Critter Control specializes in returning your attic to pristine condition after a nuisance animal infestation. Critter Control technicians have the training and experience to safely remove an animal, repair the damage, and install exclusions for a long-term and holistic solution.
Animals in Attic Damages
If an animal has been living in your attic, it has damaged it. Damage can include contaminated insulation, destroyed insulation, or damaged air ducts. An animal in your attic also introduces health risks like histoplasmosis or leptospirosis.
Dens and Nests
Wildlife will create dens and nests with the available materials in the nooks and crannies of your attic space. Dens and nests are often made using your insulation or HVAC ductwork, but animals can also use cardboard boxes, clothe, paper, and anything available. Dens and nests can reduce the energy efficiency of your home and destroy stored items.
Squirrel’s Nest in Insulation
Insulation Removed by Squirrel
Droppings in Attic
Feces and urine from any animal infestation not only create terrible odors but also cause structural damage to your home. Animal droppings will contaminate the insulation and reduce the r-value. Feces and urine can rot and contaminate wood, and ruin stored personal items in the attic. Animal feces in the attic may also lead to stained ceilings and drywall. and terrible odors.
Rodent Droppings in Attic 
Raccoon Damage in Attic
Attic Remediation
When considering attic remediation, you want a service provider that can do more than install insulation. Our attic remediation services restore your attic to its original condition. We clean up any debris introduced from squirrels and raccoons. We will clean up any animal droppings and remove soiled insulation. Finally, we can replace the attic insulation
Attic Insulation Replacement
The proper amount of attic insulation will help reduce your energy bills. Contact Critter Control to inspect your current insulation level. Our technicians can install new insulation to bring your attic up to the recommended level of insulation.
Many insulation materials can be difficult to work with. Let the professionals at Critter Control of Indianapolis complete your attic insulation installation. We will remove attic insulation that has been soiled and damaged with wildlife droppings and dispose of it.Raccoon Damage in Attic Repair 
New Insulation Installation
Full Attic Restoration Process
In certain cases, a full attic restoration is necessary.
Step 1: Remove all current insulation in attics and remove large feces by hand with protective gloves or an industrial vacuum
Step 2: If necessary, remove the small feces from the attic using a HEPA-filtered vacuum.
Step 3: Fogging the entire attic with a disinfectant-virucide-deodorizer.
Step 4: Replace soffit baffles and recessed light covers as necessary.
Step 5: Install new, energy-efficient insulation.
Benefits of Using Critter Control’s Attic Restoration Services
For more than forty years, our team has been committed to providing humane methods when removing animals from any property. We take special care to think about an animal’s mating cycles, offspring, and nearby habitats where these animals can make a new home.
Our CritterSafe program uses tactics such as non-lethal animal removal, no-trap animal control, wildlife release on-site, and one-way doors to let animals leave on their own to minimize stress.
Critter Control personnel are expertly trained and maintain ongoing learning to keep up with best practices and new methods. In addition, we have a satisfaction guarantee extended to all customers. Every animal infestation is unique. We’ll create a custom wildlife damage control plan specific to your situation.
All photos courtesy of Critter Control of New Hampshire
Porcupines venture into residential areas for a surprising reason—they crave salt that they cannot get from their diet of leaves and bark, and there is plenty of it near humans. Some of their favorite sources of salt include car tires that have driven through salted streets, tool handles and boat oars found in sheds, horse saddles, and plywood that is glued with a sodium-based material. Porcupines are an uncommon home intruder. If one is a regular in your yard, it is likely because of unusual circumstances such as a drought or food shortage.
We trapped and relocated these two porcupines.
The biggest nuisance is when dogs bother them. They will defend themselves. Porcupines can strip and kill an ornamental tree in less than a week. In the forest,this helps with opening the forest floor as well as providing food sources for woodpeckers. They find food in the decaying tree. Nature has its process.
Owls will use the cavities opened by woodpeckers.
We suspected a homeowner in Pittsburgh might have a fox on her property. She found dead mice, moles, and rabbits in your yard. Foxes are nocturnal creatures. Catching a fox can be tricky because a fox’s territory could be up to 2 or 3 square miles. We set up a wildlife game camera to confirm a fox was in her yard.
If you’re trying to catch rats that recently invaded your home, you may be having some difficulties. Here are some of the potential reasons why your rat trap isn’t working.
4 Reasons Your Rat Trap Isn’t Working
- Bait– Baiting your traps with the wrong types of food could reduce their effectiveness. Using cheese or peanut butter will typically work better, but is not guaranteed.
- Location– This is one of the most crucial parts of setting rodent traps. To effectively catch rats, traps should be strategically placed around your home. Good spots include:
- Corners
- Garages
- Crawl spaces
- Along walls
- Near holes in the walls or ceiling
It’s also important to spread your rat traps out sufficiently. Traps should be placed at least 15 feet apart.
- Trap Type– Using the wrong kind of trap can also cause problems. Snap traps and electric traps are relatively useful, while glue traps are used for smaller rodents. If your traps aren’t working, consider switching to a different type of trap.
- Other Reasons– While changing the location, bait, and type of your trap may help you catch more rodents, it won’t solve the root of the problem: rodent traps aren’t the best method. If you have a rodent infestation, you should call a professional to take care of it.
How We Can Help
When your rat traps aren’t working, the rodent removal experts at Critter Control® can safely and humanely remove these pests from your home. We will not only safely remove them from your home but will also prevent them from returning by sealing up any holes they used to get in.
Advice from Critter Control of Gainesville
This mother raccoon in Toronto, Canada comes to recover her baby that was removed from a home.