Wildlife Removal and Repair Program Overview:

All Pest Solutions has a successfully combined a four step process for wildlife removal in commercial and residential structures within the Dallas metroplex. Our highly trained professionals will build a custom plan designed to produce optimal results for exclusion and animal safety. All Pest Solutions technicians use a variety of custom sheet metal fabrications to repair and exclude wildlife with nearly unmatched craftsmanship in the industry.

All Pest Solutions exclusion program is designed for maximum coverage. One of the most serious problems our customer’s face is squirrels entering homes in the search for shelter and safe location to give birth. Rodents and raccoons attempt entry based on the same circumstances. More so than rodents and raccoons; squirrels continually make entry or re-entry year after year. The more young squirrels born within attics the more likely further damage and potential expansion to neighboring homes will occur.

More importantly than population expansion; is that of property damage. Both squirrels and rodents must gnaw and chew in order to keep their teeth filed down. The best candidate for the filling of the teeth is copper. Potential damage to wiring in attics should be the biggest concern for both exclusion specialist as well as home owners. Damage to wiring can include security systems, AC units, cable TV, and most importantly the direct fire hazard that can be caused by gnawing electrical wiring.

The first step in eliminating a critter problem is to first have an accurate understanding of the problem itself. Noises in the attic are the most common of derived phone calls. Most common of those noises can be heard from the mid night hours to early morning and late evenings. When fronted with the noises, a general distinction can be made relatively easy based on the animal that needs identification. Most often than not, squirrels can be heard from the early hours and late evenings (ie. 5-8 and 7-9) respectively. Squirrels are known to make entry throughout the middle of day as well in early stages of winter preparation. Rodents most commonly operate in the deep nights (ie. 1-4 in the morning) respectively. Most often rodents are not normally the known to be a problem do to their late night operating hours. Although many unhappy customers have the misfortune of the late wake up call. Also something to keep in mind when studying hours of operation; during the month of January through May. These months are the birthing seasons for mother raccoons. This noise normally is unmistakable do to the sheer size of raccoons.

The next area that often comes into play is visual identification. As home owners a routine air filter replacement may come to be shock when droppings around found in the attic. On top of droppings found the physical alteration of insulation can be a key identification. Squirrels will normally be centrally located to their main entry unless they have been there for many years. Squirrels will pack down the insulation around the outer edge of the attic adjacent to the exterior wall and soffit. Dropping identification can be difficult for squirrels do to the fact that like raccoons, squirrels use latrines (which are central locations of urination and defecation). Rodents, on the hand will be the easiest to identify within the attic. Do to the lack of efficient eye sight rodents must either feel or smell their way along their path in order to find their way. In doing so rodents will become lost within the attic and spread further and deeper throughout the insulated areas of the attic. Valleys and tunnels are most commonly rodent pathways. Also keep in mind that rodents will use electrical and pipe lines to navigate the attic space. Rodents utilize urine marking to find their way on these pathways and can be easily spotted (pictorial examples can be found in the All Pest gallery). Simply look for dark brown smudges along the valley ways, tunnel entrees, electrical conduit, and (PVC) outlets to identify the current rodent activity. All Pest wildlife technicians will identify these areas and discuss them with the homes owners.

Aside from interior identification, exterior damage can be accessed from the ground buy Dallas homeowners. Most obvious to home owners can be identified as gnawing of the eves ways. This can be seen on the fascia, soffit lines, as well as Cornish boards. Other areas can be tough to notice on the ground. Places like roof vents and soffits gaps can be hard to indentify as a place of entry. New home construction in today’s society, most often than not, allow for direct entry of critters based on the sheer fact of natural gaps. Large rodents can make entry to Dallas homes with gaps no bigger than the size of a quarter. Sometimes the natural gaps hide entry of rodents do to the fact that gnawing did not have to take place for entry. Secondary ground level areas of entry may consist of gaps below bay windows, a/c lines and garage door gaps. Most home in Dallas Texas do not have proper finished garages, meaning the absence of baseboards and hot water heater finishing. Most garage also have holes caused by vehicles or tools that have been recklessly placed against the walls. These areas are prime locations for rodent entry. To prevent rodent entry, garage door exclusion must be performed. At this point of assessment All Pest Professionals can build a plan based on areas of entry found.
All steps discussed are included in the step one of all pest solutions full comprehensive identification and estimate process. Upon request, All Pet wildlife technicians will perform a full inspection of targets areas and activity within the attic, as discussed previously. A plan and program will be built to that homes exact specification. exclusions methods and exact fixes differ from house to house. A thorough inspection is needed in order to build the best exclusion program.