Dealing with unwanted wildlife in your St. Lucie County home? Get expert removal services that protect your family and property safely.
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Living along the Treasure Coast means sharing space with raccoons, rats, mice, bats, squirrels, skunks, snakes, armadillos, opossums, and various birds. As St. Lucie County becomes more developed, there are fewer natural areas for wild animals to find food and shelter, pushing them toward residential properties.
The most frequent calls we receive involve squirrel removal, raccoon removal, possum removal, skunk removal, armadillo control, and bat removal. These aren’t just nuisance issues. Wildlife carries diseases, as proven by recent rabies cases in raccoons and bats discovered in the Jensen Beach area and Treasure Coast Square Mall.
Your home offers everything wild animals need: shelter, food sources, and protection from predators. Attics provide warm, dry, dark spaces that make perfect living quarters for wildlife. Animals like bats, squirrels, raccoons, and rats can enter through small openings around vents or plumbing pipes.
Raccoons and squirrels often find their way inside through pet doors or holes they dig under crawlspaces and decks. Once they’re in, they’re not just visiting. Most critters will live in an attic year-round if allowed, using your insulation to build nests and make themselves comfortable.
The problem compounds quickly. If you see one rat or mouse, there are likely many more nearby since they reproduce between five and eight times a year, giving birth to five or more pups each time. What starts as a single animal can become a full infestation within months.
Food sources around your property act like magnets. Raccoons eat practically anything – meat, reptiles, fish, frogs, insects, fruits, vegetables, nuts, table scraps, and pet food. Opossums are attracted to garbage, pet food, and cultivated fruits and vegetables. Even something as simple as an unsecured garbage can becomes an open invitation.
Your home offers everything wild animals need: shelter, food sources, and protection from predators. Attics provide warm, dry, dark spaces that make perfect living quarters for wildlife. Animals like bats, squirrels, raccoons, and rats can enter through small openings around vents or plumbing pipes.
Raccoons and squirrels often find their way inside through pet doors or holes they dig under crawlspaces and decks. Once they’re in, they’re not just visiting. Most critters will live in an attic year-round if allowed, using your insulation to build nests and make themselves comfortable.
The problem compounds quickly. If you see one rat or mouse, there are likely many more nearby since they reproduce between five and eight times a year, giving birth to five or more pups each time. What starts as a single animal can become a full infestation within months.
Food sources around your property act like magnets. Raccoons eat practically anything – meat, reptiles, fish, frogs, insects, fruits, vegetables, nuts, table scraps, and pet food. Opossums are attracted to garbage, pet food, and cultivated fruits and vegetables. Even something as simple as an unsecured garbage can becomes an open invitation.
Professional wildlife removal isn’t about setting a trap and hoping for the best. We address the root cause of the wildlife issue and follow a step-by-step plan, including thorough inspection of the building and property to understand the cause and permanently solve the problem.
During our inspection, we determine how many animals are present, where they’re located, and how they got in, starting where you’ve noticed signs of animal activity. Evidence includes nests, dens, feces, animal tracks, gnaw marks, rub marks, nesting material, and runs in insulation material.
We provide safe and humane removal using environmentally friendly techniques that prioritize the safety and well-being of our clients. Most jobs require capture and removal of animals using years of experience to safely, humanely, and effectively catch target animals.
Different animals require different approaches. Exclusion is the most common method for removing bats, while cage traps work for squirrels and raccoons. Bat exclusion is the only legal method for getting rid of bats in buildings, and can only be done from August through winter months since it’s illegal to exclude bats from April to August due to baby bats.
After trapping animals, exclusion is the final step to ensure they can’t return, with our experts sealing all entry points. If animals have entered your house, it’s vital to find and repair all open entry holes with professional-grade repairs backed by warranty. We seal up all quarter-inch or larger entry points using sealants, wire mesh, and other rat-proofing structures since rats will gnaw through materials like plastic, wood, and caulking.
Florida law requires that nuisance animals caught in traps be humanely killed or released on the same contiguous property where they were caught to prevent ecological disturbances and disease spread. This is why our professional expertise matters – we understand both the legal requirements and the most effective methods.
Removing the animals is only part of the solution. Wild animals cause damage to homes, and we can repair everything from replacing insulation and boards to patching holes inside or outside your home. When necessary, we thoroughly clean and decontaminate your attic to prevent mold, pathogens, and odors.
Animals leave behind distinct scents that actually lure other animals to seek entry into your home, so even if all entry points are sealed, more animals will try to break in after detecting the smell, potentially causing more damages and entirely new animal problems. Our professional cleanup addresses these attractant odors.
If there’s substantial guano in your attic from bats, you should consider attic remediation services to remove soiled insulation and replace it. Once animals are gone, preventative repairs are essential, and cleanup is sometimes recommended. Our team members are masters at carpentry and home repair, fixing anything damaged by squirrels, raccoons, and other animals.
Our comprehensive approach ensures you’re not just solving today’s problem, but preventing tomorrow’s. Our more comprehensive programs address potential areas for future break-ins, remove odors and soiled insulation, and restore any damage done to your home or business. In cases of raccoon and bat damage, many insurance policies help cover damages, and it’s important to not only repair damage but eliminate odors that can attract more animals.
If you have a wildlife problem in your St. Lucie County home, your best option is to hire a company that specializes in Florida wildlife removal only, since this is a specialty business and regular pest control companies don’t use proper techniques to solve animal problems. It’s illegal in Florida to trap without a license, trap type and placement are vital, and once trapped, animals must be handled according to Florida law.
The right professional brings expertise, proper equipment, and legal compliance to your wildlife problem. We understand local wildlife behavior, seasonal patterns, and the most effective removal methods for each species. Most importantly, we provide lasting solutions that protect both your family and your property investment.
When wildlife invades your St. Lucie County home, don’t wait for the problem to worsen. Contact ProControl Management Services for expert wildlife removal that gets the job done right the first time.
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