As the outside temperatures rise to the 90's, everyone is trying to stay cool within their air conditioned buildings, pools, and beaches. The temperatures also effect wildlife animals. They try to locate shelter that is cooler and out of the sunlight. Raccoons, squirrels, bats, and mice find shelter in buildings. These buildings can be a home, business, or shed to name a few. The attic of a home or business is a great location. There's shade, cooler temperatures and even a food supply. Bats are known to also reside in attics for the same reason. Groundhogs dig tunnels underground that can burrow under structures such as a fence, home, or shed. These tunnels can burrow five feet under the ear

Let's face it... wildlife nuisance pests are never going away. The key is to keep your home and property wildlife free by preventing them to gain access either in your home or onto your property. Raccoons only need a 4-inch hole to gain access into your attic or building. If the hole is not 4-inch, they can tear their way into the building with their claw like hands if they sense that area is what they want. Preventive measures that should be taken is to go around your home or building to ensure there are no holes in the siding, soffit, and roof areas. Squirrels are very much like raccoons; however, they only need a golf ball size hole to gain access. If the hole is not that small, they will

Foxes are funny animals. They look cute from a distance but you don't want them to invade your property. They occasionally become bold when they're hungry otherwise, these nuisance pests are shy. Here are five tips to help keep foxes off your property. 1. Apply a chain length fence that is at least six feet high around your property. An electric fence is better if you don't have any pets or children that go outdoors. 2. Deterrent sprays made for domestic dogs is an option. 3. Using items with a strong human scent can discourage foxes away from your property. 4. Install a motion activated light, sprinkler or noisemaker to repel the pest away. Banging on pots or pans will scare an occasional

We all want to keep ourselves and families safe from threats that may come our way. Raccoons are an unpredictable animal. They look cute and cuddly, but they are a nuisance pest. They don't care if they damage your home or building in order to enter it. They will vacate that location as long as they are not bothered and have a food source nearby. It is extremely important to do the remediation process if you have had a raccoon in your attic or building. Raccoons feces is highly toxic to humans. They can carry Baylisascaris Procyonis which is a raccoon roundworm. It's a parasite that lives in the intestines and is transferred from the animal to human or pet when come in contact with it. Anoth

Groundhogs are funny creatures. They love to dig tunnels on properties and it doesn't matter if they dig under a structure. Since the tunnels they dig can go down 5 ft under the earth's surface and up to 45 ft in length with many different chambers, it's not easy determining if those animals are the ones digging holes on your property. The holes on the burrows is 10-12 in with a mound of dirt in front. Often, they are near a tree base, foundation of a building or a fence. However, the secondary entry will not have the dirt mound in front. You may also see up to five other entry areas that a groundhog will go in and out. The size of the groundhog looks similar to a common tree squirrel measur

Groundhogs are mammals and are known for digging tunnels and of courses, the most important part in deciding if winter is in force or if spring is coming early. However, did you know that groundhogs can dig tunnels 45 inches in length and five inches below the earth's surface? These are just two interesting facts about groundhogs, so let's discover some more. 1. Groundhogs are actually rodents which is a the largest member of the squirrel family. 2. They can reduce their body temperature by lowering their heart rate to be the same temperature inside its burrow. 3. They are only found in North America. 4. These animals can eat a pound of food per meal and they only eat during the summer time

We have gotten numerous inches of rain the past month and the season has just started. Of course, rain brings out insects especially ticks. There are two kinds of ticks, hard and soft. Hard ticks have a beak-like structure in the front containing the mouth parts where the soft ticks have their mouth parts on the underside of the body. No matter hard or soft, ticks are vectors of at least 12 diseases that affect humans and other animals. While there are 12 diseases that ticks carry; however, two are very common within our area. Lyme disease and red meat allergy. Tick bites that spread Lyme disease starts a week after the bite which includes a rash. Then other symptoms include fever, headache,

Raccoons, bats, squirrels, mice, rats, and snakes, just to name a few, are examples of nuisance wildlife pests. These pests have no problem moving into a building without permission and they don't care if that building is your home. It is up to the homeowner to take preventative measures around their home to ensure no nuisance wildlife pest is able to enter. The most common entry ways that these pests can enter are around the rooftops, vents, chimneys, and gaps in the structure itself. The rooftop is the number one access into the attic. Squirrels, raccoons and bats like to take over this area because it's secluded and near a food source. Some rooftop entries can have a gap without you knowi

The summer season for 2018 has finally started. The temperatures are starting to get above 75' degrees and thunderstorms are starting to roll through and cool down the evenings. Schools are letting kids out for the year and there are many graduation parties going on. Watermelons, crabs, and cookouts are about family get together every weekend. Then, there are all the pool parties and full beaches to keep cool during the day's heat. During the evening hours you'll also see bats flying about as the kids are still playing outside after 8:30 at night because the sun doesn't completely set until 9:00. Just as we all enjoy the summer festivities, bats also enjoy the warmer weather and later hours.