In the quest to maintain a safe and comfortable living environment, one challenge that homeowners often face is the threat of rat infestations. These unwelcome visitors not only pose health risks but can also cause significant damage to property. Recognizing the importance of proactive measures, we’ve consulted with the experts at Skedaddle Wildlife Control in… Continue reading
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Victoria Wildlife Control: Keep Rats Out Of Your Pool This Summer With These Tips
Summer beckons with its radiant sun and beautiful skies, an idyllic backdrop for poolside relaxation. Yet, an uninvited guest may disrupt this serene vision—the common rat. Intriguing in their survival tactics, these nimble creatures often raise the question: where do rats live during these sweltering months? Typically seeking water sources, they might set their sights… Continue reading
The Role of Food and Shelter in Mice Infestations: Prevention Measures For Coquitlam Homeowners
In a quiet suburb of Coquitlam, an uninvited guest may lurk behind the walls, enticed by the very comforts of your home. Rodents’ quest for food and shelter can lead them to find solace within your home’s nooks and crannies. What attracts mice to your house largely boils down to two indispensable elements: food and… Continue reading
You Should Never Rely On Your Cat To Keep Mice Away
As far as longstanding myths go, the one that says cats are natural-born mice catchers is among the most persistent. If you happen to be faced with a mouse removal emergency, there is a chance you may be thinking about getting a cat. However, before you do that, there are several things you need to… Continue reading
Mice Removal in the Winter?
With a little help, mice can easily survive the cold winter months. They use a variety of materials to help them insulate their nests and keep warm enough to live through winter. If those nests are inside your walls, basement or attic, it can cause damage to your home, as mice can hide away in… Continue reading
Fast Facts About Mice Removal in Sudbury
When it comes to your home, the only living things you want to see living inside are you and your family. Unfortunately, wildlife creatures tend to like your home as well and will take up residency without you knowing until an infestation occurs. An example of this is a mice infestation. The tiny creature can… Continue reading
Landlord Responsibilities When It Comes to Mice
There can be a fine line between tenant and landlord when it comes to pest problems. It can be confusing to determine who is responsible for what. Rodent infestations happen all the time and not just inside rundown buildings and homes. Even new and well-maintained homes can get mice. If you find signs of mice… Continue reading
How Mice Have Developed a Resistance to Warfarin Based Poison
You’re using different rodent poisons, but noticing it’s doing nothing to reduce mouse activity inside your home. Well mice are advanced creatures adapting to different and new environments. They’ve become used to coexisting with people and the dangers that can bring. Mice can easily become immune to the poison you’re using. What is warfarin? Warfarin… Continue reading
Squirrels or Mice in the Attic?
It is important to identify the difference between a squirrel and mouse infestation. Both can be bothersome to homeowners and cause severe property damage but the process to remove and control them is not the same. The best place to start is distinguishing the behaviour characteristics of both rodents. Signs of mice in your house… Continue reading
How to Get Rid of Mice in Your Garage
There are tons and tons of places mice can nest for the winter in your home and on your property. Fall means the frantic search for the best place to live through the cold. Mice can get in holes the size of a dime. The last thing you need is an infestation on your hands.… Continue reading
Do Birdfeeders Attract Rodents?
Milton is lucky to have vast outdoor green space. There are the rolling hills of the Niagara Escarpment, an excess of farmland and small community woodlots. All is great for adventurous families to explore and enjoy the wildlife that comes with the outdoors. Birds are part of the wildlife community. They can be found everywhere.… 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
Removing Wildlife Babies – the Humane Way is the Best Way
Baby season is here! Each spring Skedaddle Humane Wildlife Control receives hundreds of calls from home and business owners who have raccoons in their attics, chimney or crawlspaces. Mother raccoons begin to give birth in March and will continue to have babies through spring and early summer. Raccoons do not construct their own den sites… Continue reading
The Importance of Deodorizing and Cleaning Up After a Wildlife Infestation
When your house and attic have been invaded by wildlife, capturing and removing the animals are simply the first parts of what you need to do to repossess your home from them. Often times the animal will have left behind feces and urine, leaving the insulation contaminated with dangerous viruses and parasites. The urine and… Continue reading
Ticks: Your Most Common Zoonotic Disease
While ticks are mostly a nuisance, some can carry pathogens. Pathogens are microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses and parasites that cause illness. If a tick infected with a pathogen bites you, disease transmission is possible, and you may become sick. In addition to Lyme disease, ticks also carry ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and others. Some ticks are… Continue reading
Animals’ Baby Season to Start Early Thanks to Warm Winter
Yesterday, while responding to a customer’s call regarding strange, loud noises coming from her attic, one of our Wildlife Technicians came across a romantic pair of raccoons celebrating an early Valentine’s Day. Raccoons have a gestational period of 63 days. That means homeowners can expect to be housing new babies beginning around February 26th, which is… Continue reading
Why Wildlife Infestations in Urban Areas Increase Every Day
Whether it is the mountain lion living on the edge of Los Angeles, the thousands of feral chickens running around Miami or the thousands of raccoons in Toronto, the facts are indisputable- Many North American species have successfully adapted to urban environments and are thriving. Typical examples include coyotes, the top predator of such regions. Other common urban… Continue reading
The Importance of Cleaning Your Home After an Animal Invasion
When wildlife takes up residence inside your home it can be pretty stressful for you and your family. For most people, the immediate concern is removing the animals and preventing them from getting back in. Getting rid of troublesome raccoons, squirrels, birds, bats, mice and skunks from your home or property is only part of… Continue reading
Rabies – Frequently Asked Questions
Hamilton residents are growing increasingly concerned for their safety, as well as their pets, after three more confirmed cases of raccoon rabies have been discovered in Hamilton, bringing the total number of cases to four. The deadly infectious disease is making its way back into Ontario after a nearly a decade of no confirmed cases.… Continue reading
Top Urban Wildlife Home Invaders in the Winter
As the temperature drops wild animals like raccoons, squirrels, mice and skunks will often go to great lengths to seek shelter. In most cases, these animals can end up in basements, attics and in the chimney. They can also decide to make their winter home under your deck or porch. Top home invaders: Mice Mice… Continue reading
Mice Are Looking to Invade Your Home- How to Spot Them and Get Rid Of Them For Good
You’re tired from a long day at work, snuggling into your warm bed, hoping for a relaxing night’s sleep when you hear the sound you dread most, the scamper and scurry of little feet. Sound familiar? Almost all of us will have had to deal with mice in our homes at one point or another. This is… Continue reading
How Mice Keep Getting in Weep Holes
Believe it or not; the brick walls that make up our homes are actually built as two separate walls. There is a regular, run-of-the-mill interior wall, with drywall, vapour barrier, insulation and all the rest, and a separate wall of brick and mortar that wraps around it like icing on a cake. Since we live… Continue reading
Burlington Fall Mouse Control
The weather has begun to turn and the fall season is once again upon us. For many Burlington homeowners fall marks the return of unwanted visitors they may have forgotten about during summer –mice! Every fall Skedaddle Humane Wildlife Control sees a dramatic uptick in calls related to mouse problems. Some callers are dealing with… Continue reading
How Do Mice Get Inside My House?
Mice have survived and thrived for centuries by living alongside humans. Though often out of sight and out of mind, mice are never far away. Mice remain a common household pest throughout North America. Unfortunately, we humans have yet to build a perfect mouse trap to rid ourselves of the stress and frustration that mice… Continue reading
What to Look Out for When Hiring a Professional Wildlife Control Service
Owning a home can be pretty stressful and unexpected repairs always seem just around the corner. Whether it’s a leaky roof or furnace in need of replacing it can all add up pretty quickly. While most people don’t expect to be the victim of a wild intrusion, countless Burlington homeowners face that unfortunate reality every… Continue reading
Why You Should Think About Wildlife Prevention
We often hear from people who call our company to say, “this raccoon keeps coming to my house!” or “squirrels are always in my yard, I’m worried they might get into my attic!” 100% of the homes we visit have the potential for wildlife to damage and make their way inside. Urban wildlife are very… Continue reading
What Keeps Wildlife Coming Back
Much like humans, wildlife enjoy warm, safe, quiet homes. A raccoon doesn’t know (or care) that an attic belongs to a family home, and the damage it caused to live in the roof will cost the homeowner dearly to fix. The mice scurrying across your kitchen floor and into the tiny hole behind your refrigerator… Continue reading
Keeping Animals Out of Your Home’s Vents
They say an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure and in the case of this homeowner that statement was certainly true. Squirrels used this opening on the side of the house to nest inside the vent system for a bathroom fan. The vent cover was easily bypassed by the squirrel that climbed… Continue reading
For Those About to Rock …
Stop! Do not try and attempt a mouse DIY remedy yourself. We have seen almost everything in the 25 years we have been in business, and the “jam a rock into a hole” technique is a well-known trick. The problem with attempting these things is that mice and other wildlife are extremely intelligent, and will… Continue reading
Fall is Coming
As summer winds down and the trees begin to shed their leaves, we are reminded of the beauty of mother nature. We are also reminded of the need to wildlife-proof our homes before winter! The fall season brings us a new round of wildlife critters into our neighbourhoods. The babies that were born is the… Continue reading
Why Expandable Foam Does not Deter Wildlife
With over 25 years’ experience helping homeowners solve wildlife and pest problems, Skedaddle knows just how difficult it can be to keep your home protected. Houses are under constant threat of entry from animals in search of shelter and food. That’s why it’s so important to inspect your home often for activity and potential points… Continue reading
Why the Humane Approach Is Best for Wildlife
Why the Humane Approach? We always get asked “why?” — “WHY not just kill or trap the animals and drive them out to the forest and let them go?”– the latter being the “more humane” approach to most people. We certainly cannot fault people for feeling this way. It’s not in most people’s best conscience… Continue reading
‘Killing Kindly’ As a Last Resort in Rodent Control
All over the world, there is always the issue of how effective rodent control can be done in the most humane way possible. “Kind” and “gentle” are two words frequently used by animal welfare activists and companies engaged in the containment of domestic pests such as rats and mice. Since these animals are commonly found… Continue reading
The Difficult Task of Thoroughly Getting Rid of Rodents
A January 5, 2013 article posted on CBC News’ website reported on the flurry of concern raised over the discovery of a rat carcass in a southeast neighborhood in Calgary, Alberta. The presence of the dead rodent in New Brighton, Calgary launched the entire city on a frenzied rat hunt, with citizens intent on being… Continue reading
Rodent Control Service Providers: Keeping People Away From Harm
More than being a major nuisance to homeowners’ properties, rodent infestation is also accompanied by the risk of contracting a number of infectious diseases. Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), for instance, is a rare lung disease brought about by the hantavirus, which can be directly transmitted by rodents. According to the Center for Disease Control and… Continue reading
Rodent Control Services: A Must for Canadian Homes
CBC News reported last May that after a long winter, Charleswood, Winnipeg resident Julian Warelis was shocked to see his lawn all messed up as he was raking grass. It turned out that a pack of burrowing voles chewed up the grass and dug multiple holes, resulting in several bald spots on his lawn. A… Continue reading
Why Businesses Need Professional Rodent Control
A recent article in Global News reports that in the past two years, 754 establishments in Toronto were slapped with health citations, with 87 of them forced to close due to violations related to rodent and pest infestations. For a business, getting a citation related to health and sanitation not only results in profit losses… 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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