In our Northeast region, it’s the time of year when raccoons are active, and even more active than usual because young raccoons are out on their own, leaving the den with mom, learning how to scavenge for food. When we get raccoon calls, it’s usually for one of two reasons: raccoons are denning, or attempting
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Mice might chew openings into little spaces and rats will chew bigger openings into bigger spaces, but squirrels take top honors when it comes to gnawing. A determined squirrel can cause a great deal of damage to a structure. Squirrels will gnaw to get to a food source or a nesting site, to create nest
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We’re getting into the time of year when we get calls like this. That’s because we’re nearing the end of the breeding season for little brown bats, the bats most commonly found roosting in homes. In our region, the young are born in May to June and remain with their mother for several weeks while
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People are often surprised to find out that they have flying squirrels in their neighborhood, and even more surprised to find out that it’s flying squirrels that are making that mess in their attic. Flying squirrels are very cryptic, almost never seen except by those who make an effort. That’s mostly because, unlike other squirrels,
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That could very easily be the work of a mouse or another rodent. Mice often end up in garages, usually thanks to worn or bad-fitting garage doors (see Maintain Your Garage Door to Keep Mice Out). From there they often move into wall or ceiling voids and into the house. I don’t know exactly what
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I’m pretty sure that their nests and young are right downtown as well, and you’re probably seeing “babies” all the time, but you just don’t know it. By the time baby pigeons are fledged and are out and about, they are full grown and look and act just like mom and dad. PIGEON YOUNG GROW
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We know that raccoons do sometimes get into homes, holing up in chimneys or attics, and often requiring professional removal. Did you know that it’s not an unusual occurrence for a raccoon to literally fall through a ceiling into a living space? Now that would wake you up! Gates Wildlife, a company in Toronto, has
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Did you ever hear the term “urban wildlife?” No, it doesn’t mean rockin’ inner-city nightclubs. Urban wildlife refers to animals other than domestic pets and livestock that occasionally find their way into your yard, and sometimes stay. Animals like raccoons, opossums, skunks, woodchucks, and of course the wildlife that seem to be in residence all
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When we are treating around the outside foundations of homes as part of our Preventative Maintenance Program, it’s not unusual to find poison ivy in our customer’s yards, sometimes growing right up against the house or even hiding in among the ground cover plantings. POISON IVY IS AN ADAPTABLE MIMIC Few people seem to recognize
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