Wildlife and Your Home

It is going to get cold this winter, and it is not just you who would be feeling the same way. Animals who naturally live in their natural habitat, such as squirrels raccoons,mice, woodchuck, and other types of wildlife may take refuge in your home, especially when the weather in the mountains become cool and they will need a place to keep them warm. Homes that are located near the mountains in Salt Lake City, Utah may experience the invasion of these critters to avoid the cold weather from the mountains. These rodents are considered smart and tenacious since they know how to get inside your home without even being noticed. For instance, raccoons are capable of climbing a downspout and ripping off a roof shingle just so they can get inside the house. This animal will nest inside the attic or chimney that can be dangerous for the house and for the people who live there. These different wildlife can enter your home in a variety of ways. They may get inside through gnawing the walls, roof, open vents, tunnels in wall and ceiling insulation, and so on. Once these animals are inside, you and your family are in danger from the health threat they pose. Raccoons can transmit rabies and canine distemper, mice carry hantavirus with their droppings, squirrels bring fleas, lice and ticks, and so on. These rodents will chew pipes and wires, destroy walls and vents until they become a permanent resident of your home.

Defend Your Home Against Wildlife

Utah has a large population of squirrels, rabbits, woodchucks, raccoons, skunks, bats, opossums, and so on that are happy to live in their natural habitat. But, with the expanding suburban areas that are close with their wildlife habitat, these animals find that your home is just the perfect hideaway for the coming winter. Although these little critters are just searching for a good place to hide and survive the coming winter, there are still some simple ways to defend your home against them:

• • Lock the pet door at night and do not feed your pets outside.
• • Garbage cans should always be locked tight to avoid attraction from these animals.
• • Place snap traps for rats and mice. Poison can also be used to get rid of them.
• • Check your home for damage and repair it as soon as the damage is found.
• • Check the basement and attic regularly, especially before and during winter.
• • Inspect the home exterior that includes that soffit vents, attic vents, and chimney.
• • Holes that are found on the roof line should be patched.
• • Install vent covers and heavy-duty steel screens over attic vents.
• • Trim tree limbs and branches that are touching your roof.

In the case that any of these wildlife found entry in your home, better call a professional wildlife personnel so that they can trap these animals themselves without endangering you and your home. You can also trap these animals yourself, however, some wildlife requires professional wildlife control such as raccoons, skunks, woodchucks, and the likes. For immediate wildlife animal control, call us today!