SCOTTSDALE, AZ (3TV/CBS 5) – Homeowners in Scottsdale were wanting to capture the animal they thought was residing in their attic, however what they saw was not your normal rat or mouse.
After setting up security cams, the house owners found it was an unusual ringtail cat moving the attic. “This is the first I’ve ever seen, and our local manager has only seen them twice in 20 years,” said Burns Pest Elimination Residential Account supervisor Mike Boyle.
Although ringtail cats are an unusual types, they are ruled out threatened. Ringtail cats belong to the raccoon family and ended up being the State Mammal of Arizona in 1986.
According to the Arizona Sonora Desert Museum, “ringtails are excellent climbers capable of ascending vertical walls, trees, rocky cliffs and even cacti. They will den in tree hollows, rock crevices, other animals’ abandoned burrows, mine shafts, abandoned buildings, and some are even known to find their way into attics of occupied homes.”
The ringtail cat ultimately relocated to a brand-new place, and the house owners had the ability to seal up any holes or openings in the attic. “We didn’t trap it. We just put up exclusion products so it safely moved on to a new area and the homeowners could seal any openings in their attic,” said Boyle.
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