Houston, Texas

On the north and northwest side of Houston, Cypress Critters & Pests takes care of raccoons, roof rats, squirrels and snakes that get into homes and small businesses. Michael Gerbino inspects the building himself, catches the animal alive, seals every way in and repairs what it damaged. He works the FM 1960 area, Champions, Willowbrook and the Cypress Fairbanks side rather than the whole city. To set up a visit, call Michael at 713-775-8799.

Michael’s main work in Houston is animal exclusion in Houston: getting raccoons, squirrels, rats and other animals out of the attic, walls and crawl space alive, then sealing the roofline, vents and foundation with metal so they cannot get back in. The full write-up of how it is done is on the animal exclusion in Spring, TX page. Call 713-775-8799 to have the house checked.

What does Michael get called for most in north Houston?

Most Houston calls start with a noise overhead or something spotted along the bayou behind the yard. Here is how the four most common jobs usually begin.

Each of those pages explains what that animal does in this part of the city and how Michael deals with it. Opossums under decks and sheds come up too, and they have their own Houston opossum page.

Why do older north Houston neighborhoods have so many entry points?

A house that has stood through many Gulf Coast summers has had plenty of time for its wood to swell, dry and pull apart. Fascia boards separate from the roof deck. Vent screens rust through. A previous owner patched a hole with foam or a scrap of plywood, and that patch was chewed out long ago. None of it is anyone’s fault. It is simply what heat, humidity and storms do to a roofline.

The bayous add to it. They run through these neighborhoods as long green strips, and raccoons, rats, opossums and snakes use them the way people use a road. A house that backs up to one sees more animal traffic than a house in the middle of the block.

Small commercial buildings have their own version of the problem. Rooftop air conditioning units sit on metal curbs, and the gaps around those curbs, the conduit and the drain lines are open doors for rats. Michael looks over the roof of a strip center or an office with the same care he gives a house, and the commercial wildlife and pest control page covers that work.

Why is exclusion the answer here?

Trapping an animal empties the attic, but it leaves the opening and the smell behind, and in a neighborhood next to a bayou the next animal is never far off. Exclusion means finding every gap on the building and closing it with metal and hardware cloth that animals cannot chew or pull loose. Michael explains the full process on the animal exclusion and live trapping page, and what it looks like on Houston houses and storefronts is on the Houston animal exclusion page. Animals he catches are removed alive and handled following Texas rules.

Hearing something in the attic tonight? Call 713-775-8799 and tell Michael where and when you hear it.

What goes into the quote?

Michael gives a number after he has walked the building, because a one-story house with a single torn vent and a two-story house with gaps on every side are very different jobs. The count of openings, how high they sit, whether young animals are inside, and how much repair and clean-up is left are what move it. He tells you plainly what he found. Written requests can go through the contact page.

Also nearby

Houston’s northwest edge runs right into the towns Michael serves every day. The Cypress page covers the subdivisions along US-290, the Klein page covers the established neighborhoods between Spring and Cypress, and the Spring page covers his home base. Every town is listed under areas served. For anything in Houston, Michael can be reached at 713-775-8799.

Around North Houston: Places Our Customers Know

We serve all of Houston. Here are a few landmarks on the north side, close to our home base in Cypress and Spring.

National Museum of Funeral History

One of the more unusual landmarks on the north side is the National Museum of Funeral History, at 415 Barren Springs Drive. We serve the homes and businesses around it, along with the rest of north Houston.

City Place

City Place, the former Springwoods Village, is home to the ExxonMobil campus and a growing mix of new homes, apartments and offices. We handle wildlife and pests for both homes and businesses up here.

Anywhere on the north side of Houston, call or text 713-775-8799. Day or night.