Charlottesville Animal Control Capture Removal & Trapping In Virginia

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Charlottesville animal control capture, removal and trapping in Charlottesville, VA can sometime be more difficult than it appears. Do you need a local Charlottesville  animal control capture removal or trapping company in Virginia? Do you have a squirrel, bats, raccoons or other critters in your attic? If so, you probably ask, how do I get rid of the these nuisance pests living in my attic? In the field of human-wildlife conflicts, probably the most common scenarios in Charlottesville, VA are bats, raccoons and squirrels in the attic. Most people become aware that an animal is living in their attic when they hear scampering, or scratching noises above the ceiling. It makes you wonder, are the animals chewing my electrical wires? Are they damaging my insulation? Are animal droppings (poop, feces) dangerous? What other damage can wildlife do to my home? You should consider hiring a professional company for animal wildlife removal in Charlottesville Virginia.

A wide variety of animals choose to live in the attics of buildings, from rats and mice, bats and pigeons, raccoons, opossums, and of course squirrels. Most of these animals will oftentimes use other areas of the home as well, from the soffits to the wall voids to the space between floors, so the attic is not the only area you’ll find critters.

Squirrel Noises: If you hear noises in your attic and you are unsure as to the source, it’s relatively easy to determine if it’s squirrels – squirrels are active during the daytime. Thus, if you hear scampering and scurrying noises during the day, it’s likely squirrels. Other attic-dwelling critters, such as rats and mice, bats, flying squirrels, opossums, and raccoons, are nocturnal, so they mostly only make noise at night. Flying squirrels are also nocturnal. If may also be rats or mice. Gray squirrels are most active during the morning and evening. They can be heard as they exit the attic in search of food and as they come back in, as well as during the times they simply run around in the attic. Mostly, it sounds like a quick and light scampering. Sometimes people can hear them as they gnaw on wood, and sometimes as they roll nuts around. Depending on the acoustics of the home and the sensitivity of the listener, the noise may sound faint or loud.

Squirrel Sightings: Because squirrels are active during the daytime, and because they often chew a large entry hole, many people often see the squirrels exiting and entering the house. Squirrel sightings are best way to be certain that the critter(s) you hear are actually squirrels. Squirrel removal in Charlottesville Virginia should be left to train experts who will attempt to identify squirrel entry points, trap and remove the squirrels, check for the presence of baby squirrels, clean up any squirrel poop – if necessary, and repair animal damage to help prevent animal from re-entering the home.

Many Customers Ask, Why My Home or Business? Attics make a great place to live! They are warm and dry and safe. Eastern Gray Squirrels are highly adaptable animals, and they are very agile. They are arboreal, which means they live in trees. Female squirrels give birth to two litters of young per year, one in summer, and one in winter. The exact time of birth can vary a bit based on several factors, but generally the winter litter is born in early February and the summer litter in early August. Much of the time, the female makes a leaf and twig nest high up in a tree. If she can find a hollow tree, that’s even better. If she can find an attic, that’s better still. Squirrels are very urbanized animals, as you can see when you look out your window. They are members of the rodent family, and are excellent at gnawing and chewing on wood. Combine these factors, and of course it makes sense that female squirrels chew their way into attics in order to have and raise young. In fact, male squirrels or any squirrel at any time of the year may find that an attic makes a good place to safely spend the night and store nuts. Though the squirrels mostly live in the attic, they’ll also live in soffits, squirrels can be down in walls, between floors in the ceilings, and other areas inside the structure of your home or business.

How Do Squirrels Get Into My Home or Business?  Squirrels are excellent climbers. Most of the time, they’ve chosen an attic based on convenience or proximity to their normal home range. Squirrels are excellent chewers, so they often chew through wooden fascia boards, gable vents, soffits or other areas to gain access. If there’s an easy and obvious way in, they will find it. A house with wide-open holes and easy access stands a higher chance of seeing a squirrel enter at some point. Squirrels can fit through small areas, so most of the time they don’t even need to chew their way in – they just find a gap somewhere in the architecture. Easy climbing access, such as trees adjacent to the house, also increases the probability of animal entry and habituation. But even without nearby trees, squirrels have no problem climbing almost anything. The most popular area of entry is any place where an eave meets up against a roof portion of the house, such as a dormer, or any architectural bend leading sections of the roof to meet. They also often get in where the roofline meets the fascia. Vents, both on the roof, the gables, and under eaves, are very common entry points, especially if they are not sealed properly.

Should I Be Worried About Squirrels Damaging My Attic? The squirrel often finds bedding material by shredding roof or wall paper, and shredding vent ducts and insulation around pipes. The biggest problem is that they chew, and I’ve seen dozens of cases in which they’ve chewed electrical wires. It’s estimated that half of house fires of unknown origin are due to rodent chewing on electrical wires. I’ve been to several homes that have experienced power outages due to squirrels chewing on wires, along with alarm systems being tripped, and PVC plumbing lines chewed through, resulting in big water damage. Basically, if you’ve got any wires or pipes in the attic, the squirrels will gnaw on them. Also animals that live in houses also sometimes die in houses, and the odor of a dead squirrel is incredible. I remove many dead squirrels from attics. They also urinate and defecate everywhere. I’ve seen some attics that have been heavily contaminated with squirrel droppings. This is not only unsanitary and smells bad, but squirrel droppings are host to a number of zoonotic diseases.

Charlottesville Animal Control Capture Removal, and Trapping Options – Charlottesville, VA.  Squirrels in the attic is a serious problem, and it’s not always the kind of thing that can be solved with a quick and easy fix. We’ve come across many instances of orphaned squirrels in an attic. This is usually due to inferior trapping companies and do-it-yourself homeowners who trap mama, relocate her, and leave the young up in the attic. Then I get called out because I am capable of finding the young and doing whatever it takes – tight crawls through hot attics, cutting through walls, hours of searching – in order to find and remove them. I think that the issue of abandoned baby animals is a big problem in wildlife trapping, one that many people overlook – until they hear the noise or smell the odor that is. So please, if you have squirrels in the attic, call a professional Charlottesville Virginia animal wildlife trapping, removal and control company. We can solve your squirrel problem, as well as critter issues caused by controlling other types of wildlife. Squirrel removal in Charlottesville Virginia if done improperly can result in additional damage to your home, trapped animals that end of dying, orphaned baby squirrels trapped in the attic or other inaccessible locations, animal disease exposure to you or your family, or nasty animal bites. Contact Virginia Professional Wildlife Removal Services, LLC at (434) 270-0488 for all of your Charlottesville Virginia animal removal needs. You can also visit Charlottesville Animal Removal, Trapping and Control for additional animal removal services.