Squirrels Can Drive You Batty

Like almost every other mammal, squirrels prefer warm environs during winter months; northern snowbirds flock to Florida, and squirrels find refuge in residential attics.
 
Dec. 4, 2008 - PRLog -- The scratching noises you hear in the middle of the night are not figments of your imagination, they are probably caused by squirrels that have set up housekeeping in your attic for the winter. Various species of tree squirrels occasionally enter structures and cause damage. These squirrels naturally live in wooded areas and build their nests in trees, but as people expand their communities into these areas, squirrels increasingly establish themselves in attics, garages and wall voids to store food and find shelter; especially in the fall and winter months. Tree squirrels often gnaw on the exterior and interior walls of structures, on timbers, on cables and on  electrical wiring. They are usually noisy in their activities, and will bite if cornered. Pest squirrels are most active in early morning and late afternoon. They feed on seeds, buds, nuts, bulbs, leaves, insects, bark, and fruit.
    The first step in controlling squirrels in your house is to detect how they are entering the structure and exclude them. As you inspect, pay particular attention to  utility lines, uncapped chimneys, drainpipes, damaged soffit vents, where plumbing pipes enter the structure and any other vents. Also make sure there are no tree limbs overhanging the structure, or ivy climbing the outside walls. Because squirrels are protected animals, to rid the structure of squirrels,  the live/trapping and removal method is most effective. You Do It Pest Control carries a full line of wildlife control products. Visit our website at: http://www.youdoitpestcontrol.com

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