Fall and winter are prime seasons for outside critters to pack up their bags and move inside. These uninvited guests are opportunistic and gain access wherever they can. Spiders, mice, skunks, raccoons, bats and others exposed to the changing weather conditions take refuge in basements, attics, garages, chimneys, crawl spaces and any other place that provides them with shelter, warmth and an easily accessible supply of food and/or water. To combat this onslaught of invaders a homeowner can employ the following strategies...
Termites
Fleas
Fleas and mites often leave dead rat carcasses and may infest the entire house if the carcass is not removed promptly. Always wear a HEPA approved breathing mask and gloves when removing any roof rat droppings or nests around your home.
Bees
We all know that Bees & Wasp can be dangerous, that's why we here at Nuisance Wildlife Removal are AHB certified. We are certified to handle Africanized Honey Bees, which have become a concern over the past year. We use low to no toxic chemicals to exterminate them, offer a cleanout process and then seal up for prevention.
Wasps
Ticks
Raccoons were a consideration for Sally Smith, who has had a long battle with Lyme disease. Two years ago, the Smith family moved from West Palm and a house that backed up to woods and plenty of wildlife. Deer ticks are a known transmitter of the disease. The family was looking for a more urban lifestyle and wanted to be closer to the children's schools, in West Palm Beach. They chose a two-story Colonial in the Forest Hills neighborhood of West Palm Beach, in a seemingly deer-less location just a half-block from busy I-95 freeway.
Mosquitoes
The Florida Mastiff bat (Eumops glaucinus floridanus) is listed as an The Little Brown Bat (Myotis lucifugus) can eat up to 600 mosquitoes an hour. They roost mainly in buildings, but also in tree cavities and underneath loose bark; you may find them in a bat house every now and then. The 45 bat species that occur in the continental United States play important roles in U. Any wild mammal, like a raccoon, skunk, fox, coyote, or bat, can have rabies and transmit it to people. The installation of bat houses and bird houses for raptors such as owls and hawks is part of the department's Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program. BAT FACT: There are ways to get rid of bats without killing them. Exposures include finding a bat in the house, being bitten by certain wild animals bat can be released unharmed. Species in approximately 1/3 of bat genera visit flowers and eat nectar and pollen. Bat development, though, remains relatively unstudied.
Flies
Controlling rabies is an international concern because various forms of the disease spread to new areas as easily as an animal walks, flies, swims or rides across borders, Bigler noted. In southern Ontario, where fox rabies is being controlled by aerial distribution of oral vaccine, raccoon rabies is the next threat. Raccoon rabies has progressed northward through the eastern United States at approximately 25 miles a year, drastically reducing populations of raccoons and posing a serious health threat to humans and domestic animals. The closely related forms of rabies, including those specific to foxes, raccoons and bats, can also infect humans, and post-exposure treatments in New York alone have cost millions.
Beetles
Florida -- Brazilian free-tailed bats are plentiful in Florida, also home to 12 other bat species, according to Bill Kern, associate professor of urban entomology at the University of Florida's Fort Lauderdale Research and Education Center. They consume moths, flies, beetles and mosquitoes and are the primary predator of night-flying insects. While some use "Mexican free-tailed" and "Brazilian free-tailed" interchangeably, there's a difference in the bats, Kern wrote on UF's Florida Wildlife Extension website. "Our southeastern free-tailed bat differs in two very important ways from the Mexican subspecies: Our free-tailed bats do not migrate and are never found in caves," Kern wrote. "The Mexican free-tailed bat migrates to Mexico in the fall and returns north in the spring and is one of the most abundant species in caves." And don't worry if you see a bat headed your way. It's a misconception that all of the maligned mammals carry rabies: Less than 0.5 percent carry the disease, according to Florida Wildlife Extension.
Moths
"Those little critters are good for farmers: Here in Central Texas, the free-tailed population saves cotton farmers up to $1.7 million a year in pesticide use," she said. "The moths do terrible destruction to cotton and corn fields
Mites
Besides parasites and roundworm, raccoons are known to carry canine distemper, rabies, coccidiosis (an intestinal disease), upper respiratory diseases, and mange (skin disease caused by parasitic mites). While it may be tempting to try to get rid of the raccoon yourself, it is safer to hire a professional trapper with the equipment and expertise to remove and relocate the raccoon. In the case of Nuisance Wildlife Removal, we will, in addition to removing the animal, work with your insurance company to completely restore and clean up your attic and any other damages caused to your home, leaving it as if the raccoon was never there
State authorities have recommended the hiring of a firm that specializes in bats, because handling them in the wrong way can cause more problems than it solves, Wright said. Bats, which are federally protected, should not be killed, they should be evicted.
Moles
Moles, as you may know, can destroy a lawn in no time. There are several steps to ridding yourself of moles. Nuisance Wildlife Removal offers a trapping programming that generally takes 30 days to complete. We have to identify the main "highways" of the mole, set traps and then check them several times a week moving them if necessary. Once we have captured the moles you then need to have your lawn treated for insects to deplete the food supply so the problem does not reoccur. your local pest control company can assist you in that matter.
Raccoons
Oh, Who Are The Varmints In Your Neighborhood? You Might Be Surprised. By now I have a long and storied history of being plagued by raccoons. I kind of hate them. They raid my feed stores, increase my horses' risk of Equine Protozoal Myelitis (for which there is no cure or vaccine), poop copiously in the back of Alex's truck, and even mount suicide missions to deprive us of electricity and scare me to death.
Snakes
Snakes slithering onto the campus of a Hillsborough Elementary School in Riverview have prompted county officials to issue warnings to students and parents.
Wildlife
We're glad you logged on to check us out. If you want to be part of an operation that helps people who have an animal or insect nuisance problem; if you don't care if they consider you heroic when you remove their problem and shower you with praise (even though they will); if you work well in sometimes dangerous emergency situations; if you don't mind getting dirty and sweaty at times; if you can work "on call" and come when you are needed, and follow instructions, then the Nuisance Wildlife Removal team just might be right for you.
Opossums
The opossum, or possum, was named by the Algonquians and it means "white beast." There are opossums found throughout the U.S.; the Virginia opossum is native to Florida.
Armadillos
The way he likes to look at the two businesses is best described as "integrated pest management". He offers a customer a complete service--both nuisance animal removal and pest control. It's like one-stop shopping for these kinds of services.The wealth of knowledge he possesses is unusual. He showed me his library of books on the subject and spouted off lots of bits and pieces of information that one would only know through study and experience. For instance, armadillos like grubs. If you have them in your lawn, then you are a likely candidate for armadillo activity. He also told me that often people treat their lawns, but forget about the flowered areas which can also have grubs. You must treat the entire area around your home to avoid an armadillo invasion. Armadillos also like vibration--like pool pumps, air conditioning units, green electrical boxes, and palm trees.
Muskrats
For years, a nearby misleading nature sign depicting muskrats didn't help matters at the wetland. The sign implied that the pond's nutria were actually native muskrats.
Coyotes
Bobcats
Winter months bring a seasonal sensation to Sarasota and Her Islands, a wildlife wonderland when sightings are plentiful and bird watching is at its best. Deciduous trees reveal deer, bobcats and fox; alligators bask on the banks and migratory birds join year-round residents. Wading birds feast on fish easily found in waters most shallow this time of year, and nesting comes naturally as there's plenty of food for the entire family. Manatees are drawn to the warmth of the bay and pop up in bayous as offshore waters cool. With all this activity, it's no surprise that winter is an ideal time to meet our furry, feathered and finned friends.
Wild Hogs
There's a stiff penalty for pigs rooting up yards in Manatee County, serving time at the Manatee County Jail farm. It's a life sentence for wild hogs after they were trapped and taken to jail after destroying yards in Manatee County neighborhoods.
Iguanas
The one question Norris gets asked the most is “do you do gators?” Well, he did. For about a year. But there’s not a lot of money in gators, and it’s bad PR, Norris says, because everyone knows the gator ends up dead. Not only that, “it’s a very dirty, nasty, almost underground business.” What the company traps most is wild hogs, raccoons, rats, bats, squirrels, armadillos and snakes. The squirrel calls dropped to about ten a year after Florida’s string of hurricanes wiped out the acorn supply, Norris says, but now he gets about ten calls a day. “They’ve come back with a hard vengeance.” Development also has a big impact, particularly on wild hogs in Manatee County. “The greater impact is two or three years down the road, when the houses are already built.” And you never know what a day of trapping might bring: Norris once pulled a four-foot green iguana from behind a wall, wrestled Muscovy ducks from a chimney, had a ceiling cave in from squirrel munching, been cornered in an attic by a raccoon, was chased by a wild hog and rescued a raccoon from a telephone pole.
Nuisance Wildlife Removal offers many methods of Bird Control for both residential and commercial properties. All methods are used to deter & prevent the birds from roosting and causing a mess. All methods used are humane & safe.
Woodpeckers
"I've been hearing cardinals singing already," Jones added. "Pileated woodpeckers and flickers are making noise." Birds can chip and chatter all year long. But their distinctive mating songs are a way for the males to announce themselves and get the attention of females.
Other animals present problems as well - complaints of barn owls are not uncommon. Hanes said that rodents, an owl's prey, hide under snow and force owls to starvation.
Mice
Rats and mice commonly enter your home through foundation vents. Nuisance Wildlife Removal will screen these vents, making it impossible for rodents to enter.
Rats
Thankyou so much for helping me to get the repairs done to my attic in such a short time. If I'd done it all myself, I'm afraid to think what I may have ended up with. I hardly had to deal with my insurance company at all, so that makes me happy as well. If the rats ever try to get back into my house, all the ways in are gone.
Squirrels
Spring is just a few weeks away and squirrels have already built their nests and are having their young. It is also a time when many of us trim trees and branches.