Wildlife Control: How To Go About It

Wildlife may be cute to look at but not when it's hiding in your house. Unfortunately many home owners have discovered that when the temperatures drop outside unwanted visitors start coming inside seeking warmth or food. Rats and mice can get into even the best maintained home through openings the size of a quarter where electrical wiring enters the home. Once inside rats and mice are good at hiding and in damaging the home by eating through wiring, drywall and anything else they fancy. They also leave their calling card in their wake and create a real health danger to residents who are exposed to them.

Other creatures that you wouldn't expect in your home such as bats are not looking for food or warmth but rather shelter since most of their native habituate has been destroyed by people driving them to find shelter where they can. Bats of course carry the risk of rabies and if one gets out of the attic and into the house, it will fly around attempting to escape and possibly come into contact with the unsuspecting human tenant. And of course the danger with any encounter with wildlife includes the possibility of being bitten and contracting rabies.

The real danger with bats however is not with the bat itself as much as it is with what the bats leave behind. Bat droppings can eat through insulation and drywall and over time the odor becomes very strong. The dried bat droppings can get into the air and once inhaled can cause humans to be potentially exposed to disease.

Raccoons, skunks, squirrels and opossum have also been known to become unwanted visitors who if left to their own devises will destroy a home and become very aggressive and territorial when homeowners attempt to evict them. Most of these animals will move in and bring their family with them so in no time at all a home can go from one invasive animal to a whole family and they can become even more difficult to get out at that point.

It is far safer to call in an expert trained in removing animals than risk attempting removal yourself. A wild life removal service will humanly trap the wildlife and remove it. They will also find the entrance that the animal used to get in and seal it up to prevent further infestations. They will also leave traps if they are warranted and recheck them before removal to make sure they have solved your wildlife problems. After all wildlife is wonderful thing to observe but not in your kitchen.