When wildlife invades your home or property in Olive Branch, TN, it’s more than just an inconvenience. It’s a threat to your property, your health, and your family’s peace of mind. Our team specializes in safely handling nuisance animals common to DeSoto County, including squirrels, raccoons, opossums, bats, skunks, and more.
With a focus on humane practices and long-term prevention, we help protect homes and businesses throughout DeSoto County communities from the damage and health risks posed by unwanted wildlife.
Critter Control Wildlife Removal Process
Critter Control is here for you every step of the way in the wildlife removal process. From inspection to removal—and even exclusion and repair—we have the services you need to get rid of raccoons, rodents, squirrels, opossums, birds, and any type of nuisance wildlife.
First, we identify the animal on the property, then use humane methods to remove the animal and secure weak points where more could enter. If damage has been done, we can make those repairs for a complete restoration.
Pest Control Inspection
During the inspection, we determine how many animals are present, where they’re located, and how they got inside. Based on what you have seen, heard, and smelled, we start the inspection where you have noticed signs of animal activity.
Evidence of animals inside your home includes nests, dens, feces, and animal tracks. We investigate the exterior of your home, looking for possible entry points and any evidence of animal damage, tracks, fur, animal waste, or rub marks.
Animal Trapping and Removal
We use several methods to humanely remove the animal from your home. Depending on the species, the number of animals, and the 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.
Animal Exclusions
Exclusion techniques provide a safe, long-term solution to nuisance wildlife in your home. We create barriers to prevent animals from getting back inside. We only apply exclusions once we are sure all animals are gone.
Repair and Remediation
Animals can also spread diseases such as leptospirosis, salmonella, and hantavirus—all of which can pose serious risks to your health.
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.
Hearing scratching noises? Notice small black pellets near baseboards?
Rodents like rats and mice are some of the most common and destructive pests in Mississippi. They damage your home and spread diseases.
You may never see rodents on your property, but the signs they leave behind are evidence of their destructive behaviors.
Rodents will gnaw on almost anything. You can find gnaw marks on electrical wires, siding, pipes, garden hoses, and wood. Inside your home, rats and mice will gnaw holes in your cabinets to access pantry foods, baseboards, vents, screens, and anything else they need to survive.
We can exterminate your rodent problem.
Inspection
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.
Rodent Trapping
A Critter Control rodent control specialist will create a strategic trapping plan for
rodent extermination. 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.
Exclusions
Once we trap and remove rodents, we can start repairing the damaged areas. Exclusions focus on areas most commonly used as entry points.
These include areas around the foundation, utility access points, and areas along the roof like soffits.
Raccoons in Mississippi are nocturnal bandits that enter your home looking for shelter. They’re attracted to properties with available food sources. They can open garbage cans searching for food scraps, dig holes in your yard searching for insects, raid your garden for fruits and vegetables, and climb up your chimney and into your home when it’s time to sleep.
Once in your home, raccoons can shred drywall, chew through wires, scratch flooring, and use insulation to create a nest. If they decide to build a nest in your chimney or vents, you are at risk for fire hazards.
When Critter Control is called for raccoon removal near you, we show up prepared.
Inspection
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.
Raccoon Trapping
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.
Exclusions
The best raccoon control is exclusions. We repair raccoon entry points and seal them to keep raccoons out. We can repair raccoon damage like broken screens on vents and chimneys.
Squirrel Removal Near You
Squirrels are common to DeSoto County neighborhoods. Squirrels spend most of their time collecting foods to store for winter months and nest-building materials. They carry their collections into your home via the chimney, vents, or small holes or cracks that seem insignificant.
Once in your home, squirrels will wreak havoc, making your attic their winter haven. Expect gnawed wires, shredded insulation, and if you have sentimental objects not correctly stored, it could become part of their nest. For squirrel pest control, here’s what we do.
Inspection
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.
Squirrel Trapping
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.
Exclusions
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.
Opossums are more of a nuisance than a real danger. An opossum tends to live in woodland areas. However, this animal will visit the city to hunt for birds, mice, and insects (as ominvores they eat almost anything). Opossums will use attics, crawlspaces and the areas under sheds and porches as dens.
Exclusion work is usually the most effective method to keep opossums away, like sealing entry points to prevent entry to attics and crawl spaces. Securing potential food sources, like pet food and garbage also helps. Scare devices only provide temporary solutions.
Inspection
Opossums can be found inside attics and basements or outside under decks and sheds. Common signs include unique paw prints and feces. Opossums are docile and usually easy to spot.
Trapping and Removal
Opossums can be lured into cages for live capture. If it is maternity season, we follow all guidelines for removing mother and newborn opossums. We will seal entryways into the building to prevent opossums from reentering in the future. Opossums can be kept from getting under sheds and decks by installing fencing around the bottom edges and burying the fence underground.
Opossum Control
Broken screens on chimney and roof vents are replaced with sturdier materials, and we properly seal all entry points, including crawlspaces. We clean and deodorize areas of opossum activity. Exclusion may include eliminating sources that attract bugs, like nighttime lighting, stagnant water, and livestock poop.
The Critter Control Difference
At Critter Control, we believe that resolving a wildlife issue is about more than just removing an animal—it’s about restoring peace of mind and protecting what matters most. That’s why we approach every job with professionalism, respect, and a deep understanding of the responsibility you place in our hands when inviting us into your home or business.
100% Money Back Guarantee
Your satisfaction is always guaranteed. If you’re not completely satisifed with the results of our work, we’ll offer a full refund. No questions asked.
In-House Financing Available
Our customers can take advantage of our in-house financing. Our flexible payment schedule and quick approval means you don’t have to wait on financing for us to get started. We’re the only pest control company that offers in-house financing for wildlife removal in Germantown, TN.
Local Specialists, Expert Training
Our team works and live in the communities we serve. Backed by over 40 years of experience and training, our teammates provide the absolute best wildlife control.
Comphrensive Pest Control
We can take care of any pest that might be infesting your home. Sign up for our prevenetive services and get protection from any kind of pests.
Residential and Commercial
Invading nuisance wildlife can wreak havoc on property. If left unattended, wildlife and pests can cause costly property damage. Whether a residential property, apartment building, retail store, office building, industrial plant, medical facility, or warehouse, our trained professionals can handle any wildlife removal problem.
Other Common Wildlife Issues
