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Raccoon Fun Facts Plus Expert Removal Methods

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Highly intelligent and curious by nature, raccoons have the potential to become a nuisance for homeowners. They can very easily cause structural damage in search of food, make a mess by tipping over garbage cans and destroy gardens. Since they are nocturnal and can hide almost anywhere, the recommended solution is professional raccoon removal. Here… Continue reading

Are Raccoons a Nuisance? When to Hire a Raccoon Removal Service

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If you have ever had a raccoon gain entry into your home, then you know just how much of a nuisance they can be. Raccoons commonly visit neighborhoods  to eat out of trash cans and basically wreak havoc. Raccoons use garbage cans and bird feeders as a food source and can even gain access to… Continue reading

Animal Removal—Useful Information About the Wild Raccoon

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Raccoons are creatures that live in the wild that seem cuddly but aren’t. Raccoons are smart and use their ingenuity to gain access to homes, making a den in an attic or crawl spaces. The species enjoys making a den in areas such as chimneys, attics, roof areas and crawl spaces. Raccoons can be infected… Continue reading

Understanding Animal Removal and Animal Control

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The terms animal removal and animal control are synonymous with seeing creatures taken from the home when they do not belong. Homeowners quickly find that pests, both small and large, like to try and become non-paying tenants. It is important to learn about animal control and removal as a homeowner so you know what to… Continue reading

Excellent Animal Control Solutions

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Depending on where you live, you might be subjected to pests entering the home. It is recommended that all homeowners learn animal control methods to keep from being bothered by pesky creatures such as mice or squirrels. Below are a few tips to ensure that creatures do not gain entry to your home. Keep It… Continue reading

Why You Need Professional Wildlife Removal During Winter

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Wildlife never takes a break. Most species are on the go year round. If there’s a way for pests to get in your home, they will. That’s why it’s important to always have a wildlife removal professional’s number handy. Safe removal for everyone and everything involved Professional wildlife removers understand how the changing seasons will… Continue reading

What Is Raccoon Roundworm and How Can You Protect Yourself?

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Raccoons might be viewed by some as cute and cuddly. However, their droppings can carry many different diseases, parasites and viruses. If you have raccoons living on your property the droppings could be harmful to you and your pets. Infections can vary in health risk and concern, but all should be treated seriously. The most… Continue reading

What Do Raccoons Sound Like?

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There are always different kinds of noises coming from the outdoors. It can be difficult to distinguish which species you’re dealing with, especially if it’s inside your house behind a wall or ceiling. They can all kind of sound the same. But, being able to identify specific calls and sounds can help narrow down your… Continue reading

Raccoon Rabies in Quebec

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Rabies quickly spreads throughout mammals. It’s transmitted through contact with an infected animal’s saliva. This can happen when the skin is broken by a bite or saliva gets into your body other ways. Quebec are trying to keep the province relatively rabies free. But, it’s difficult with recent outbreaks in bordering provinces and US states.… Continue reading

How Raccoons in Your Attic Can Increase Your Heating Bill

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Bills are the last thing we want to see increase. They’re too expensive already. But, low insulation or wildlife damage can affect your home’s heating bills. Warm air easily finding its way out of your attic will cost you money. Insulation’s main purpose is to overcome the cool air outside. Raccoons in your attic can… Continue reading

Raccoons in the City

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We all know raccoons can be annoying. They make huge messes around our homes. No matter the contraption we’ve developed to prevent them, they seem to outsmart us. Raccoons are quite intelligent mammals. They’ve evolved to survive in a complicated urban environment. A complete change from the wooded areas they evolved from. A lot of… Continue reading

How Do Raccoons Prepare for Winter?

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Raccoons will eat anything. An opportunistic diet means they can survive and prepare for winter by eating whatever they can find. When it’s cold they generally consume acorns, fruit and garbage. But, they will take advantage of any food source and establish dens close to a reliable outlet. They will build dens in hollow trees,… Continue reading

Five Ways to Protect Your Yard From Wildlife

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Milton’s wildlife slowly creeps into our yards and parks. Reliable food sources and sources of shelter attract them to our property, tearing up your lawn and chewing on plants. It’s important to keep an eye on your garden and determine regular visitors. Narrow down the species destroying your lawn or plants. Then make a plan… Continue reading

Raccoon Droppings Guelph

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Highly populated residential areas are favourites of raccoons. Guelph has the same problems with raccoon as many other Ontario towns or cities. Lots of different wild animals carry all sorts of diseases that can be transmitted to humans. However, because of the dense population in some areas we are most exposed to critters like raccoons.… Continue reading

Raccoon Makes Amazing Climb 10 Floors Down a Brick Wall

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Skedaddle Humane Wildlife Control to the rescue! On April 30th, Skedaddle Humane Wildlife Control received a call from a distressed homeowner who has a raccoon on their 10th floor apartment balcony. Skedaddle Humane Wildlife Control President and CEO, Bill Dowd, responded to the call. ‘In 27 years of business, this is a first call of… Continue reading

Raccoons are Smart – Making Your Home Vulnerable to Invasion

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If you have ever had your garbage bin broken into by raccoons, even after several attempts to lock it up, you know how smart and persistent raccoons can be. It seems that the more obstacles you throw in their way, the smarter they get, a testament to this is their ever increasing populations in urban… Continue reading

Wildlife Babies are Showing Up In Strange Places

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Don’t you hate going in for a routine oil change and end up getting a car full of squirrel babies? This was a case for a Skedaddle Humane Wildlife Control’s customer this past Saturday! In our 29 years in business, we typically find wildlife babies in all sorts of areas- attics, chimneys, walls, balconies, bathtubs!… Continue reading

The First Wildlife Babies of the Year are Here!

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  Skedaddle Humane Wildlife Control found it’s first babies of the 2016 spring season today! We found babies in a beer cooler in Oakville and more babies in a Hamilton attic. On Saturday, March 12th, we discovered the first squirrel babies of the season- under the hood of a BMW! The car had been towed… Continue reading

What a Raccoon Diet Consists of

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Raccoons, like humans are omnivores and have teeth designed to grind plants or tear meat. They are normally nocturnal, though they do sometimes come out in the daytime to search for food, especially in urban environments and on garbage days. Fruit is important for raccoons. They consume plenty of apples, blackberries and cherries when they… Continue reading

Trapping and Relocating Wildlife Can Create Orphan Wildlife Babies

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This is the time of the year when homeowners are most likely to be dealing with wildlife in their homes. It is mating and birthing season for raccoons, squirrels skunks and more. Wildlife are looking for homes to house their babies. When confronted with wildlife living up-close in their own homes or backyards, well-meaning but… Continue reading

Removing Wildlife Babies – the Humane Way is the Best Way

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Baby season is here!  Each spring Skedaddle Humane Wildlife Control receives hundreds of calls from home and business owners who have raccoons in their attics, chimney or crawlspaces. Mother raccoons begin to give birth in March and will continue to have babies through spring and early summer. Raccoons do not construct their own den sites… Continue reading

The Importance of Deodorizing and Cleaning Up After a Wildlife Infestation

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When your house and attic have been invaded by wildlife, capturing and removing the animals are simply the first parts of what you need to do to repossess your home from them. Often times the animal will have left behind feces and urine, leaving the insulation contaminated with dangerous viruses and parasites. The urine and… Continue reading

Ticks: Your Most Common Zoonotic Disease

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While ticks are mostly a nuisance, some can carry pathogens. Pathogens are microorganisms, such as bacteria, viruses and parasites that cause illness. If a tick infected with a pathogen bites you, disease transmission is possible, and you may become sick. In addition to Lyme disease, ticks also carry ehrlichiosis, anaplasmosis, Rocky Mountain spotted fever and others. Some ticks are… Continue reading

Cow in Ontario Tests Positive for Arctic Fox Strain of Rabies

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Animals on a farm in Perth County are under confinement after a calf on that farm tested positive for rabies according to the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. The PDHU said the cow was infected with the Arctic fox strain of rabies, which arrived in Ontario in the 1950s. It’s the first… Continue reading

Why Wildlife Infestations in Urban Areas Increase Every Day

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Whether it is the mountain lion living on the edge of Los Angeles, the thousands of feral chickens running around Miami or the thousands of raccoons in Toronto, the facts are indisputable- Many North American species have successfully adapted to urban environments and are thriving. Typical examples include coyotes, the top predator of such regions. Other common urban… Continue reading

Rabies – Frequently Asked Questions

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Hamilton residents are growing increasingly concerned for their safety, as well as their pets, after three more confirmed cases of raccoon rabies have been discovered in Hamilton, bringing the total number of cases to four. The deadly infectious disease is making its way back into Ontario after a nearly a decade of no confirmed cases.… Continue reading

Top Urban Wildlife Home Invaders in the Winter

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As the temperature drops wild animals like raccoons, squirrels, mice and skunks will often go to great lengths to seek shelter. In most cases, these animals can end up in basements, attics and in the chimney. They can also decide to make their winter home under your deck or porch. Top home invaders: Mice Mice… Continue reading

How to Make Sure Wildlife Doesn’t Invade Your Roof Vents

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Proper roof venting is critical to maintaining a healthy attic and extending the lives of roofs and shingles. Unfortunately for many homeowners who suffer a visit from uninvited house guests the route into the attic is very often through vents on the roof. Roof venting allows air inside the attic to move and escape which… Continue reading

Why Animals Are Getting in Burlington Attics

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Most Burlington homeowners don’t spend a lot of time thinking about what’s going in their attic. In fact, many people never even go so far as to poke their head up there. It’s understandable; attics are dark, dusty, cramped and tricky to navigate safely. It’s certainly not the sort of place you want to spend… Continue reading

What to Look Out for When Hiring a Professional Wildlife Control Service

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Owning a home can be pretty stressful and unexpected repairs always seem just around the corner. Whether it’s a leaky roof or furnace in need of replacing it can all add up pretty quickly. While most people don’t expect to be the victim of a wild intrusion, countless Burlington homeowners face that unfortunate reality every… Continue reading

Why Trapping and Relocating Wildlife Isn’t Your Best Option

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As Burlington continues to grow and expand the need for effective solutions to wildlife conflicts has become more important than ever before. Burlington is home to large populations of raccoons, squirrels, skunks, birds, bats and mice that have adapted their natural behaviour to urban and suburban environments and thrive while living side by side with… Continue reading

It’s Baby Season on the West Island

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It’s Baby Season on the West Island Spring is a busy time of year for professional pest control providers on the West Island. With all the snow now melted and warm temperatures finally returning, mother raccoons, squirrels and skunks are on the lookout for places to have and raise their babies. If a raccoon, squirrel… Continue reading

Wildlife Babies: What Happens to the Family?

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This is the busiest time of year for wildlife companies because the mating season is just beginning, which means we have already started seeing baby raccoons and squirrels across Ontario, Quebec and Nova Scotia. At Skedaddle Humane Wildlife Control one of our top priorities is keeping animal families together after their removal. Removing wildlife from… Continue reading

Wildlife Baby Season is Here

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The first raccoon babies of 2015 have arrived, and they are glorious! These fuzzy, poorly-sighted babies were removed from a home in Port Dover on March 12. The early weeks of March are typically when we receive many calls from homeowners who have experienced wildlife issues in the past, and their homes have now become… Continue reading

Why You Should Think About Wildlife Prevention

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We often hear from people who call our company to say, “this raccoon keeps coming to my house!” or “squirrels are always in my yard, I’m worried they might get into my attic!” 100% of the homes we visit have the potential for wildlife to damage and make their way inside. Urban wildlife are very… Continue reading

What Keeps Wildlife Coming Back

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Much like humans, wildlife enjoy warm, safe, quiet homes. A raccoon doesn’t know (or care) that an attic belongs to a family home, and the damage it caused to live in the roof will cost the homeowner dearly to fix. The mice scurrying across your kitchen floor and into the tiny hole behind your refrigerator… Continue reading

Why Expandable Foam Does not Deter Wildlife

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With over 25 years’ experience helping homeowners solve wildlife and pest problems, Skedaddle knows just how difficult it can be to keep your home protected. Houses are under constant threat of entry from animals in search of shelter and food. That’s why it’s so important to inspect your home often for activity and potential points… Continue reading

Wildlife Going Bump in the Night?

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Are you starting to hear thumping, scurrying, pounding, and other violent sounds coming from your ceiling? If you have already suspected wildlife are having a party up in your attic you are more than likely correct. Except there’s more to the story. Wildlife are not very quiet when it comes to mating. It’s often an… Continue reading

A Chimney Full of Fleas

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Skedaddle Humane Wildlife Control recently received a call from a customer who was complaining about fleas in his home. These sorts of calls are nothing new for us, but this one was peculiar for a number of reasons. In most cases, a flea infestation can be traced back to a pet that serves as the… Continue reading

Winter is Coming

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Be warned that there are some unwanted house guests who might be moving in pretty soon. In fact, they might already be living there and are even planning on raising their family under your roof! If this residential intrusion sounds peculiar, for the estimated 50 or more raccoons and hundreds of squirrels who live in… Continue reading

Top Reasons Why You’ll be Needing Wildlife Animal Removal Services This Season

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According to a March 21, 2013 article in the Toronto Star, springtime ushers in a surge of wildlife growth in Toronto that can be problematic for both people and animals. The article adds that most people who chance upon motherless nests think that the baby animals (whether they’re bunnies, raccoons, or something else) have been… Continue reading

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