Wildlife Pest Control
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Learn How We Can Help You! Wildlife that breaches our homes, businesses, crops, and sometimes our yards can cause serious damage, especially if left to their devices over time. At Front Range Pest, our techs have years of experience trapping and removing nuisance wildlife humanely and effectively. We live trap whenever possible and relocate animals according to state law to prevent animal reentry. For rodents, including chipmunks and squirrels, we use a non-toxic rodenticide to cut down populations and prevent further invasions.
Each job begins with a thorough inspection to determine the pest, the access points, and the nesting area. We will review our findings and tailor a custom plan of action based on your situation. Depending on the species you face, we'll either use a one-way exclusion valve that allows animals, like bats, to exit but not return. Or we use live one-way traps suitable for larger animals, such as raccoons or squirrels, who have worked their way into your attic. For pesky critters who've created dens under your deck or burrowed under your patio as rock chucks like to do, we generally bait trap them and sometimes install a rat wall or other barrier for recurring issues. For mouse and rat control, we use a combination of strategically placed rodenticides, traps, and install tamper-resistant bait stations to eliminate the entire rodent population.
After ensuring the removal of the entire pest population and properly securing structures to exclude them for good, Front Range Pest also offers cleanup services. This includes sanitizing the area and replacing damaged materials such as insulation and drywall caused by the wildlife invasion. Let us know if you need help determining if an insurance claim should be submitted to your provider. Whatever your wildlife pest problem, we'll find the best solution for you!
Front Range Pest is your local, family-owned, all-inclusive pest control and wildlife removal company. Our prompt, professional, and reliable techs have the integrity you can count on for a job done right. All our treatments begin with a thorough inspection, from the foundation to the attic. We’ll review our findings and discuss solutions to remove the intrusive wildlife and prevent further invasions. Any cleanup, repair, or restoration work required due to animal or insect damage will also be thoroughly discussed and resolutions explored to avoid pest reentry.
Contact Us to Get Started!Scratching during the day may indicate the presence of a bat, but this is rare.
A more familiar source of scratching or clawing during the daytime are squirrels or a yellowjacket hive in the drywall.
Scratching sounds coming from the attic is an indication of the presence of bats. The scratching may be constant or sporadic and may occur during the day, but mostly at night, if it's a bat. The sound you hear is the bat's claws and its wings as it flies about.
A scratching sound may also indicate the presence of mice. An inspection from Northern Pest is necessary to pinpoint the sound source directly.
Gnawing sounds during the day are usually always caused by the presence of a rodent, like a mouse, squirrel, or chipmunk. Rodents have large incisor teeth that continually grow and must be worn down by constantly gnawing. These pests will chew on wires, wood, insulation, and anything else they find. Many house fires result from rodents chewing through electrical wires.
If you hear gnawing or chewing sounds at night, this may indicate the presence of a raccoon, which is accompanied by other noises, such as heavy walking. If you don’t hear hefty movement, it may be a flying squirrel or some other rodent.
A "rolling" noise, similar to the sound of rolling marbles, is frequently due to the presence of a squirrel bringing in nuts or other materials as they move around in the attic. Squirrels use attics to hoard food or nest. If you hear this sound during the day, it most certainly is a red squirrel as they are the only mammals that will commonly breach attics, and they are most active during the day. Flying squirrels will too, but they are nocturnal and active at night.
The other possible cause of a rolling sound may be birds fluttering around tight corridors.
Rolling sounds made at night can be caused by flying squirrels that are nocturnal. This noise is the squirrel bringing nuts and other debris into the attic or wall.
Raccoons may also make a rolling sound, although this is not common.
The scampering or scurrying sounds made during the day is usually always caused by a squirrel, as most other quick-moving, agile pests (such as mice) are nocturnal.
A scurrying or scampering sound at night usually indicates mice traveling along the walls, ceiling, or floorboards.
Nocturnal flying squirrels also make this noise, although their peak periods of activity are just before dawn and right after sunset. Their movement is quick and light.
Raccoon’s sound similar; however, it's a slower "walking" sound and is "heavier" than a squirrel.
Heavy walking or crawling is a unique sound that usually indicates the presence of a raccoon and can be heard either day or night.
Heavy walking or crawling is a unique sound that usually always indicates the presence of a raccoon and can be heard either day or night.
If you hear “flapping” during the day, it is definitely a bird.
If you hear “flapping” at night, it is either a trapped bird or a bat. Nuisance birds are usually not active at night, so most likely, this is the sound of a trapped bird trying to find its way out. With bats, the flapping of their wings is very soft, like a dull “whirring.” If you hear a faint humming sound, it may be a bat flying about after dark.
Crackling, or the sound of Rice Krispies popping, is a distinct noise commonly caused by a yellowjacket hive within your home's drywall. Yellowjackets can pick and gnaw on drywall and use the pieces to build their hives. This activity sounds like and is often described as a "crackling." Upon hearing this, know that yellowjackets are close to chewing through the drywall. This noise is most common at night but can be heard during the day if the hive is large enough.
Crackling, or the sound of Rice Krispies popping, is a distinct noise commonly caused by a yellowjacket hive within your home's drywall. Yellowjackets can pick and gnaw on drywall and use the pieces to build their hives. This activity sounds like and is often described as a "crackling." Upon hearing this, know that yellowjackets are close to chewing through the drywall.
If you hear sounds of chirping or chattering, this usually indicates that baby animals are present. Depending on the season helps determine which pest you are dealing with; it is common for baby squirrels, raccoons, or birds (especially chimney swifts) to make these noises. Contact Northern Pest for a thorough assessment and removal.
If you hear sounds of chirping or chattering, this usually indicates that baby animals are present. Depending on the season helps determine which pest you are dealing with; it is common for baby squirrels, raccoons, or birds (especially chimney swifts) to make these noises. Contact Northern Pest for a thorough assessment and removal.