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Squirrel Related Complaints and Potential Risks
These active furry mammals can be spotted running through local parks, zooming up trees and in too many instances they can be found in the attic or walls of your home. Red Squirrels will also carry in pine cones, nuts and leaves into a home interior as they attempt to create nests and store food.
Adaptation
Squirrels are great at adapting to just about any situation that they are faced with. If ever they’re faced with a situation of no food, they will travel great distances to find a new food source. In urban areas, the squirrel population tends to be very healthy due to the presence of nut trees, coniferous trees and a proliferation of bird feeders.
Diseases
Squirrels carry many parasites and diseases – like ticks, mange and fleas on their bodies and also in their droppings.
Potential Damage
Squirrels simply do not belong in our workplaces or in our homes. When squirrels make their way into a wall or attic, they can cause a series of damage by chewing and clawing their way through different parts of your home with determination. Squirrels can also cause fires by chewing on electrical wires and lines. In severe cases their chewing can even weaken rafters. The constant sounds of them in your ceilings and wall spaces can be very unsettling.
If you are faced with a similar squirrel situation or you want to prevent these issues from occurring, be sure to contact Heritage Wildlife Management for the most efficient squirrel removal services. We’re not only efficient but we’re also effective and humane at what we do.
Common Squirrel Related Complaints
The following are common signs of squirrel problems in Ottawa:
- Damage to insulation, wiring, roof vents, soffit and air vents.
- Unusual openings above the downspouts and where the soffit meets the roof (interface area).
- Torn off or chewed roof vents, wall vents and/or shingles are ripped off or damaged.
- Remember, cat doors offer entry points for squirrels as well.
When they eventually settle into a new location with easy access to food, they’ll make it their permanent new home. Squirrel nests are better known as dreys, which are typically crafted very high in the trees. If there are no trees close by they’ll lookout for the next best thing: your home or business
Squirrels are quite a nuisance for homeowners since they can chew through anything. However, stone and metal are two of the main materials they won’t chew and are commonly used in squirrel prevention methods. Due to their chewing abilities, squirrels are capable of making a home nearly anywhere they choose.
How Heritage Can Help
- Adult and Juvenile Squirrel Removal
- Squirrel Removal from Attic
- Squirrel Prevention
- Entryway Sealing
- Exclusion / Proofing Techniques
Contact the professionals at Heritage Wildlife Management to handle your squirrel problems. We’ll come and inspect your property (extensions, porches, shed, deck) and offer a thorough outline of the problem, locate main entry points, review options and provide you with an estimate.
Live trapping squirrels only removes them, leaving an entry point for other squirrels and animals to invade your home. Today Heritage Wildlife Management offers total home exclusion for squirrels and many other wildlife issues. Only as a last resort is a squirrel trapper required and is completed within the guidelines from the Ministry of Natural Resources.
If juvenile squirrels are present, every attempt is made for the mother squirrel to remove them safely by herself. Juvenile squirrel removal can be a challenge as the mothers are very protective and aggressive when they sense their young are in danger.
As a means of stopping the squirrels from entering through other weak points, preventative methods will be used. If you have any questions at all, please contact us to discuss the best solution.
Removal Service Process
Leave this to us… All removal and prevention processes and methods are conducted humanely.
- Connect with us, we’ll then call you to get some more information about the issues you're facing. We’ll set up an appointment with you to come and inspect and assess your situation.
- We’ll come out to your business or home in unmarked vehicles. We’ll complete the inspection and assessment and offer you a proposal and estimate for your squirrel removal problem and proofing of the property.
- If the proposal is accepted and we’re able to do the work immediately, we’ll get started right away and perform a humane squirrel removal.
- We use commercial grade building materials to seal your home or property to prevent the re-entry of squirrels back inside. We also colour match any material keep your home looking beautiful.
In Ontario there are laws regarding how squirrels are dealt with.
Rehabilitation of wildlife is regulated by the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry.
We have been successfully preventing and removing squirrels from homes and businesses for decades. Our team of licensed and highly trained technicians is exceptionally effective at removing squirrels in the most humane way possible.
Our work is guaranteed.
- Licensed by Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
- Certified Professional Wildlife Control Operator
- National Wildlife Control Operators Association Member