If you notice signs of squirrels in your home, like skittering in your attic, feces, or footprints, don’t wait and procrastinate—call squirrel removal experts right away.
Here’s why.
DIY removal methods usually do not work when it comes to squirrels in your home. If squirrels find a possible entry point to your home, they’ll work hard to get in. In an hour or less, they can chew through shingles and gain entry into your attic to begin nesting. Screening or weak steel barriers won’t prevent them from coming in. They’ll chew right through it. Yes, even steel!
In addition, many types of squirrels, like the northern flying squirrel and the little red squirrel, only need to find the smallest holes to gain entry. They can squeeze through holes that you might not even realize exist.
That’s why it’s so important to call squirrel removal experts. They’ll be able to determine where the critters are coming in and take proactive restoration measures to seal up all entry points to eliminate the problem.
Squirrels are members of the Sciuridae family, which encompasses small and medium-size rodents. And because they’re rodents, their teeth are constantly growing, which forces them to gnaw on anything they can find in order to file down their teeth. Otherwise, their teeth would grow so long (six inches a year) that they wouldn’t be able to eat, and would thus starve to death.
Having squirrels in your home will result in significant damage. These critters will chew on your home’s electrical wiring, insulation, soffits, and roof. You’ll also find wood chips everywhere from them gnawing on the wooden structure of your home. They can easily chew through plumbing vents, air vents, ridge vents, dormers, and roof vents. They’ll damage your fascia boards, shingles, outer panels, and eavestroughs. They will likely do other damage to your home through their process of gathering nesting materials as well. The damage squirrels can do is virtually endless.
Not only can the squirrels themselves create significant damage to your home, but as they gnaw through screens, steel, and other materials, they could end up creating bigger openings that allow other animals to enter, such as bats or raccoons. And this will only worsen your troubles.
Because squirrels are so small, they can make their way through your home inside your walls. However, they could get stuck and be unable to scratch their way out. They could also get stuck in your chimney or in gaps in your attic. They’ll eventually starve and die if they can’t get out.
Not only is this a painful death for the critters, but having dead and decomposing squirrel bodies in your home is going to smell for days, if not weeks. And you might not be able to trace its tracks from the entry point to its resting space to be able to remove the body and get rid of the smell. Calling a wildlife control company that offers squirrel removal services right away can help prevent this situation from occurring.
Squirrels can do a lot of damage to your home in very little time. If you do not call squirrel removal experts to safely evict the critters, they’ll only continue to create more destruction in and around your home, which will require more substantial and costly repairs and cleanup down the line. The situation will not resolve itself on its own.
Think your homeowner’s policy will foot the bill? Think again. You’ll likely have to pay for the repairs and cleanup out of pocket because most insurance companies do not cover preventable damage done by wildlife. Their reasoning is that, with proper home maintenance, you could have prevented the situation from occurring.
You could end up having to pay thousands of dollars. And the longer you wait, the costlier it’ll get.
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