Good to see you back, S-S!
It's scary plugging the access for the raccoons, because they might have made a nest in there, and there might be some babies. I don't mean to scare you, but I've heard of this problem before, and in fact it happened to us.
When the builders completed our new home in California, right after we moved in, we heard cat meowing in what we thought was the attic. We observed a feral cat leaving via an opening in the roof above the garage, so the builder screened it up. BIG mistake!
Sometime later, I heard a "mewing" sound in the same area as before, but when I told the contractors, who were finishing up outside, they thought I was one card short of a full deck. How could I hear cat sounds when the cat had left?
I FINALLY got someone to pay attention to me (although it was too late), and they climbed into the attic and crawled over the other side of the garage, where they heard the very faint mewing sound and could see with a flashlight some little furry things between the sheetrock and the rough framing on the other side of the garage.
They couldn't get down into there, so they had to knock a huge hole out of the sheetrock in the garage. Oy. What a mess!
The contractors pulled out from behind the sheetrock about six little tiny kittens, most of which were dead. One was still alive, though, so I called the Feral Society, which came and picked up the little thing.
I hope your situation is different.
Enjoy NYC!
Bev
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