Warning: one thing on your property is quietly telling raccoons your home is worth visitingYou lock the front door. Why this is worth two more minutes of your nightBefore we get to what the thing is, it’s worth knowing what you’re inviting when raccoons keep coming back. [1] And raccoons carry fleas, ticks, and mites that don’t stay on the raccoon once it wanders off your yard. What gets a house tagged as worth the trip comes down to two things a raccoon picks up from a distance. You put a $200 (about €185) wooden screen in front of the one thing telling the wildlife you were open for business.