Discovering animal intruders in your home is rarely a pleasant experience. From raccoons and squirrels to snakes and bats, wildlife intruders pose threats to both your property and your family’s safety. When wildlife problems occur, an exterminator isn’t the answer. Instead, you need to hire a company that specializes in wildlife control and prevention. According to ABC Humane Wildlife Control and Prevention, a company that provides residential and municipal wildlife control in Naperville, Illinois, there are several things to consider when choosing a company to handle a wildlife problem at your home.
Staff Expertise
“When you realize that there is an animal living in your home or under your deck, or compromising your home in some other way,” the team says, “the first thing to do is to contact a wildlife control agency.” When you contact ABC Humane Wildlife Control and Prevention, you’ll be speaking with one of the company’s operators, all of whom are state-certified biologists.
Everyone taking calls for ABC is not only qualified to deal with a wildlife issue in a general sense, but is also well-versed in the particular species habits and biology of all of the animals that tend to cause nuisance wildlife situations in the Chicagoland area. For this reason, ABC’s operators are able to quickly diagnose the problem.
“For example,” the team explains, “if someone calls our office and says, ‘We have an animal above the ceiling making lots of noise running around our attic,’ our operators might ask, ‘What time of day do you typically hear the noise?’”
While the reason for the question may not be obvious to the caller, it’s an important diagnostic tool for the biologist, who will quickly be able to determine, based on whether or not the animal appears to be nocturnal, the nature of the issue. By the time a technician is sent to the home, he’ll have all of the proper equipment and be prepared to handle the problem right away.
Focus on Exclusion
Another reason to choose ABC Humane Wildlife Control and Prevention is the company’s focus on exclusion. This means that if a nuisance wildlife situation can be resolved without trapping or harming animals, the company will do whatever is necessary to resolve it that way.
As an example, the team explains the ways in which ABC might deal with a pigeon problem. If someone complains of pigeons roosting on the roof of a building, rather than trapping the birds (which will only provide a temporary solution anyway), ABC makes structural modifications that prevent the pigeons from roosting on the building at all. Examples of such modifications include preventive netting or special architectural units that make it impossible for birds to land on a particular ledge.
The ABC approach is designed to protect the home or building owner from the unpleasant symptoms of a wildlife nuisance, but also to continue to allow the animals to live in their natural environments.