Mar
09
2009
Tonight and every Monday night 5:00 EST.will be an open discussion for anyone with questions about urban wildlife. Raccoons and Squirrels are entering homes in Los Angeles, San Diego, and Orange County more often than most people think, and it is important that people get the animals out before they give birth in there attic or walls. We will be hoping to touch on many species of wildlife, including honey bees, but our live show is only 2 hours long, so please discribe the issue as best as you can, and our wildlife professionals will try to give you corrective action. This show is through a podcast and can be accessed via internet( http://www.Talkshoe.com ) Look for the Wildlife Pro Connection - Or via telephone by calling 724-444-7444 and using the call ID 41596 to access the show. 5:00 EST
Knowing what caused the animal problem is half the battle in living with wildlife in urban areas, and human safety is our main consern. We hope to see you there tonight! Brought to you by (http://www.findthewildlifepro.com) a multi source site which you may refer to for all your questions about wildlife in North America.
Dec
16
2008
Anytime Animal Control is an animal damage control company which takes great pride in fact that we try to educate the client on ways they can reduce the chances of a re occurance of the skunk invasion. We can be found at anytimeanimalcontrol.com or by calling 800-714-8727
Sometimes the cuite little guys become a nuisance, but do you need the skunk humanely trapped, removed, or controlled? I’ll explain a little about each, and you can decide if it’s something you can do yourself, or if you need a professional to come out and help with the skunk problem you have.
Skunk Removal
This is where you have a skunk in the home, garage, or he is trapped some where needing rescue or removal.Our team is equiped with the most up to date knowlage and experiance to successfully remove skunks. If you have a skunk under your house, we wont attempt to remove it, we will place traps in places where it will need to go through. The traps are animal friendly. An actual skunk removal could result in the animal spraying to defend itself!
Skunk Control
Controlling skunks is actually controlling the behavior of skunks. They are omnivores, meanng they will eat just about anything. Fallen fruit, insects, garbage, pet food, are just a few on the long list of a skunks menu. So, picking up the fruit before sun down, keeping pet food indoors, and securing trash inside a containor with a tight lid is a great start! Other things you can do, are keeping doors closed, and making sure fences go all the way to the ground. A skunk is equiped for digging, so if he sees that a little work will gain him access, he will take advantage of the opportunity.
Skunk Trapping
Trapping skunks isn’t recomended for anyone to do unless they are ready to deal with a stinkey mess! Our professionals have the equipment to get the job done in a manner that will greatly reduce the chances of a skunk odor problem. It takes great skill and patience to do it, so if skunk trapping is what you need, leave it to the professionals at Anytime Animal Control and save yourself the mess.
Skunk Poisions
NOT AN OPTION!
You never know which animal will get it - and it will probobly die under your own house, or in a place you cant get to it. So please dont even consider using poision on any animal.
Anytime Animal Control is equiped to handle raccoons, rats, opossums, and stray cats also, among any other wild animal probem you may have. We don’t handle dog complaints, but the animal shelter in your area will be able to direct you to the local enforcement agency in your area.Technorati Profile
Oct
26
2008
Anytime Animal Control is a company comited to helping the public in Los Angeles-Orange-and San Diego counties with nuisance wild animals. This begins by educating people on what we see in the field as the typical causes of wild life problems so they may make changes to the environment on the property in a pro active step to avoid an animal invasion. We have wildlife managers in the field which will resolve animal issues by trapping, and exclusion. We will also repair dammage caused by wildlife upon request. You may reach us at
800-714-8727 or for a list of services click www.http://anytimeanimalcontrol.com
Here we are almost into November, and the rats and squirrels are storing the nuts and seeds away for winter. They will also put away dry dog food, and whatever else looks or smells like food. When gaining access to the home, I’m seeing alot of tree limbs offering an easy way to the roof. Boganvillia are some of the rats favorite cover. they are almost invisible to natural enemies. Boxes in the garage offer cover also. Bags of dogfood in the garage are torn into on the bottom while the rats go un noticed in the effort to store it in the walls.
The dammage rats cause can be an expensive repair. I’ve seen them chew water lines to get a drink, causing a flood in the house. I’ve also responded to a call on occasion where the client was bitten in the face while they slept. My guess is that the client wasn’t attacked, but was bitten as a result of food odor or tooth paste left on the cheek or lips. It doesnt happen often, but it happens enough.
So, what kind of pro active steps can we take to avoid rats, mice, squirrels from choosing YOUR home as a place to live?
First, take away the vines crawling up the wall. Not all the way, just get them away from the roof, by about 3 feet. Now the tree branches, don’t offer any easy way for them to get up there. Cut them back at least 4 feet from the roof.
Second, don’t use pet doors unless they are petsafe doors or something like it. Rats can and will follow your pets inside.
Third, make sure the gas lines are not offering any space for a rat or mouse to get in next to it.
Fourth, store pet food in plastic bins, dont leave them in the bag. Also remember the seeds…that you put in a bird feeder? Box them up too. And be sure to get a seed catcher for that bird feeder. Birds toss seeds all over while eating. the ones that hit the ground will catch the attn. of a passing rat or squirrel, then he starts looking for nice place to live near this new grocery store!
Fifth, Get the garage so you can see everything, don’t have lots of boxes and bags all over the place. Open space makes rodents nervous, and thats what we want to do. Make sure the outside of the home is the same way.
Other than that, make sure the outside if the home is in good repair, not offering any space as big as a nickle, and you hve greatly lessoned the chance of having rodent troubles on the inside of your home.
If you ARE invaded already, please don’t use poisions. I also get lots of dead rat calls from clients who need the animal found in the walls. This is expensive to do. You are better off doing a trapping progrm, or hiring someone to trap them.
Feel free to go to anytimeanimalcontrol.com for a list of services we offer or call
800-714-8727 to set up an apointment.
