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Besides being ranked as a top city to live in America, the best college town, and the best new tech hub, Ann Arbor is the place to be if you’re looking for job opportunities, high-quality education, and growth. Ann Arbor is beautiful, with many parks, water resources, and recreational areas adjoining our neighborhoods, and it’s home to wildlife.
Proximity to the Great Lakes contributes to wildlife-related nuisances in Ann Arbor, MI. Animals flock to the area because of its rich ecosystem, with plenty of food and fresh water.
As their population grows, and as we continue to develop Ann Arbor, wildlife is moving into our communities. Because they search for food, water, and shelter, most Ann Arbor homes look very attractive. On any given day in Ann Arbor, you may see rabbits, squirrels, raccoons, rodents, bats, snakes, turtles, foxes, turkeys, woodcocks, and numerous bird species. Some can get into your home and damage your property. They eat your garden crops, dig holes in your yard, build nests in your attic, and leave a lot of urine and feces behind.
Squirrels are common in Ann Arbor neighborhoods. They can find small gaps and openings in soffits, roof returns, fascia boards, and vents to get into attics.
Cooler fall weather often drives rodents toward heated buildings. Restaurants, multifamily housing, office parks, warehouses, and homes with accessible food or clutter can provide year-round shelter and resources.
Bats often roost in attics and wall spaces, entering through tiny gaps near the roof. You must remove them using exclusion devices that allow them to exit but not re-enter. Critter Control ensures compliance with all regulations and thoroughly cleans up bat guano. You cannot trap or exterminate bats.
Starlings, house sparrows, chimney swifts, woodpeckers, and other birds can conflict with residential and commercial buildings. The species involved determines which prevention or removal methods are lawful.
Several different animals can dig up your yard in Ann Arbor. Animals like groundhogs, moles, and voles dig extensive tunnels and burrows, damaging lawns and gardens throughout Paterson’s growing season. Critter Control identifies burrow entrances, uses targeted trapping, and installs barriers to protect your yard.
We use several humane methods to remove animals from your home. Based on the species, number of animals, and condition of your property, we develop a custom wildlife removal plan. Humane wildlife removal strategies include animal traps, one-way doors, and repellents.
Once we guarantee all animals are gone, we implement exclusion techniques. Exclusion techniques provide a safe, long-term solution to nuisance wildlife in your home. We install barriers to keep animals from getting back inside. We only apply exclusions once we are sure all animals are gone from your home
Wildlife will damage your home. Exclusion techniques repair any damage the animal causes by getting into your home. Inside your home, animals build nests and dens from readily available materials. They will create runs through the insulation. Rodents will gnaw on anything, including electrical wires and pipes. Animals can also spread diseases. We apply sanitation agents to clean up feces and urine. Mammals can host pests like fleas, ticks, and mites. Ectoparasite treatments exterminate those pests so you don’t become their next host.
The local raccoon is rarely seen. It truly is a masked bandit that roams at night, searching for food. Their hands and claws are strong, helping them overturn garbage cans, open dumpster lids, ripping through trash bags. They have adapted well to Ann Arbor’s development and will eat just about anything.
Although cute, raccoons can carry rabies and other diseases, and they leave greasy smudges on your property as they force their way through screens and small holes that lead into your home. They are climbers, so they have few problems getting onto your roof, where they may damage shingles, gutters, siding, and more. Once in your attic, they build nests out of any materials they find, including insulation. They also leave behind feces and urine. We have solutions to your raccoon problems.
During the inspection, we determine the severity of the raccoon infestation. We look for physical evidence like footprints in or around the home, stains from raccoon feces and urine. On the exterior of the house, we look for damage like scratches on boards, broken vents and screens, ripped apart shingles, destroyed soffits, and every possible entry point.
Live trapping is one of the most efficient ways to get rid of a raccoon. Depending on the situation, a one-way door or excluder valve can be installed. An excluder valve works by allowing the raccoon to leave but blocks its reentry. The choice of device is largely dependent on the season and location of the raccoons on your property. Direct capture is not commonly used because raccoons are a rabies vector species. If we must trap, we place traps strategically to safely catch the raccoons and we check traps frequently, based on state laws.
We provide a wide range of repair and restoration services. We can repair raccoon damage like broken screens on vents and chimneys and broken boards on decks and porches. It is essential to apply cleaning agents and ectoparasite treatments on areas inhabited by raccoons.
The deer mouse, house mouse, and Norway rat are the most common in our area. You don’t’ see too many rats and mice in Ann Arbor during the day. At night, however, they are out searching for food, water, and shelter. They don’t care if it’s behind Krazy Jim’s Blimpy Burger, your office, or in your attic.
Rats and mice are rodents that can be very destructive. Mice can fit through a hole the size of a quarter, making it possible for them to enter your home in spots you don’t even know exist. They chew wires, rip out insulation, build nests, have babies, and raid your pantry while you sleep. It’s important to call for help at the first sign of a rodent in your home because they multiply quickly and leave behind feces and urine.
During a rodent inspection, we thoroughly inspect your attic and provide a complete exterior home inspection. The most common signs of rodent activity are gnaw marks, feces, rub marks, nesting material, runs in insulation material, and small entry points.
A Critter Control wildlife specialist will create a strategic trapping plan to remove the rodents found in your home. Critter Control specialists may use snap traps and live traps to capture and remove mice and rats. Rodent trapping can usually takes between five to fourteen days.
The best way to reduce the possibility of letting unwanted rodents into homes is to seal possible entrances. Exclusion methods include caulking cracks in foundations, capping chimneys, and installing mesh covers over vents and crawl space entrances. We also strongly recommend a maintenance service. Rodents have front teeth that continuously grow, which means they can gnaw a new way back into your home.
Species of squirrels in Ann Arbor include the Eastern fox and gray squirrels, red squirrels, flying squirrels, chipmunks, woodchucks, and the thirteen-lined ground squirrel. The ones you see most in your yard are the Eastern fox and Eastern gray squirrels.
Squirrels can squeeze through a hole the size of a golf ball. They have strong teeth and can chew through soffits, fascia boards, siding, wood, metal, wire screens, and shingles to gain access to your attic. Once inside your home, squirrels damage attics by chewing wires, ripping up insulation and defecating in the attic. They will use items found in your attic to build a nest, like those treasured, sentimental family heirlooms.
Here’s how our Critter Control pros can help.
Wildlife specialists look for signs such as chewing on, in, or around your home, small openings leading to the attic or the crawl space, droppings, and debris like nuts or nesting material. Beams, wires, pipes, and insulation may all show signs of damage from squirrels.
Live trapping or one-way doors are the most effective and humane ways to get rid of squirrels. One-way doors should never be used during birthing seasons (Spring & Fall), so our specialists will decide which is the best tool for the job. If we have to trap, we place traps strategically to safely catch the squirrels and check those according to state laws.
We can restore your home or office by squirrel proofing all entry points after we have removed the offenders. We can also clean-up the nesting sites and remove any debris, food, feces and soiled insulation.
f you want to get rid of insects around your home, bats are one solution. They can eat thousands of insects a night. If you want to get rid of bats, Critter Control of Ann Arbor is the solution.
There are nine bats in Michigan, but the two most common in the Ann Arbor area are the big brown bat and the Northern long-eared bat. Many bats are on the list of threatened or endangered list and are protected when removing them from your property. It’s crucial to hire a professional who understands the laws to deal with a bat problem on your property. Bat removal is not a DIY project as they carry diseases and can bite if they feel threatened.
If you hear scratching or chirping in your attic, ceiling, or walls at night, It’s likely the brown bat. You may even see them flying around light sources at night, feeding on insects. You may also see bat guano on parts of your property.
We can help solve your bat problem.
We perform a full interior and exterior inspection and search for signs such as rub marks, guano, a strong scent of ammonia, and small openings. The most common sign is the accumulation of guano (feces).
The most effective and humane way to remove bats is by utilizing a bat valve in conjunction with a full home exclusion. A bat valve allows for bats to exit your home but not re-enter. We follow all local ordinances for humane bat removal. We will never abandon flightless pups in your attic.
After removing the bat valves, we seal the entrance hole(s) so bats can no longer enter your home. If there is substantial guano in your attic, you should consider taking advantage of our attic remediation services to remove the soiled insulation and replace it.
You can see roosting birds all over Ann Arbor, including park benches, cars, and of course, your home and property. European starlings, house sparrows, and pigeons are a few that are growing in number and getting creative in where they build nests.
If they have made their way in your attic, eaves, roof ledges, and trees, you likely have some damages as a result. We can help!
We perform a full interior and exterior inspection and search for signs such as rub marks, guano, a strong scent of ammonia, and small openings. The most common sign is the accumulation of guano (feces).
The most effective and humane way to remove bats is by utilizing a bat valve in conjunction with a full home exclusion. A bat valve allows for bats to exit your home but not re-enter. We follow all local ordinances for humane bat removal. We will never abandon flightless pups in your attic.
After removing the bat valves, we seal the entrance hole(s) so bats can no longer enter your home. If there is substantial guano in your attic, you should consider taking advantage of our attic remediation services to remove the soiled insulation and replace it.
Several types of animals can dig up your yard. Moles and woodchucks (groundhogs) are two of the most common. Critter Control identifies burrow entrances, uses targeted trapping, and installs barriers to protect your yard.
Moles and woodchucks both dig up your lawn, but create two different types of tunnels. Properly identitying active tunnels is essential for effective control.
Depending on the number of animals, the tunnels, and their location, we create a custom plan to remove the animals from your yard and keep new ones from returning.
Moles are territorial. So you are vulnerable to other moles if you don’t use a prevention and exclusion plan.
Animals in attics, walls, crawl spaces and under decks.
We deal with far more animals in the summer months than in the winter.
Broken gable vents and seeing insulation on the ground.
Keep trees cut back 10-feet from roof line. Look at roof lines, gable vents and roof vents for damage.
Immediately when they hear noises in the attic, walls or crawl space.
