When wildlife finds its way into your High Point, NC home or business, Critter Control is your trusted local partner for humane and effective animal removal.
High Point’s blend of wooded neighborhoods, nearby lakes, and a temperate climate creates an ideal environment for a variety of wildlife. Residents often encounter animals seeking shelter in attics, crawlspaces, and yards, especially during seasonal changes or after storms. Critter Control addresses these issues with tailored solutions that respect both the animals and your property.
Habitat loss and fragmentation due to development, the greatest threat to North Carolina wildlife, mean human-wildlife conflicts will continue. Some animals like raccoons, squirrels, bats, skunks, and opossums have adapted extremely well to live in urban and suburban habitats
Critter Control offers tailored wildlife removal services for the most common nuisance animals in High Point, NC. Our humane, 4-step process is designed to address the unique challenges posed by each species, ensuring effective and lasting solutions. Whether you’re dealing with squirrels in your attic, raccoons in your crawlspace, or bats in your walls, our team has the expertise and equipment to resolve the issue safely and efficiently.
Our experts conduct a thorough inspection of your property, identifying the species involved, entry points, and nesting sites. High Point’s seasonal weather and mature trees mean we pay special attention to rooflines, attics, and crawlspaces where animals are most likely to enter.
We use safe, pest-specific methods to humanely exclude or trap nuisance wildlife, including squirrels, raccoons, opossums, and bats. Our approach minimizes stress for the animals and ensures compliance with local regulations.
After removal, we seal all entry points using chew-resistant materials, preventing future infestations. This is especially important in High Point, where mild winters allow some animals to remain active year-round.
Raccoons roam Triad neighborhoods looking for a place to rest and something to eat. Open trash cans and outdoor pet food bowls encourage a raccoon to nest nearby. As a result, North Carolina residents who feed pests either directly or by accident may find these animals denning under their porches or decks.
Raccoons are strong, intelligent, and can cause significant damage if not handled properly. Our raccoon removal process in High Point uses humane trapping and relocation, followed by thorough repairs and sanitation to prevent future 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 raccoon control services. Repair raccoon damage to the exterior and installing exclusion devices keep raccoons out. It is essential to apply cleaning agents and ectoparasite treatments on areas inhabited by raccoons.
Squirrels are among the most persistent and challenging animals to remove in High Point, especially in neighborhoods with mature trees and easy roof access. Our squirrel removal process prioritizes humane exclusion and prevention, ensuring minimal stress for the animals and long-term protection for your home.
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.
The most effective squirrel control are exclusion repairs. 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.
Bats are protected species in North Carolina and require specialized removal techniques. Our process ensures bats are safely excluded without harm, and all entry points are sealed to prevent re-entry.
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.
Skunks can be a major nuisance in High Point, especially when they dig under structures or spray near homes. Our humane trapping and exclusion methods keep your property skunk-free.
Skunks are most likely to be active in your yard looking for food or finding a safe place to den to give birth. Our inspection identifies skunk activity like holes, dens, and track marks
The most effective method of skunk removal near you is a cage trap.
After safe trapping and removal, we seal the areas around the den to prevent future infestations.
The only North American marsupial, Opossums are opportunistic ominovres. They eat almost anything, including garbage, roadkill, rotten fruit, grass, insects, ticks, rodents, and snakes. Opossums become a nuisance in the Triad area when they enter homes lookig for a den site, or damage yards and gardens in search of food.
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.
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.
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.
If you have spotted a snake in your house or garage, then it may be time to call in the team of experts at Critter Control.
Snakes avoid detection. Typical signs of snakes in your home include snake dropping and shredded snake skins.
Snakes do not enter your home randomly. Snakes are in your basement, crawlspace, attic, shed or garage for a purpose. The snake is either hunting for food or escaping the elements.
Snakes can be a sign of a rodent infestation. During our inspection, we look for signs of snakes, rats, and mice.
When cornered, snakes will try to strike out and bite, so contacting a trained wildlife removal specialist is the safest option when it comes to snake control. The experts at Critter Control humanely capture pest snakes to ensure the safety of all nearby residents.
Preventative exclusion work to seal any construction gaps within your home will also help keep snakes out and other critters like rats, bats, and raccoons. To help keep snakes away from your property, make your yard less appealing for snakes. Snakes love sheltered areas so general landscaping will help. Trim brushes, clear debris, clean up leaf piles, cut tall grass and remove rock piles.
Pocket gophers and moles are some of the most common critters to destroy lawns and gardens. Chipmunks, rabbits, skunks, and raccoons can also dig up your lawn. Our process targets the source of the problem and implements long-term prevention.
Our comphrensive inspection correctly identifies the critters digging up your yard and the main locations of their activity.
From our inspection, we deploy a custom trapping solutions that can include deterrents to get the critters out of your yard.
Depending on the animal species and your property, we can install exclusions to protect it. We can provide an ongoing maintenance service to keep your yard free from holes.
Bats, squirrels, raccoons, mice, rats and birds.
Summer months we are active solving issues for bats. Colder months we are active for squirrels. Mouse issues occur all year long.
Noises in attic and walls, droppings in attic. Animal activity in crawlspaces.
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