Pests & Nuisance Wildlife
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WILDLIFE PROBLEM? WE CAN HELP.
Don’t let wildlife or pests take over your home.
Pests and nuisance wildlife in and around a home can be a stressful experience. Nuisance wildlife can pose health risks to you and your family, damage your home, and disrupt your daily life. Critter Control is your trusted partner in restoring peace and safety to your property.
The experts at Critter Control have spent the last four decades humanely removing animals and cleaning up the mess. These resources are some of the tools the wildlife technicians use to investigate wildlife pest problems.
Identify Animal Sounds
One of the most common complaints homeowners have about nuisance wildlife is the noise! Pests like raccoons, squirrels, and rats make a ruckus living in your attics, walls, and basements.
Identify the different animal noises to help deteremine your pest infestations.
Animal in the House
Wild animals and rodents have the same needs at people- food, water, and shelter. The house that protects you is also an ideal place for wildlife to live.
Discover the most common nuisance wildlife and the most likely place they’re living inside your home.
Animal in Duct Work
Pests, rodents, and other small animals will get inside your air ducts. The warm air venting attracts the animals like rats, birds, and bats. Once inside the vents, they can destory ductwork, contimiante them, and spread diseases.
Identify Animal Droppings
You might not see the actual pest animal in your home, but there will be evidence. Animal droppings are some of the most obvious forms of physical evidence critters like rats, mice, raccoons, and bats leave behind.
Succesfully identify animal feces can indicate what animal is in your house. From there, we can create a solution for removal.
What Animal is Living Under my House?
Critters have an uncanny knack for making their homes in less-than-ideal places. Many animals will happily make the home under the house. These critters can create dens and burrows under your porch or deck, under a shed, inside the crawlspace, or within your basement.
Wildlife Damage
Pests and nuisance wildlife will cause damage to the exterior and interior of your house. Animal damage can cause lost of power, water damage, decrease the efficiency of your insluation, or incrase the risk for house fires. Different critters cause different types of damage. Recongizing what type of damage you have can lead to properly identify the nuisance wildife or pests.
Pests and Nuisance Wildlife Gallery
Explore our critter gallery to help identify some of the most common nuisance wildlife.
Recent Blog Posts
- Spring and Summertime Critters in the Pacific NorthwestSpring is the time when leaves turn green; daffodils, tulips, and lilacs bloom; grass starts growing, and love is in the air for those pesky critters. With urban sprawl all around us, critters such as birds, squirrels and raccoons have adapted to co-exist with humans by nesting in attics or crawlspaces, chimneys, in or under… Read more: Spring and Summertime Critters in the Pacific Northwest
- Critter Activity in Fall and Winter in the Pacific NorthwestWith the onset of our region’s rainy weather, we at Critter Control have noticed that, especially at this time of year, critters are starting to look for warm places to stay as it gets colder. This is a great time to conduct a comprehensive preventive inspection of the home. This includes looking for weakened foundation,… Read more: Critter Activity in Fall and Winter in the Pacific Northwest
- Seattle Wildlife Calendar CalendarHere at Critter Control, we have noticed several patterns in wildlife in the Pacific Northwest. Contrary to popular belief, it’s not just breeding/baby season when animals are active. Hover over a month to see common critters during that season. Click on a critter to learn more detailed information. Wildlife Activity in Spring Spring is the… Read more: Seattle Wildlife Calendar Calendar
- Inspection for Mice – How Mice Get Inside the CeilingFollow along as Jesse Fraser, owner of Critter Control of New Hampshire, explains how mice get into the house and up into a bedroom ceiling. These homeowners were not hearing anything, but they were noticing a particular odor associated with mice.
- How Far Can Squirrels Jump? Watch to Find OutAs squirrels spend their days running up and down trees and jumping from branch to branch, they have a bird’s-eye view of your roof and its weaknesses. Squirrels can jump four feet vertically and jump six to eight feet horizontally. Squirrels can theoretically survive a fall from any height! Video courtesy of Critter Control in Portland,… Read more: How Far Can Squirrels Jump? Watch to Find Out
- Watch a Raccoon Climb into an Attic
- What are the Major Wildlife Concerns in Springfield, IL?Springfield, Illinois, is a historic city and the capital of Illinois. Best known as the home, library, and burial city of Abraham Lincoln, this city has other important features that make it a lively place to live, work, and visit. In addition to the city proper, the suburbs of Jerome, Leland Grove, Southern View, and… Read more: What are the Major Wildlife Concerns in Springfield, IL?
- Why Are Animals Getting into Homes More Often in Cities?If you live in or near a city, you may have noticed wildlife showing up in unexpected places in and around your home. Scratching sounds in the attic. Movement in the walls. An animal under the deck that keeps coming back. For many homeowners, these situations are no longer rare or surprising—they’re becoming familiar. Urban… Read more: Why Are Animals Getting into Homes More Often in Cities?
- How to Keep Skunks Off Your Michigan PropertyDo you smell that? Oh no…nothing can ruin a day quicker than a skunk in your yard spraying you or your pet. Skunks can cause extensive damage to your property and pose a serious threat to your safety. It is important that your remove skunks from your Michigan property at first sign of infestation. If… Read more: How to Keep Skunks Off Your Michigan Property