How We Solve Bradenton Wildlife Problems
It starts with your phone call. We answer our phones 24/7, and we will carefully listen to your wildlife problem. Every case is different, so we will ask appropriate questions to help
us understand the situation better. Questions like, "do you hear the noises at night or during the daytime?" or "what type of roof do you have?" After we have a general idea of your
situation, we can provide a ballpark price range, and schedule a same-day or next-day appointment to inspect your property.
INSPECTION: Once on site, we will perform a full inspection of your home and property. This allows us to use the correct strategy and traps. If the animals are in an attic, a full building inspection is crucial, including the following:
- All ground-level areas, such as piper or A/C line entry & exit areas, A/C chase bottoms, ground-level vents, etc.
- All mid-level areas, such as dryer vents, siding gaps, first floor eaves or dormers, etc.
- We inspect the entire roof, including all plumbing stacks, ridge caps, vents, and other potential gaps or holes.
- We also inspect inside your attic, to identify animals and damage they have caused.
- If the animals are outside, we notice many subtle clues that will assist us in a successful strategy.
TRAPPING, EXCLUSION, REMOVAL: Once we understand what animal species we are dealing with, and the problem, we use the most effective means of removing the animals. We use dozens of different types of traps.
- Trapping - If trapping the animal(s) in live cage traps, trap type, set, and location are crucial to success.
- Exclusion - Oftentimes, we are able to simply set one-way doors or other exclusion devices that allow the animals inside a building to safely exit, but never get back inside.
- Removal By Hand - Sometimes we actually remove animals by hand, or with special tools like snare poles.
- The Law - In all cases, we obey state and local laws regarding wildlife, but aim to take the most humane approach.
ENTRY HOLE REPAIRS: Repairs are a crucial step in the wildlife removal process. In many cases, such as bat or rodent control, the job cannot be performed without detailed repairs, and in all cases, sealing the entry holes shut ensures that no future wildlife will ever enter your home.
- 100% of the entry holes must be found, and sealed shut, or the job is not complete.
- Our repairs are professional contractor grade, look good, and when applicable we use steel, which rodents such as rats or squirrels are unable to chew through.
- We give a written guarantee on our repairs against any future animal entry.
ATTIC DECONTAMINATION SERVICES: It may be desirable to clean your attic after we've removed the animals. They can leave behind large amounts of droppings, urine, hair, oils, food, nesting material, and so on. These remnants can attract insects like cockroaches, and the scent left behind can encourage new animals to chew their way into your house. You might experience odor problems from the waste. It's possible that mold will grow on waste areas.
- We remove or vacuum all droppings, or remove all the soiled insulation.
- We fog the attic with a special enzyme-based cleaner that destroys any organic matter and deodorizes the space.
- We repair damage, such as ductwork, electrical wires, pipes, insulation, and more.
There are many different baits and traps you can use to catch a rat in your home. However, sometimes you catch the rat only to see you have an underlying problem such as a rat infestation. Our team is trained in dealing with rat infestations as well as infestations of other Florida wildlife. We answer our phones 24/7 and are happy to answer all of your wildlife questions. We service the following cities: Anna Maria, Bradenton Beach, Holmes Beach, Longboat Key, Bayshore Gardens, Cortez, Ellenton, Memphis, Samoset, West Samoset, Whitfield, North Port, Sarasota, Venice, and Palmetto. We also service the following counties: Hillsborough County, Polk County, Hardee County, DeSoto County, and Sarasota County.
Other Bradenton animal pest control topics:
Will Mothballs Repel Rats
Is it Legal to Trap Bats
What Equipment is Needed to Trap an Opossum
Where to Relocate a Trapped Armadillo
Armadillos Prevention Tips
The Problem of Burmese Pythons in Florida
To learn more about our services, visit the Bradenton wildlife control home page.
This month's wildlife how-to article: Will the city or county animal services help me with a bat issue? (no)
Will the city or county animal services help me with a bat issue? (no)
Before, it was easy to call the county animal services under the government and complain about the bat issues and they will send someone to help you to solve the problem. However, since the problem grew too large and also expensive, the government stopped to help with such issues and they deal only with the domestic animal problem like a cat or a dog problem. Other wildlife issues are taken care by the private sector. These are the licensed wildlife trappers.
It is not under the mandate of your county or city animal service to deal with your wildlife problems. If you have the problem, the option you have is calling the private wildlife removal service and it will cost you too much money. When the local animal service is not in the right place or if it does not have the right experience to help you in removing the bats, you can try the following options.
Shooting is not the most effective or the safest method that you are able to use to remove the bats but it is still a solution that can be tried. However, you need to be a skilled person who is able to hit the bats with one bullet and to kill it at once and if not, you should not try it. Trapping is the most common solution and it is the most common used to get rid of the bats. You can find many traps that are found at the market and they can help you to get rid of your wildlife problem. The available traps are easy to use and to release. Close the holes: this is an effective way of keeping the bats away. What you have to do is to close all the holes where the bats can enter into your home. If the bats cannot find a hole already made, they cannot make the holes on their own especially if the structure is solid enough.
Modifying can be time consuming and expensive, but it has to be the last solution to consider. What you need to do is to make sure that there is nothing that attracts the animals into your yard and if you have done this, you should not worry about the bats anymore. Even if you call the county or city animal service for your bats problem, it does not always mean that they have the right equipments or the expertise needed to handle the bats and this may be the reason why they may not be able to help you. If you do not have the cash to call for a private removal company, then another option you have is to use the above methods to try to get rid of the bats on your own.
