Seattle Wildlife Removal

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Bat Removal

Sean Butler

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All Live Humane Removal

Certified bat exclusion Professional / Licensed / Insured

Wildlife removed /  Entry repaired /  Job Guaranteed

Seattle wildlife removal specializes in all types of animal squirrel trapping and exclusion.   We remove bats, raccoons, skunks, squirrels, snakes, opossums,beavers, flying squirrels, rats ,mice and birds of all kinds including pigeons. Any type of critter Removal & control is what we do on a daily basis. Squirrels in attics or in chimneys are a common problem in Seattle Washington

15 years experience

After we remove raccoons and or squirrels from your chimney we recommend a commercially made cap. When we remove squirrels & raccoons from tour attic we find an appropriate method of closing the entrance. Most Squirrels & raccoons enter the attic through the attic fan or through rotten wood.

If the squirrel or raccoon enters through rotten wood, we cover it with sheet metal so it cannot ever get back inside. All raccoon and squirrel jobs come with a free attic inspection.

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Figure 1. Because raccoons manipulate and moisten food items in water, there is a misconception that raccoons “wash” their food before eating it. However, when water is not available, raccoons use many of the same motions in handling food. (Photo by Ginger Holser)

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The raccoon (Procyon lotor) is a native mammal, measuring about 3 feet long, including its 12-inch, bushy, ringed tail. Because their hind legs are longer than the front legs, raccoons have a hunched appearance when they walk or run. Each of their front feet has five dexterous toes, allowing raccoons to grasp and manipulate food and other items (Fig. 1).

Raccoons prefer forest areas near a stream or water source, but have adapted to various environments throughout Washington. Raccoon populations can get quite large in urban areas, owing to hunting and trapping restrictions, few predators, and human-supplied food.

Adult raccoons weigh 15 to 40 pounds, their weight being a result of genetics, age, available food, and habitat location. Males have weighed in at over 60 pounds. A raccoon in the wild will probably weigh less than the urbanized raccoon that has learned to live on handouts, pet food, and garbage-can leftovers.

As long as raccoons are kept out of human homes, not cornered, and not treated as pets, they are not dangerous.

Facts about Washington Raccoons

Food and Feeding Habitats

• Raccoons will eat almost anything, but are particularly fond of creatures found in water—clams, crayfish, frogs, fish, and snails.
• Raccoons also eat insects, slugs, dead animals, birds and bird eggs, as well as fruits, vegetables, nuts, and seeds. Around humans, raccoons often eat garbage and pet food.
• Although not great hunters, raccoons can catch young gophers, squirrels, mice, and rats.
• Except during the breeding season and for females with young, raccoons are solitary. Individuals will eat together if a large amount of food is available in an area.

Den Sites and Resting Sites

• Dens are used for shelter and raising young. They include abandoned burrows dug by other mammals, areas in or under large rock piles and brush piles, hollow logs, and holes in trees.
• Den sites also include wood duck nest-boxes, attics, crawl spaces, chimneys, and abandoned vehicles.
• In urban areas, raccoons normally use den sites as daytime rest sites. In wooded areas, they often rest in trees.
• Raccoons generally move to different den or daytime rest site every few days and do not follow a predictable pattern. Only a female with young or an animal “holed up” during a cold spell will use the same den for any length of time. Several raccoons may den together during winter storms.

Reproduction and Home Range

• Raccoons pair up only during the breeding season, and mating occurs as early as January to as late as June. The peak mating period is March to April.
• After a 65-day gestation period, two to three kits are born.
• The kits remain in the den until they are about seven weeks old, at which time they can walk, run, climb, and begin to occupy alternate dens.
• At eight to ten weeks of age, the young regularly accompany their mother outside the den and forage for them selves. By 12 weeks, the kits roam on their own for several nights before returning to their mother.
• The kits remain with their mother in her home range through winter, and in early spring seek out their own territories.
• The size of a raccoon’s home range as well as its nightly hunting area varies greatly depending on the habitat and food supply. Home range diameters of 1 mile are known to occur in urban areas.

Mortality and Longevity

• Raccoons die from encounters with vehicles, hunters, and trappers, and from disease, starvation, and predation.
• Young raccoons are the main victims of starvation, since they have very little fat reserves to draw from during food shortages in late winter and early spring.
• Raccoon predators include cougars, bobcats, coyotes, and domestic dogs. Large owls and eagles will prey on young raccoons.
• The average life span of a raccoon in the wild is 2 to 3 years; captive raccoons have lived 13.

Viewing Raccoons

Raccoons can be seen throughout the year, except during extremely cold periods. Usually observed at night, they are occasionally seen during the day eating or napping in a tree or searching elsewhere for food. Coastal raccoons take advantage of low tides and are seen foraging on shellfish and other food by day.

Raccoons use trails made by other wildlife or humans next to creeks, ravines, ponds, and other water sources. Raccoons often use culverts as a safe way to cross under roads. With a marsh on one side of the road and woods on the other, a culvert becomes their chief route back and forth. Look for raccoon tracks in sand, mud, or soft soil at either end of the culvert.

In developed areas, raccoon travel along fences, next to buildings, and near food sources.

Figure 2. The rear foot of a raccoon shows the “heel” and looks like a small human footprint. Both front and back feet have five toes. The front prints have shorter heel marks and are 2 to 3 inches long; the hind tracks are 3 to 4 inches long. (From Pandell and Stall, Animal Tracks of the Pacific Northwest.)

Tracks, Scratch Marks,
and Similar Signs

Look for tracks in sand, mud, or soft soil, also on deck railings, fire escapes, and other surfaces that raccoons use to gain access to structures (Fig. 2). Tracks may appear as smudge marks on the side of a house where a raccoon shimmies up and down a downspout or utility pipe.

Sharp, nonretractable claws and long digits make raccoons good climbers. Like squirrels, raccoons can rotate their hind feet 180 degrees and descend trees headfirst. (Cats’ claws don’t rotate and they have to back down trees.) Look for scratch marks on trees and other structures that raccoons climb.

Look for wear marks, body oil, and hairs on wood and other rough surfaces, particularly around the edges of den entrances. The den’s entrance hole is usually at least 4 inches high and 6 inches wide.

Droppings

Raccoon droppings are crumbly, flat-ended, and can contain a variety of food items. The length is 3 to 5 inches, but this is usually broken into segments. The diameter is about the size of the end of your little finger.

Raccoons leave droppings on logs, at the base of trees, and on roofs (raccoons defecate before climbing trees and entering structures). Raccoons create toilet areas—inside and outside structures—away from the nesting area. House cats have similar habits.

Note: Raccoon droppings may carry a parasite that can be fatal to humans. Do not handle or smell raccoon droppings and wash your hands if you touch any. (See "Public Health Concerns" )

Calls

Raccoons make several types of noises, including a purr, a chittering sound, and various growls, snarls, and snorts. Trails

7/6/10 Removed 1 way tunnel trap from a Seattle townhouse for a successful removal of squirrels.    Removed nesting birds from bathroom exhaust vent before they had babies.    Inspected a job in Seattle for squirrels, had been at the house 2 doors down 6 months ago, it seams that the middle house is still the squirrel entrance for both.    Inspected behind siding for rat entrances, none to be found, to much dog poop in yard, Rat attractant.    Removed squirrels from house at bottom of apex, entrance due to rotten wood.

7/7/10    Seattle Customer thought he has mice, removed 5 baby squirrels    Installed concrete and 1 way exit door to remove rats from under concrete shelf.    Insulated 300 square Feet of insulation under addition, removed dead raccoon last week.    Squirrel in wall , cut hole in wall and removed 1 baby, when leaving we heard a new baby in different part of wall, cut hole to remove it also, cut 2 additional holes and found nothing.    

7/8/10    Installed exit door / entrance trap device to remove squirrel, later that day customer noticed the returning squirrel carrying twigs back to entrance, so we decided to remove device and give the job 2 weeks for the suspect momma to raise her babies. I asked one of my old employees to remove it for me because I was no where close to job, he did and ill return the favor to him soon.    Went to customers house and waited for her to show up........and waited.......and waited......20 min......i left, she showed up and asked me to return.....of she called when i wasn't there... i told her monday we will try again..... hope she shows on time    Inspected job in Seattle, saw baby squirrels, boy the were big, big enough to leave on their own, with no desire to with momma the milk truck delivering every meal, so we excluded them and as of

7/10/10 the customer reports complete silence....YEA!    inspected a Seattle snake infestation, summited an estimate

7/9/10    Seattle Customer reported squirrel or raccoon infestation, HAD MICE, gave him traps, I didn't charge him anything, however he gave me 100.00 for my time, love it when that happens.    Customer has squirrels, again another older litter excluded them with exit door, as of

7/10/10 Seattle customer reports 1 out ,momma out and one more to come out.    Returned to estimated job to remove bats that customer has received special permission from state to remove bats from her vents, set up nets exclusion nets.    Estimated elderly care facility for squirrel infestation, vent ridge has blown off and building in dis repair.    Removed 1 way door for raccoon that customer reported was a success.    Customer had home improvement contractor close gable end vent, trapped raccoon in, we set exit door to get raccoon out.    Started Squirrel exclusion at facia board above gutter.

7-12-10   Removed 3 skunks from A Seattle property. Installed a negative air machine to remove the smell from underneath the resisdence. Will be back to remove air machine and disinfect. the lady called me her god for solving her problems. That made the rest of the day go by good.    

7-12-10   Arrived at a Seattle clients house who previously had an animal under her concrete porch removed.  I trenched around the entire porch and poured concrete to prevent further intrusion.   

7-13-10   I had previously excluded a raccoon out of a Seattle clients attic, and the raccoon punched out 8 soffitt vents, and I replaced them for free.   

 7-14-10   I applied eviction fluid in A Seattle customers attic to get rid of her raccoons. All is quiet and job is complete.    

7-14-10   Once again applied eviction fluid for baby raccoons and noticed over hanging branches on clients roof. I offered to trim the branches to keep them from getting back on the roof.    

7-17-10   A Seattle Client was complaining of hearing noises from his chimney flue. After further inspection of chimney I saw a mother and 4 babies at the bottom. I applied eviction fluid so the mother could safely remove the babies.

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