Determining Indications of a Wildlife Infestation

Being proactive is key to minimizing damage and health risks. Knowing about signs of a wildlife infestation can allow you to step in before things get totally out of hand with wildlife removal Dallas.

• Strange Sounds: Do you ever hear scurrying, scratches, thumping, or chatter in your attic, chimney, or walls? This is generally the most apparent sign you have an unwelcome visitor. Squirrels scurry manically while raccoons are cumbersome and loud with their thumping.
• Property Damage: Look for signs of gnawing on electric wires, wood, or pipes. Animals like mice, rats, and squirrels are constantly chewing to aid tooth grinding and can create costly repairs and possible fire hazards. Some other key red flags are torn insulation, snapped ducts, and structurally damaged elements with evidence of being chewed.
• Unpleasant Odors: The smell of animal feces or urine is a strong indicator of infestation. Skunks have a very strong stinky spray. Dying animals within walls or attics will have a foul rotten smell.
• Droppings and Tracks: Sighting animal droppings within your attic, garage, or around your yard is a clear sign you've got a critter infestation underway. To further observe tracks, do it at dusty locations or muddy zones around structural points of entries to your dwelling.
• Nesting Materials: Look for piles of leaves, twigs, insulation, shredded paper, and the like stashed away somewhere like in your attic, shed, or crawlspaces.These are all signs there is an animal building a nest.

Dallas Wild Animals and Perils They Pose

The Dallas skyline is a desirable location for all sorts of wildlife. While harmless-looking themselves, these wildlife can do critical-level damage and bring serious health risks to residents. 

Raccoons, with their destructive brilliance, are known to peel shingles off roofs, shred insulation to bits, and chew through electric wires and come with rabies and parasites as well. Squirrels are a typical attic-invader; their constant chewing at electric wires can create a fire risk and infest insulation with feces. Opossums are nighttime foraging scroungers and can carry diseases like tuberculosis and are oft-hosting fleas and ticks as well. 

Skunks are known for their extremely deadly defense spray and can cause yard damage foraging for food and are carriers of rabies as well. Lastly, mice and rats can double and triple at a furious pace to create mass infestations and spread food and surface contamination and diseases like Salmonella and Hantavirus.

Why Wildlife Removal is Important in Dallas

The Critter Stop team has years of experience helping Dallas residents with wildlife removal Dallas concerns and has earned their trust by combining expertise with superior ethics and customer service.

• We were called out by a Dallas couple, the Millers, who complained about a wild scratching sound coming from their bedroom wall and losing sleep over it. Our technician utilized a thermal imaging cam to locate a nest of squirrels who had bored their way in. We captured the squirrel family by humane trap and sealed up the opening. The Millers thanked us for regaining sanity and were happy with fast and efficient service.

• Local Dallas businessman, Mr. Harrison, noticed things scattered about and odd feces at his warehouse shed. We immediately identified the source to be a large opossum. Our technician, Lisa, set out a live trap and successfully captured the opossum alive. She relocated it and gave advice to Mr. Harrison about how to secure his shed to prevent future occurrences. He was very happy with our fast and effective service.

Why Critter Stop for Wildlife Removal Dallas?

Local expertise sets Critter Stop apart from vendors who serve the entire nation. We're a Dallas company with an understanding of regional seasonal patterns and localized wildlife issues. 

Wildlife should never be given a vote regarding how you work or live. When dealing with rats gnawing through your foundation, mice crawling through your kitchen, or rodents endangering your safety, Critter Stop is here to help. Our wildlife removal in Dallas services combine knowledge, safe protocols, and prevention strategies that produce long-term peace of mind.

Call(214) 234-2616 today to schedule an inspection free of charge and take your initial step toward securing your Dallas property.