Berea Squirrel Control Services
Are you looking for Berea Kentucky squirrel removal services? Squirrels in the attic can cause damage to your home that you may not be aware of. Squirrels can and will chew holes to gain access to your attic. Once inside your attic they can chew through electrical wires and cause damage to the insulation in your attic.
Squirrels go into attics throughout central Kentucky looking for shelter and safety to build their nests. They have their offspring twice a year, in the Spring and in the Fall. If not removed, the squirrels born in your attic will grow up and move to other areas in your attic to make nests of their own, causing a larger need for professional animal control.
If you think you have squirrels in your attic, give us a call today. We take pride in servicing Berea homes for nuisance squirrel problems, once you have scheduled an appointment, we will do a thorough and complete wildlife inspection to determine if there are squirrels in the attic, we will then begin to provide effective wildlife management by first locating all entry points and we’ll then begin the wildlife trapping. Once we have successfully trapped and removed the squirrels, we will do any damage repairs necessary, such as attic restoration, to make sure you will not have any wildlife issues from squirrels again. We are fully licensed and Insured.
Squirrel Exclusion Process
- Home inspection to find evidence such as squirrel droppings, as well as squirrel entry points.
- Humane squirrel traps set in select places to catch the squirrels as quickly as possible.
- Once the squirrels are removed, the entry points are sealed with squirrel proof materials.
- If needed, damage repair and cleanup of nesting and debris can be provided once the home is animal proofed.
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Squirrels in Berea Kentucky
Berea Kentucky has three species of tree squirrels: eastern gray (Sciurus carolinensis), northern fox (Sciurus niger), and flying (Glaucomys volans). Gray and fox squirrels are game species, whereas flying squirrels are not a game species.
Problems with Squirrels
Squirrels often come into conflict with humans when they take up residence in an attic, eaves or walls of a house. Squirrels sometimes cause damage by gnawing and removing bark or fruits from valuable fruit and nut producing trees, ornamental trees and shrubbery or by feeding on corn, tomatoes, strawberries and other seeds or mature fruits in the garden.
Identification
The eastern gray squirrel is the most common tree squirrel found in Kentucky. These medium-sized rodents have a bushy tail. They are 16 to 20 inches long and weigh 1 to 2 pounds. Gray squirrels vary in color from gray to brownish gray with a white belly.
The northern fox squirrel is Kentucky’s largest tree squirrel. Fox squirrels measure 18 to 27 inches, including their bushy tail, and weigh 1 3/4 to 2 1/4 pounds. Fox squirrels are typically grizzled gray with a touch of yellow or orange upper parts and pale yellow to bright orange underparts. University of Kentucky, College of Agriculture
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