Wildlife can be very exciting and fascinating to observe. But, it’s far from fascinating when you find wildlife invaders inside your home. Each year, more Canadians are choosing to live in a city, enjoying all the advantages that urban living offers. City dwellers are often surprised to learn how many species of wildlife make cities… Continue reading
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Call Skedaddle This Winter To Check Your Home For Wildlife Entry Points
Considering the onset of winter, now is the perfect time to check your home for any wildlife entry points. It is especially important to do so now, even though you’d be wise to continuously prevent entry to various animals throughout the year. Winter is the time of year wild animals are looking to escape the… Continue reading
Skedaddle Offers Winter Preparation Tips To Keep Wildlife Out Of Your Home
Fall is the time of year when when the leaves fall and the days get short. Wildlife seek out warmer places to escape the cold, mate and nest in order to survive the long winter ahead. However, many animals find it convenient to seek new shelters around humans. That means causing damage in order to… Continue reading
How to Get the Raccoons Under My Deck Out!
Raccoons are wild creatures known to venture out during the nighttime hours to forage for food. Raccoons often create dens in attics but during the warmer parts of the year they will call decks or sheds their own. When a raccoon has taken up residence under the deck of your home, you will want to… Continue reading
7 Facts About the Backyard Squirrel That May Surprise You
Squirrels are tiny woodland creatures that we all recognize as they live in neighborhoods, moving from tree to tree in search of food. While most people think they may never interact with squirrels personally, the animal actually likes to take up residency in homes, sometimes in the walls or attic. When this happens, animal control… Continue reading
Understanding Animal Removal and Animal Control
The terms animal removal and animal control are synonymous with seeing creatures taken from the home when they do not belong. Homeowners quickly find that pests, both small and large, like to try and become non-paying tenants. It is important to learn about animal control and removal as a homeowner so you know what to… Continue reading
Controlling Flying Squirrels in Sudbury
Lately, Skedaddle Humane Wildlife Control Sudbury has been receiving quite a few calls from Sudbury home and business owners who are dealing with flying squirrels in their homes. Below, Skedaddle Humane Wildlife Control Sudbury takes a closer look at flying squirrels and what to do if you find them in your home or business. Appearance… Continue reading
Wildlife Babies- Showing Up In Strange Places!
Don’t you hate going in for a routine oil change and end up getting a car full of squirrel babies? This was a case for a Skedaddle Customer this past Saturday! In Skedaddle’s 29 years we are used to finding wildlife babies in all sorts of areas- attics, chimneys, walls, balconies, bathtubs, etc. This year,… Continue reading
The First Baby Skunks of the Season Are Here
Skedaddle Humane Wildlife Control has its first baby skunks of the season! This is unusually early for baby skunks; the earliest we have found baby skunks in the past 10 years! In our 27 years in business, we have only discovered baby skunks this early in spring on one previous occasion. Skedaddle Humane Wildlife Control… Continue reading
How Squirrels Mark Their Territory
Gray squirrels are the most common species of squirrels that we deal with here at Skedaddle Humane Wildlife Control. They can reach amazingly high densities in areas where there are abundant resources, and forest populations. So many squirrels in one space means that competition for resources such as tree cavities and acorns can be intense.… Continue reading
Oakville Raccoon Removal
How do raccoons get on the roof? One of the most common questions we’re asked by Oakville homeowners is how the raccoon got on the roof in the first place. A lot of people don’t know this, but raccoons are excellent climbers and in most cases have very little trouble finding their way on to… Continue reading
Protecting Your Home From Wildlife This Spring in Montreal
Spring has finally sprung in Montreal and as the weather warms up you will no doubt begin to see the familiar signs of urban wildlife in your neighbourhood. The sound of birds chirping, squirrels chasing each other around trees and maybe the odd whiff of skunk spray all help to let us know that spring… Continue reading
How to Keep Mice Out of Your Garden
Mice can do a lot of damage to a garden including eating bulbs, gnawing bark, crippling roots, nibbling stems, and creating pathways in the lawn. Mice are also a concern due to the diseases they can carry. Mice are most often spotted at night or early morning but are sometimes out in the daytime. They… Continue reading
The Importance of Bat Guano
Bats play a vital role to our ecosystem. They play significant roles in controlling insect populations. Others pollinate many valuable plants, ensuring the production of fruits that support local economies, as well as diverse animal populations. Even bats droppings, called guano, can be beneficial. Bat guano makes an excellent fertilizer. It’s fast-acting, has little odor,… Continue reading
When An Animal Control Service Helps Clear the Airspace
The warmer seasons in Canada may be time for the birds to “start singing” again, but hopefully, not at your expense especially if you’re a homeowner or facility manager. An article in the July 2013 issue of Today’s Facility Manager (TFM) magazine reported that bird droppings, which have high amounts of nitrogen, not only damage… Continue reading
Wildlife and Animal Removal: When Even Sports Facilities Needs it
Certain forms of wildlife could be quite scary when encountered face-to-face. The Los Angeles Dodgers reported to the Los Angeles Times that several skunks and a raccoon were found scurrying across parts of Dodger Stadium in the past two months; the place had at least seven reported skunk invasions. Some kiosk operators in the concourse… Continue reading
Top Reasons Why You’ll be Needing Wildlife Animal Removal Services This Season
According to a March 21, 2013 article in the Toronto Star, springtime ushers in a surge of wildlife growth in Toronto that can be problematic for both people and animals. The article adds that most people who chance upon motherless nests think that the baby animals (whether they’re bunnies, raccoons, or something else) have been… Continue reading
Wildlife Control Services for Aggressive Animals that Carry Viruses and Bacteria
Greeting cards and cartoon shows depict raccoons as cute and cuddly creatures. Unfortunately, this wasn’t the case when a large raccoon attacked a Vancouver resident who was taking her two small dogs out for a walk near Stanley Park sometime in August 2012. The raccoon bit and clawed at the unfortunate woman and one of… Continue reading
Why Have a Rodent Control Service handle Industrial Facility Work
The British Broadcasting Corp. currently has its hands full with a rodent infestation at the company’s new home – Broadcasting House in Portland Place, London. The company transferred its TV operations to the building upon finishing its nearly 53-year run at Television Center at Wood Lane on March 31st this year. Because mice have all… Continue reading
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