We had raccoons climb down the chimney and live in our summer house. One of the gave birth and left the afterbirth for us.
They ate part of the doors and left their paws prints everywhere.
Mice, rats, roaches, waterbugs, squirrels, and pigeons are a way of life in New York. Sometimes they get in your home. It's gross, but you just exterminate them. Well, not the squirrels or pigeons. They are part of a catch and release program.