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| BAT REMOVAL..BUYING HOME ...HELP | 11/20/2009 |
Q: MY WIFE AND I ARE IN THE PROCESS OF BUYING A HOME...IT IS A FORECLOSURE AND WE JUST HAD THE ...
A: This is a very common situation. I'd guess that 15% of bat infestations are found by real estate ...
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| Shrews in my house | 10/16/2009 |
Q: I have shrews living in my house, I thought I was trying to catch mice for the last two months but ...
A: While I have never worked on a house with a Shrew infestation I don't think they would be any more ...
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| covering a chimney | 8/31/2009 |
Q: I would like to know if there is anything out there in the market to prevent any insects or animals ...
A: You need a chimney cap. I would advise against trying to make one yourself. Chimney caps are built ...
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| skunk vs packrat | 8/6/2009 |
Q: we have noticed an odor not quite skunky but similar in our business, is it a packrat or is it a ...
A: There are one million possibilities in this situation. I could not possibly answer this question ...
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| mouse problem | 5/26/2009 |
Q: about 2 years ago I caught several mice in my house. I searched the entire perimeter of my house ...
A: RJ I'd be willing to bet that the mice are still coming and going from the house. A mouse could not ...
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| Birds in walls. | 5/14/2009 |
Q: Some birds created a nest in our wall (they've been there for some time). We blocked their ...
A: Ken Yes it would be a good idea to clean it all out of there but at what expense? If it's as simple ...
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| animal or animals in the walls | 5/1/2009 |
Q: For the last month or so, we have been listening to what sounds like a fairly large animal shifting ...
A: What you've described does indeed sound like it could be a raccoon. You need to get a professional ...
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| Squirrel Eating Wires of Car | 3/5/2009 |
Q: I have 3 cars 2 Cadilacs and 1 Lincoln. Twice I had squirrels chew the wires in my Cadilacs not the ...
A: Peter This is an odd situation. I've had people call me before with mice building nests inside ...
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| Animal Identification: Squirrels?? | 1/8/2009 |
Q: I live in a 3 year old new build 5 story development in London. We are on the top floor and my ...
A: Sel It may certainly be squirrels inside the roof of your home. In the US both gray squirrels, ...
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| mice in attic? | 12/28/2008 |
Q: Scratching can be heard on my sheetrock ceiling. Mostly at night but sometimes during daylight. An ...
A: Drew I suggest that you take another look around and look for possible entry-points that you may ...
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| feces in attic | 11/16/2008 |
Q: I am insulating my attic and found that a squirrel must have been up there by the way papers were ...
A: The droppings that you've described sound like Raccoon feces. Be sure to remove these droppings and ...
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| feces on boat & Dock | 9/16/2008 |
Q: Am I correct in thinking the attached photo is Bat droppings? If so, how can I stop them from ...
A: That is definitely not bat droppings. Bat droppings are black and they're slightly larger than a ...
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| which pest? | 9/10/2008 |
Q: Can you tell me how I can tell whether I have bats or chimney swifts in my chimney?
A: There are a couple ways to tell the difference. Chimney swifts have the ability to fly straight up ...
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| SE PA--very loud insect in trees at night; not cicadas? | 9/3/2008 |
Q: (I just typed this and for some reason it got erased? Oh well--thanks for this service! We live in ...
A: I'm not really sure. It doesn't sound like anything that i've ever heard. It definetly sounds like ...
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| bat control | 9/2/2008 |
Q: Bats in log home.Come in during nite(see the new streaks of bat urine on windows).None found inside ...
A: Arthur You should look into excluding the bats by sealing the exterior of the house. An informative ...
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| Bat | 8/20/2008 |
Q: It is the first bat that has been found in this cabin in 40 years... I do not believe there is a ...
A: "Because the bat was in the house, does it have a higher risk of having rabies?" No. This was more ...
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| learning pest control | 8/8/2008 |
Q: I would like to get into this trade.I am working on my core manual and also my structual licence.i ...
A: That is a difficult question to answer as salaries for technicians vary greatly. I would estimate ...
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| Squirrel | 7/28/2008 |
Q: We have a squirrel in the roof of our house. We have put down poison. We have an electromagnetic ...
A: Throw out the poison and the elctronic squirrel scaring device for starters. Place the cage trap ...
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| Bats | 7/27/2008 |
Q: I live in Mexico and I moved recently to a house near the country. The day we arrived we saw that ...
A: Erik Being from New England I am not familiar with the vampire bat species. I'd suggest calling a ...
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| my cat caught a bat | 7/26/2008 |
Q: I live in Blythe Ca. and I know nothing about desert bats. Last night my cat came in with a bat in ...
A: I think it would be impossible to say for sure if the cat was bitten. I'd think that if the cat was ...
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| bats in chimney | 6/30/2008 |
Q: I presently have bats in my attic and find it very annoying...they are quite loud. What is the best ...
A: Bats in a chimney is one of the most difficult situations that I see in the field. There are many ...
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| Birds in wall/eve | 6/12/2008 |
Q: I have a bird that has nested in my eve (and possible the wall as I here movement there). The baby ...
A: When birds enter areas like this they usually don't venture very far into the structure. In most ...
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| What is this? | 2/4/2008 |
Q: For about a week or more we hear a sqeaking in our wall, almost sounds like crickets, perhaps a ...
A: Glue boards work well for crickets. You could place them anywhere on the ground floor that kids/pets ...
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| What is this? | 2/4/2008 |
Q: For about a week or more we hear a sqeaking in our wall, almost sounds like crickets, perhaps a ...
A: The fact that I'm from Massachusetts might make this difficult for me as I'm not familiar with the ...
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| Squirrels | 1/21/2008 |
Q: I have been trapping and relocating squirrels for a decade using peanut butter as bait. Beginning ...
A: There could be quite a few factors contributing to your empty traps. Less squirrels in the area, ...
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| Bats | 11/29/2007 |
Q: My cousin has an older home, and we know it isn't sealed all the way, somehow the bats are getting ...
A: Getting bats out of a home can be a very complicated task. There are a lot of factors that must be ...
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| Bat dung | 9/12/2007 |
Q: we recently had a large number of bats living in our attic and we think we got them all out but now ...
A: To be honest I don't feel comfortable providing you with any type of answer to this question. There ...
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| bats | 8/29/2007 |
Q: For the past couple of years I have been observing a small family of bats that live under the eaves ...
A: Vicki There are a lot of variables in this type of situation. In some cases bats are very happy to ...
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| unknown pest | 8/25/2007 |
Q: I had water leaking in so I took down a knee wall in front of a cinder block foundation. I noticed ...
A: Sorry for the delay as I was out of town. Droppings in or around a cinder block foundation could be ...
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| Bat Estimate | 8/20/2007 |
Q: We have a bat problem and live in central New York State. We've confirmed the bat presence (maybe ...
A: You are on the right track. Excluding bats is the only long-term solution to this type of problem. ...
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| mouse control65nky | 8/13/2007 |
Q: My wife and I have a country house in West Virginia. There is plenty of wildlife outside our home ...
A: In a rural setting like you've described you'll have your work cut out for you. I am not a big fan ...
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| Bats in my chimney | 8/13/2007 |
Q: I live in Oregon and I have bats in my chimney. From the sound of them they are babies. Normally I ...
A: Are you sure they're bats? There is a bird called a chimney swift that is commonly mistaken for ...
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| Mouse | 8/8/2007 |
Q: my family just came from vacation and we found a mouse, and we want to know what food attracts a ...
A: John Peanut butter and standard mouse traps work well. Use a light coating of peanut butter on the ...
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| Bats | 7/30/2007 |
Q: We have bats that over night have been up in the corner of our house outside. There is droppings, ...
A: Kay There is very little that can be done to prevent bats from landing on a specific area. If you're ...
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| mice control | 7/19/2007 |
Q: I just discovered evidence of mice in the kitchen and bathroom of our house. We have two indoor ...
A: Different people may have different ideas on what is the "best" way to get rid of mice. 99% of Pest ...
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| there is a dead mouse lost in my room | 7/9/2007 |
Q: there is a dead mouse hidden in my room . I cant find it no matter how much I clean. I sthe door and ...
A: Lisa The mouse cascass is probably in one of your walls. They sometimes fall into wall voids from ...
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| Bat removal | 7/3/2007 |
Q: I have what appears to be a bat that clings to my chimney (outside) just under the soffit every ...
A: Patrick There is very little that can be done to prevent a free-raning bat from roosting on the ...
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| raccoon | 5/30/2007 |
Q: I have a raccoon living in a lg tree in our front yard. We don't want him there. If I cover the ...
A: How will you know that she is inside the tree when you cover the hole? What if the raccoon has young ...
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| bats in the attic | 5/5/2007 |
Q: I live in a 100 year old brick house. There are very many ways for bats to get into the house. (I ...
A: Angela I have never seen any type of "Repellant" work to keep bats away. As long as there are ...
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| is the bat gone? | 3/20/2007 |
Q: Last night my cat brought a bat into the house. After it flew around for about 20 minutes I thought ...
A: Judy Unfortunately in this situation there is no way to know for sure if the bat is still in the ...
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| dead animal /smell | 1/13/2007 |
Q: HELP - It smells like there is a dead and decomposing animal under our mobile home. What to do? ...
A: The best way to approach the problem would be to have someone crawl under the home to remove the ...
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| walking sounds in ceiling | 1/8/2007 |
Q: I live in a cape code with a full dormer on the back. I do not have an attic. I hear ...
A: Sounds like you may have some mice or squirrels entering through the roof. The dormer that you ...
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| squirrel | 12/26/2006 |
Q: i have squirrels in the attic. do these strobe lights work? if i cover up the holes they chewed in ...
A: Richard Ecellant question. I perform approximately 200 squirrel removal services every year. I have ...
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