Dealing with a wild animal that has invaded your home can be a frightening experience. Our imaginations tend to run wild because of unknown sounds and smells. Critter Detective is the company to call to get your property nuisance animal-free in Cincinnati and the surrounding areas.
Removal, though, is just the start of the process. Finding out how they got in and excluding those areas and other entry points is crucial to keeping them out. Once your home is sealed tight, there is a matter of the damage left behind, and most likely, there will be damage. It is estimated that wildlife damage in the United States is about 22 billion dollars. Add in another billion we spend on collisions with our vehicles.
Due to the diversity of our local ecology, different areas of your home can be targeted. Our experts know where to look to find it and have many years of experience repairing the issues.
- Skunks love to share a porch with you, only under it. They can chew up wood to create access and even make it through the siding.
- Birds are particularly troublesome as the most common pest species, sparrows, pigeons, and European starlings, prefer to build their nests in drains, gutters, and under the roof’s eaves. Their droppings are highly corrosive and can eat through wood and many roofing materials.
- Raccoons are one of the most destructive of the bunch. Females may destroy roof shingles and tear off vents to gain access to the attic for nesting purposes.
- Squirrels only need about an inch of space to get into the attic, and chewing through the fascia board is easy.
In general, bats don’t create the openings to get in. They need a hole the size of a dime, and they find more space than that in ridge caps, vents, and entry points created by other wildlife. A colony coming and going on a nightly basis can turn the smallest openings into a gaping holes.
It is once these pests are in that the fun really begins. An insurance industry survey reflected that 52% of owners found bats, mice, rats, and squirrels in their attics.
Rodents love to tear up insulation for nesting and for a nice soft place to sleep. To sharpen their teeth, rodents have a taste for electrical wiring. So much so that as many as 20% of undetermined fires yearly are attributed to them. Also on the menu are drywall, furniture, carpet, PVC, and water pipes. Once inside, birds also present a double whammy, stealing insulation for their nests and ruining metal and wooden surfaces with their droppings.
Bat guano can eat through the plywood and support beams. Feces from the above animals can also be absorbed by insulation, wood, and other porous substances, creating a toxic environment. Due to this, repairs should be handled by professionals. With proper personal protective equipment and years of expertise, the Critter Detective team has what it takes to repair most wildlife-induced damage.
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