When they get older, they become agitated easily and get very moody. Not only is it against the law to make wild animals into pets but it is unfair to the animal. Play loud music and shine a bright light up your flue. Place an ammonia soaked rag in the fireplace. If you don't give her enough time, she will tear your house down trying to get the rest of her babies out.
Raccoons are one of the few animals that can easily climb up and down inside a chimney.
If she returns to a clock radio that has just went off in her honor, she will be totally disgusted and move herself and her babies. Keep the noise going in the day when she is trying to sleep to really annoy her. Raccoons are the natural carrier of the roundworm Baylisascaris procyonis. The eggs of Baylisascaris are able to stick to fur and skin and are present in feces. The roundworm is spread via fecal-oral route.