Matching service only. Under Florida Chapter 482 we are not a certified operator. We do not spray, bait, tent, or inspect.
A raccoon on a Clermont lanai is a wildlife contact problem, not a Saturday trap from a big-box aisle. CDC’s rabies page names raccoons among the common rabid animals in the United States. CDC’s roundworm pages name decks, rooftops, and unsealed attics as raccoon latrines. This page does not invent a Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission permit number. It cites CDC health facts and Florida pest-control licensing. Orlando West Pest Care is a matching service. We match you with a licensed local pest control operator. We do not spray, bait, inspect, or tent. We do not trap, relocate, or handle the animal.
This is for residential lanais and screened cages in Clermont, Minneola, Winter Garden, Horizon West, Hamlin, Waterleigh, Windermere, Ocoee, Oakland, and Stoneybrook West. If the animal is on a private house, use rodent and wildlife or get a quote. Name Clermont. We will not quote the HOA clubhouse dumpster. The licensee who already drives Clermont is the one who looks. We still only match.
What CDC actually says about raccoons and rabies
CDC’s rabies prevention page is dated July 1, 2025. In the United States, people are usually exposed to rabies by coming in contact with wild animals infected with the virus. Common rabid animals in the United States include raccoons, skunks, bats, and foxes. People who are exposed to rabies should seek medical care urgently. CDC’s number for potential exposures is more than 100,000 each year; CDC also states there are fewer than 10 human deaths each year in the United States because of prevention and access to post-exposure prophylaxis. See CDC, Rabies Prevention and Control.
The best way to avoid rabies in the U.S., CDC says, is to keep your distance from wildlife. Never approach animals who appear to be injured, sick, or dead, especially if you see animals during the day who are usually active at night — CDC lists bats and raccoons in that sentence. Call animal control for assistance when needed. Pet owners can lower their risk by keeping pets up to date on rabies vaccines and keeping pets away from wild animals as much as possible.
If you have been in contact with wildlife, particularly if you have been bitten or scratched, CDC’s first-aid list is medical, not pest control: wash any wounds immediately with soap and water for 15 minutes; talk with a healthcare or public health professional; tell them the type of animal; note whether the animal was acting normally. Rabies in humans is completely preventable if you get medical help right away. A matching service does not give medical advice beyond pointing at CDC. A Clermont lanai raccoon that looks “tame” in daylight is a CDC caution, not a pet.
Latrines on a lanai: what CDC says about raccoon roundworm
CDC’s raccoon-roundworm overview is dated November 5, 2024. Baylisascaris infection is caused by a roundworm found in raccoons. Human infections are rare but can be severe if the parasites invade the eye, organs, or the brain. People become infected by consuming infectious eggs, usually accidentally. Most infections are in children and others who are more likely to put dirt or animal waste in their mouth by mistake. See CDC, About Raccoon Roundworm.
CDC’s spread page is the lanai sentence. Raccoons are peridomestic: they live in or around areas where people live. They defecate in communal sites called latrines. Latrines are often found at bases of trees, in unsealed attics, or on flat surfaces such as logs, tree stumps, rocks, decks, and rooftops. A Clermont lanai deck is on that list. Eggs passed in raccoon feces are not immediately infectious; they take 2 to 4 weeks in the environment. With adequate moisture they can survive for years. See CDC, How Raccoon Roundworm Spreads.
CDC’s prevention list: do not keep, feed, or adopt wild animals, including raccoons, as pets. If raccoons have set up a den or a latrine in your yard, feces and contaminated material should be removed carefully. Wash hands after working or playing outdoors. If you suspect you may have ingested raccoon feces, seek immediate medical attention. That last line is a clinician. It is not a matching-service product. This page does not walk you through a propane flame-gun. CDC names that method as a surface option with “exercise proper precautions”; a matching service will not talk you through it.
Florida pest licensing, not an invented wildlife permit
This page does not invent a Florida wildlife permit number. What we can cite is FDACS, which licenses structural pest control and also administers a limited wildlife certificate. For pest control provided to homes, each business location must be licensed by FDACS, carry required insurance, and employ full-time a Florida-certified operator in the categories in which the business operates, including general household pest and rodent control. See FDACS Pest Control Licensing and Certification.
On the same page, FDACS describes Limited Commercial Wildlife Management Certification. That limited certificate is only required for trapping rats and mice in, on, or under structures. FDACS recommends that persons commercially trapping nuisance wildlife — the agency’s own examples include raccoons, opossums, armadillos, skunks, and squirrels — in structures also obtain this certificate. None of the limited certifications, FDACS says, allows the operation of a commercial pest control business.
FDACS’s consumer FAQ is more specific. The limited wildlife certificate authorizes non-chemical methods, including traps, mechanical or electronic devices, and exclusionary techniques, to control commensal rodents. It does not authorize the use of pesticides or chemical substances, other than adhesive materials, to control rodents or other nuisance wildlife; it does not authorize operation of a pest control business; and the certificate number will start with “LW.” You can request to see the credential. See FDACS Pest Control FAQ.
Florida Statutes section 482.191 makes it unlawful to solicit, practice, perform, or advertise in pest control except as Chapter 482 provides. We are not a Chapter 482 licensee. We do not relocate raccoons. We match you with a licensed local pest control operator. If the right match is a pest-control business with the rodent category, or a nuisance-wildlife operator who also holds the limited certificate FDACS recommends for raccoons in structures, that is the operator’s credential, not ours. See Fla. Stat. 482.191.
On the quote form, say lanai versus attic versus crawl, Clermont or the nearest named street, and whether anyone had a bite, a scratch, or contact with feces — that last note is for the operator’s caution and for you to take to a clinician, not a diagnosis from this website. Use rodent and wildlife, Clermont, or get a quote.
What you can do before a licensed look
CDC’s homeowner half is distance and first aid: do not approach, do not feed, do not adopt, keep pets vaccinated and away, wash a wound for 15 minutes and call public health if there was a bite or scratch. Bring pet food off the lanai. Close pet doors. That is not relocation. If the animal needs a licensed look, that is the match. If a person needs a clinician, that is a healthcare visit.
Related matching notes
Sources
- CDC, Rabies Prevention and Control (raccoons among common rabid animals; keep distance; wash wounds 15 minutes; urgent medical care): cdc.gov/rabies/prevention/index.html
- CDC, About Raccoon Roundworm and How Raccoon Roundworm Spreads (latrines on decks and rooftops; eggs infectious after 2–4 weeks; do not keep or feed raccoons): cdc.gov/baylisascaris/about · cdc.gov/baylisascaris/causes
- FDACS, Pest Control Licensing and Certification (business license; limited wildlife certificate recommended for commercial raccoon trapping in structures): fdacs.gov/.../Licensing-and-Certification
- FDACS Pest Control FAQ (LW certificate; non-chemical methods; does not authorize a pest control business): fdacs.gov/.../Pest-Control-FAQ
- Fla. Stat. 482.191: flsenate.gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0482.191
FAQs
Do you relocate a raccoon off a Clermont lanai?
No. We match you with a licensed local pest control operator. We do not trap, relocate, inspect, or spray. CDC says not to keep, feed, or adopt wild raccoons.
Is a raccoon on the lanai in daylight a pest-control emergency or a medical one?
CDC says never approach animals active in the day that are usually active at night, including raccoons, and to call animal control. A bite or scratch is urgent medical care: wash 15 minutes with soap and water and talk to public health. A nest or latrine on the deck is a licensed wildlife or pest-control file. We match the operator. We do not treat rabies.
What is a raccoon latrine on a lanai?
CDC says raccoons defecate in communal sites on flat surfaces such as decks and rooftops. Eggs in feces take 2 to 4 weeks to become infectious. Do not treat feces as a DIY science project. Ask a clinician if there was possible ingestion.
What Florida license applies — do you have an FWC permit number?
This page does not invent a wildlife permit number. FDACS licenses structural pest control under Chapter 482 and issues a limited wildlife certificate (prefix LW) required for commercial trapping of rats and mice in structures; FDACS recommends that certificate for people who commercially trap raccoons in structures too. We are not that licensee. We match.
Do you handle Clermont wildlife jobs yourselves?
No. We match you with a licensed local pest control operator. We do not spray, bait, inspect, tent, or relocate. Use get a quote and name Clermont.