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
- How to Keep Raccoons Out of PoolsDuring the summer, pools can become another attractant to nuisance wildlife. Frogs and snakes are some of the most common critters to find swimming in the pool. Birds, squirrels, and even deer will investigate a pool in the backyard. Raccoons in the pool are a unique problem because they use an available water source to… Read more: How to Keep Raccoons Out of Pools
- Homeowner’s Guide to MiceWatch Critter Control’s guide to mice infestations and how to get rid of mice.
- Nuisance Wildlife Seasonality in BirminghamBirmingham is called the Magic City for its rapid growth in the early days. The wildlife population has been rapidly growing, too. Currently, Alabama is home to 22 species of rodents, 16 species of bats, 11 species of carnivores, six species of insectivores, four species of rabbits, one opossum, and one armadillo. Non-native wildlife includes… Read more: Nuisance Wildlife Seasonality in Birmingham
- Stinging Insects in Knoxville, TNBees, paper wasps, and hornets often nest in attics, walls, soffits, under eaves and porches, or in tree branches. Others — like yellowjackets and some bee species — prefer to build their nests in the ground. When these nests are located near entrances, windows, decks, or inside your home, they can pose a real risk.… Read more: Stinging Insects in Knoxville, TN
- How Bats Get Inside : Photo Guide to Bat Entry PointsSpring and summer are the most common times of year for people in Raleigh-Durham to experience a bat infestation. Bats are relatively harmless to people. It is exceedingly rare to get bitten by a bat. In fact, bats around your property can help with pest control. Flying insects like mosquitoes make up the majority of… Read more: How Bats Get Inside : Photo Guide to Bat Entry Points
- Houston Homeowner Turns into Raccoon Lifeguard!Watch as he saves a raccoon that tumbled into his pool! The disaster was narrowly adverted for this raccoon family. While they were strolling through a backyard, one of the kits tumbled into the chilly pool! The rest of the family scurried to get him out of the cold water. Fortunately, the homeowner saw the… Read more: Houston Homeowner Turns into Raccoon Lifeguard!
- Pigeon Control in Columbia, MOPeter, Brandon, and Jacob recently completed a commercial bird netting and clean-up job in Columbia. Pigeons had been roosting in the rafters above this utility building for quite some time, creating a mess. The guys were able to remove the nesting material, clean up the droppings, and install a netting to prevent further roosting. Pigeon Nest Removal… Read more: Pigeon Control in Columbia, MO
- Identifying Raccoon Damage in the Attic in South JerseyRaccoons can create a surprising amount of damage and destruction in a short amount of time. They are clever, tenacious critters that are strong with sharp claws. Do not ignore a raccoon in the attic! Understanding how to identify and address raccoon problems is crucial for protecting your home and maintaining a safe, healthy living… Read more: Identifying Raccoon Damage in the Attic in South Jersey
- Bird Control in Parking Lots: Strategies for Keeping Them AwayWhy are the birds here? It is always about resources. For birds, as with other animals, their activities at any point in time are related to securing resources for survival. We must expand the standard needs list of “food, water, and shelter” when considering migration, breeding seasons, weather seasons, etc. Transitions between resources are also… Read more: Bird Control in Parking Lots: Strategies for Keeping Them Away