Hearing noises in your attic can be quite stressful as you get your home ready for holiday company.  This is a common occurence this time of year.  Our wildlife technicians can make this time of year easier for you and trap any unwanted critters from your attic a.s.a.p.!  Feel free to call our office and schedule a free inspection  at 770-663-6360.  We are on call 24/7 to handle critter emergencies.

Now that the temperatures have dropped the noises in Atlanta attics have gone up!  Hearing critters in the attic during the winter months is a very common occurrence here in the Metro Atlanta area.  The most common critters in attics this time of year include roof rats, gray squirrels, flying squirrels & woodpeckers.  Your attic/insulation provides the necessary warmth & shelter these need to survive the winter months.  Our Critter Control of Atlanta technicians are capable of trapping and removing any animal you may have in your attic or any other area of your home or yard.  We will trap and remove them as well as provide you with an estimate on clean up, repairing entry points and preventative measures so you will not have to deal with future critter issues again.  All of our repair work comes with a renewable 3 year warranty.  Call Critter Control of Atlanta today to schedule a free inspection and look for our seasonal discounts & senior citizen discounts.

Opossum in live trap.

As the temperature drops in the Atlanta area everyone wants to be indoors, including local wildlife.  Opossum most frequently enter homes through a crawlspace or a damaged foundation vent.  Our wildlife technicians are called out to trap opossum that are taking up residence near a homeowners furnace in order to stay warm.

Our wildlife technicians will inspect your home from top to bottom and locate the entry points as well as trap, remove & relocate your opossum family.

Opossums average 2 – 3 litters per year, with an average of seven young per litter.  Opossums will fedd from compost piles, garbage, bird feeders and pet food.  These animals will dig around foundations and backyard areas and many chew or gnaw on woody structures.

The opossum in the only marsupial (with pouch) in the United States.  The opossum is an adaptable, nocturnal solitary animal that wanders in woody & open area salong rural and suburban habitats.

Hearing noises in your attic?  Did those little footsteps you heard this summer turn into several more littlefootsteps running all over the place in the attic?  The reason for that is that those squirrels born in your attic this summer are all grown up now and bringing in additonal nesting material and acorns to store for the  winter in your attic.  Your attic is the ideal home for gray squirrels, flying squirrels and the dreaded roof rats.  An attic provides insulated shelter for these animals and keeps & thier young safe from predators year round.

Gray squirrels are looking for a safe place to have their spring babies and you attic is the perfect place!

February and March are when most of the Southern Gray Squirrel’s  young are born.  Call today and one of our wildlife technicians can direct that mother squirrel somewhere else with our humane exclusion methods.  It is better to keep them out now before there is a nest of babies to relocate to a wildlife rehabilitator!

The professional wildlife technicians at Critter Control of Atlanta will thoroughly inspect your entire home from the attic to the crawlspace and locate any areas where squirrels, raccoons, opossums and other rodents may be nesting for the fall/winter months.  Our wildlife technicians will handle the trapping and removal as well as the clean up and sealing up of any entry points to prevent future animal re-entry.

The two most common critters found in the Atlanta area attics this season ares the gray squirrel & flying squirrel.  Our technicians use humane methods of trapping and removal of squirrels.  We also provide a 3 year renewable warranty on all of the repair/exclusion work.  Call Critter Control of Atlanta today to schedule  a free inspection.

The long hot Atlanta summers create the perfect habitat for young bats to flourish as they feed on all of those pesky mosquitos.  Bats are beneficial to our environment as they control the flying insect population, mostly mosquitos here in the Atlanta area.  Bats are also protected in Georgia. Our wildlife technicians at Critter Control of Atlanta specialize in bat removal, clean-up & repair work. We all want bats in our neighbornoods, just not in our attics!

This is the time of year homeowners spot bats flying from their louver vents at dusk.  Don’t panic!

Call one of our experts to help you solve your problem and relocate those little exterminators!

To prevent bats from entering your home be sure to keep your windows closed in the evening if you do not have screens.

Bats can enter spaces the size of a quarter, so be careful when leaving those windows cracked on the top, mainly on upper stories of your  home.  Leaving sliding glass doors, garage doors and any other area of your home allow bats access to your living space.

If you discover a bat in your living space on of our wildlife technicians can come out and remove it for you.  Never pick up a sick or injured bat as they can transmit rabies here in Georgia.

Raccoons, coyotes, bats & feral cats are known carriers of rabies here in Georgia. If anyone has been in close contact or bitten they can have the animal tested at a local Atlanta Animal Control facility. One of our wildlife technicians can transport the animal to the facility for you for a minimal charge.

The staff here at Critter Control of Atlanta want to help protect your family, pets & property this summer!

This is the time of year snakes are most active here in Georgia.  Our technicians remove more snakes in August than any other time of year!  Our technician will not only remove your snake, but also investigate what attracted them to your property in the first place.  Snakes frequent an area with a plentiful food source.  What do snakes eat? Rodents!  Snakes also eat toads, lizards, insects and nestlings.  If rodents are an issue in your home or on your property our techncians can eliminate the problem and help prevent snakes from returning to your property.

Here is a rat snake Jay removed from a home in Roswell.

Keep bird feeders away from house as they attract not only birds but also rodents. The rodents then move into your home because it is cooler and safer!