How Does the Wildlife Removal Process Work?

 If you have a critter wreaking havoc in your attic, crawlspace, or even the living spaces in your home, you want the animal out as soon as possible. Having wild creatures in your home, no matter their size can create safety concerns and damage. Here at Wild Science Solutions, they understand that wildlife removal projects require a sense of urgency, and he is here to tell you a little bit more about what the ensuing process will look like. After they arrive, they will ask you questions about what type of damage you’ve noticed and what led you to believe there was an infestation. Once they gather this information, they will survey the area where you believe the critter is making a home for itself. After having a better feel for what type of animal we’re dealing with and where it’s located, they come up with a plan for removal. 

So you’ve decided it’s time to call in the professionals, now what? First off congratulations on making the right decisions. It is tempting to attempt to get rid of a wildlife problem on your own and save a few bucks. But when it comes to living animals breaking into one of your most valuable investments; calling a professional wildlife removal company is a no-brainer. What happens next? Depends on what species you are dealing with and the scope of the issue. In many cases, they use live traps during wildlife removal projects. These traps let us safely and effectively capture the animal, but do not cause any harm to the creature once they are in our possession. Although most animals aren’t happy to be contained in live traps, they are perfectly safe and secure.

Raccoon Removal: Dealing with raccoons is both the easiest and most problematic of all species encounter. Because of their size, you will likely notice them immediately and they will be easy to locate. Also because of their size, they have the potential to cause the most damage. Raccoon removal must be undertaken promptly. After the prevention work is complete and the one-way door is installed, raccoons can take anywhere from a few hours up to three days to leave. This time varies depending on temperature if they have young ones with them and all kinds of other environmental factors. In most cases, the raccoons will leave the same day the work is completed. In very rare cases, during winter months raccoons will go into a temporary state of hibernation known as torpor. In these instances, raccoons may stay as long as a few weeks. But these cases are exceptionally rare.

What happens is in the ultimate effort to save energy, animals will enter a state of complete inactivity. They will not move, eat or even defecate. The duration of these episodes will vary on what the situation calls for but typically vary from several hours to a few weeks. Often as the weather warms up raccoons will come out of this dormant state and resume normal activity. Raccoons are much more active in late winter and spring as this is their mating season. If you are having raccoon problems during these months there is a good chance you are dealing with could be dealing with a mother and babies. The process is more or less the same if caught early and does not change the timeline in most cases.

Mice Removal: When it comes to mice, it's pretty much the polar opposite of what they just described with raccoons. Mice removal is more of a waiting game as they are often dealing with a population numbering in the hundreds (or worse). Mice will have litters every 2 months consisting typically of 6-8 babies. As you can see the problem will quickly get out of hand. The protocols for mice prevention are similar to the ones described above. Once again they employ a one-way door system as well as other preventative measures. Once the prevention work has been completed the mice will take anywhere from 24 hours to 8 weeks to leave. They will begin leaving within 24 hours but it will take several weeks before they are completely gone. 

Squirrel Removal: squirrel on rooftop Don’t let their fluffy tales and cute demeanour fool you, squirrels can be a nightmare if they break into your attic. Because their teeth never stop growing squirrels will always be chewing on something in order to file their teeth down. This process over time creates damage to your attic and home. Squirrel removal protocols also employ a one-way door system as well as additional preventative measures to the exterior of your home. Once prevention work has been done, the eviction process takes anywhere from 6-48 hours. Basically, as soon as everything quiets down and they feel settled, they will leave through the one-way door and lock themselves out.

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