you capture the footage of the mother coming back to relocate the babies, could you (consistently :) ) have the TIMESTAMP INFO on it? (I saw at least one video from 2019 I think it was that had the timestamp on it). Reason being, it is fascinating to see how much TIME it takes for that process to occur! THANK YOU for all you do! Love and support from the Oregon Coast, USA

[@debragregory191]

I see this video DOES HAVE the timestamp YAY!!

[@CLEARVIEW666]

Thank you, these videos make my day.

[@cassandraalls5633]

It’s probably a good thing that you video and thoroughly explain what you are doing to get the raccoon, as homeowners may try to blame you for damaging their property. Do you also have them sign a document in advance?

[@pamabernathy8728]

So sweet! And hard work. Blessings.

[@jjsmakeupobsession323]

They are just so adorable.

[@movieedge7370]

Awesome video 👍🏻

[@Shadi2]

You should invest in a ferret cam or better, so you can see what's going on without having to poke your head in.

[@andresfelipeacuriabravo]

This is their world too

[@caseyleichter2309]

If it was my place, I'd let things be until the baby was grown and everyone had left, then seal up the way they came in 😄

[@kp8381]

Anothet momma just trying to protect her baby. Instinct is a beautiful thing. Thank you for helping them.🦝❤️

[@ralphwhite1364]

Why do you need a pool house in Canada eh? Maybe they use it for ice skating 10 months out of the year!

[@doreenblatz2440]

Maybe they have guests that like to experience what it’s like to have your skin freeze in less than a minute. The pool house is very well insulated. 😂

[@saritabarrow9435]

You guys are amazing at what you do!

[@cristianavila955]

Nice Work! I haven’t been able to get to the live catching yet. I mean I trap in live cages but still weary of live catching on the snare. You guys are the real MVPs!

[@alanalan-uc4zb]

great rescue. thanks so much for doing this.

[@norwegiangadgetman]

A pice of wood above the hole you cut, the cutout fastened to the piece of wood. Just needs a bit of spackle in the cuts and a lick of paint and no one will ever know that you were there. Nicely done! Just maybe cut the edges so that you get a V-shaped groove. Makes it easier to fill the cut properly.

[@cecelia6909]

Very young, eyes still closed

[@laughinglighting4343]

Super fun video!

[@blessedbeauty2293]

- 10:42 She keeps hesitating. *GO GET YOUR ONLY BABY* [( well in *THIS* litter lol )]

[@Brandoncye]

I live all your videos!!!! Xoxoxo

[@lyndacarter5090]

Do you ever have concerns about feral or other wildlife getting the babies? What safeguards are in place for that? And just who really needs a chandelier in a pool house? The fire, yes, it gets cool up there, but putting in a chandelier? Ostentatiousness…

[@PhantomQueenOne]

They mostly likely use it for parties. Damn, I wish I lived in a place that nice.

[@sheilaperl4155]

Wonderful!!

[@ColinPoole]

Every time I hear "alternate den site" I think "neighbors attic"

[@smc130]

What a cute, fat little baby!mom will be frantic when she finds it missing.

[@americangirl6654]

Aww! Raccoon babies!

[@KeinZantezuken]

So this might be a bit personal question but I went back to the oldest videos and it seems like your daughter (?) only began to work along with you only few years back. Last 1-2 years she is basically inseparable part of the GWC. I assume she is going to follow your steps and take over family business?

[@gateswildlife]

Cassandra has been working with the company for 7 years now! In the past 2 years she became the featured technician on our channel along with Brad Gates!

[@jennybeam7226]

She is amazing!!

[@elaineblanchard4775]

Nice save

[@paulaprice6949]

What a mess! Yikes.

[@dlynch1898]

TFS you rock.

[@susanhill3100]

Wow... Very interesting... 🙂

[@cindyperez805]

How did you find them.in the 1st.place ?! Ppl come out to my house ! And they never looked thourgh because they never found away. In or any animal!!!! Out of IDK how many.have come out! Only two has ever gone all the way in the attic!!!! And charge boy do they!!!!!!!

[@biokosmos]

great channel i just sub

[@YukiTogawa]

alternate den is another house... Is there a way we can relocate them to deeper nature where we know they will have ample of space, shelter and food? There's a raccoon whisperer in a in the country side where he feeds wild animals on a daily. Those racoons are welcomed in those rural areas. it's not productive keeping racoons in the same blocks. They shouldn't be eating trash.

[@roxybarone]

4:02. Who felt the need to rub your eyes?