Critter Control of Tuscaloosa

Raccoons are nighttime thieves. Don’t let their cute masks and striped tails fool you. All they want is a warm place to sleep and a buffet of fine foods. They will eat anything and travel up to six miles searching for food, including pet food, insects, junk food, garden crops, fruits, nuts, scraps and leftovers, and smaller wildlife.

Raccoons have nimble hands that allow them to open trash cans and bags quickly. They use them to dig holes in the ground to search for insects, climb trees and chimneys to get to your roof and break screens and vents to enter your home.

Once in your home, raccoons establish latrine sites (a spot to defecate and urinate). Then they get to work ripping out insulation, duct work, posts, and drywall. Because raccoons can carry germs and diseases, call expert wildlife control experts to remove them from your home.

Jumping mice, deer mice, harvest mice, roof rats, brown rats, and house mice are just a few of the rodent species in Alabama. Rats and mice are nocturnal, searching the streets of Tuscaloosa for food, water, and shelter. If they can find those in your home, they will move in.

Rats and mice can enter your home through cracks and holes you may not even notice. Mice can squeeze through a hole the size of a quarter and rats a hole the size of a golf ball. They build nests in your attic, ceiling, walls, and baseboards. You may hear them scurrying and chirping when you’re trying to fall asleep. You may notice nighttime rodent activity by the fecesand urine left behind on your counters, floors, and in your cabinets where you store food.

Rats and mice will gnaw wood, furniture, carpet, wires, and food boxes. Because rats and mice multiply quickly and often, it’s essential to call our experts at the first sign of a rodent.

Squirrels are cute and fun to watch until you start noticing the damages they’ve caused in your yard, like stealing garden crops, fruits, berries, and nuts. They raid bird feeders and dig holes in your yard to store their foods, and even strip bark from your trees.

The gray squirrel, fox squirrel, and Southern flying squirrel are the main culprits in Tuscaloosa. Squirrels enter your home to build a nest and hoard the items they’ve collected. Squirrels will tear screens covering chimneys and vents to get in. Once inside, they will shred insulation, causing heating and cooling issues. They like to use any items available to make a nest, including sentimental items lying around.

There are ways to enjoy the squirrels without fear of damage to your home or property. Call us to provide this solution.

Whether you have one bat or a colony living in your attic, that’s too many. Bats can be heard at night. They can be smelled, too, since they leave large amounts of guano, or feces, and urine where they roost.

Bats commonly roosting in Tuscaloosa attics, offices, or other man-made structures include the little and big brown bats, the Brazilian free-tailed bats, and the tri-colored bats. You will rarely see them, however.

Bats are beneficial to the Alabama environment. They are great for pest control, eating thousands of insects a night. Harming them or harassing them is illegal. You should not try to remove them on your own either. Bats are covered in their feces because they poop and pee while roosting upside down. Their guano grows mold, and if the mold is inhaled, it can lead to respiratory infections like histoplasmosis.

Let our experts do the dirty work ofbat removal.

Bird watching in Alabama is a great hobby. Some of the most common backyard birds to see include robins, doves, bluebirds, cardinals, woodpeckers, and finches. Some non-native species are around, too, like swallows, sparrows, pigeons, and rock doves.

All birds can be an annoyance and cause minor damage to your home, office, retail store, or other building. They roost on electrical wires, build nests in gutters and vents, and poop everywhere. Some birds cause more damage than others, like woodpeckers, which can poke holes in your siding and structural beams. We have a few exclusion tricks to reduce bird damage on any property.