Animal Removal northern virginia

Make sure you ask the wildlife removal company you hire what they mean by Humane. Many companies advertise that they humanely remove wildlife from your home but what they actually mean is they humanely kill the animals. In Virginia, if wildlife is removed from your property, it has to be killed. It cannot be relocated by law. So, many of the wildlife removal companies are removing the animal and killing it. In fact, some of them will tell you that they are relocating it but they don't actually do that, they kill it.

All this killing is not necessary to solve the problem. The animals can be evicted from the home and then, if the proper materials are used, the way the animal is getting in can be closed off so entry is no longer possible. Please ask your wildlife removal company what Humane means to them!!!

Birds in Chimney

At this time of year in Virginia, Chimney Swifts are making nests in chimneys and having their babies. Most homeowners realize there is a bird in their chimney when they hear the flapping of the wings of the mother or they hear the babies crying. The cry of the baby Chimney Swifts is really loud. It is unbelievably loud! Chimney Swifts are a federally protected migratory bird so we cannot remove them from your chimney. We can wait until they leave and then put a chimney cap on the chimney to prevent them from getting in next year. From the time the babies hatch until they time they leave the nest is about 18 days. By the time the homeowner hears the babies they leave in about one week. It seems crazy but these birds can actually fly vertically up and down the chimney. Most people think there is a bird stuck in their chimney.

Bat Eviction and Exclusion

Bats have their babies in the early spring. At first, the babies are small enough for the mother to carry while she looks for food but soon enough, the babies become too large so the mother has to leave them behind in the roost while she looks for food. Since the mothers leave their babies in the roost during at least May, June, July, and most of August, it makes bat eviction very difficult. In fact, we don't evict bats until late August when the babies can fly. Once the babies can fly, a one-way door can be used to evict the bats. After eviction is complete, exclusion can begin.

Did you know that in the western part of the U.S., Big Brown bats have a single baby but in the eastern part of the U.s. Big Brown bats have twins? So, for every female Big Brown bat in the attic in Virginia and Maryland, there are likely two babies. Also, some bats actually live in maternity colonies.

Bats are a very valuable animal to humans. They eat at least two times their body weight in bugs every night. If the bats where not eating those bugs, those bugs would be eating us!!!