Spring, Texas

Spring is home ground for Cypress Critters & Pests. Michael Gerbino is based in Spring and handles animal exclusion and humane live trapping across the town himself: he finds how raccoons, squirrels, rats or snakes are getting into a house, catches them alive, seals every opening and repairs what they damaged. If something is living in your attic, walls or garage anywhere in Spring, call Michael at 713-775-8799.

Why do so many Spring houses end up with animals in the attic?

Spring sits along I-45 north of Houston and spreads across two counties, Harris to the south and Montgomery to the north, with Spring Creek running between them. The creek and its greenway give raccoons, opossums and snakes a long, sheltered strip to live and travel in, and the neighborhoods that back up to it see those animals in yards and garages more than most.

Away from the creek, many Spring streets have mature trees with limbs that hang over the roofs. A limb over a roof is a bridge. An animal that crosses it lands right at the soffits, fascia boards and vents where most attic entries begin. Older buildings add openings of their own. Around Old Town Spring, the town’s earliest district, the eaves, trim and crawl spaces have had a long time to loosen. Newer houses start out tighter, but the same gaps appear as the wood settles and the roof weathers.

What does Michael get called for most in Spring?

Most Spring calls come down to a handful of animals. Each one has its own Spring page with what Michael runs into here and how he deals with it.

When nobody knows yet what the animal is, the starting point is the same for every house: an inspection from the roof ridge down to the foundation, outside and in the attic.

Why is exclusion the answer for a Spring house?

In a town with this much creek and tree cover, there is always another animal close by. Catching the one in the attic only clears the space for the next raccoon or squirrel, which follows the scent of the old den to the same hole. The lasting fix is to close the house: find every opening, get the animals out alive, and seal each gap with metal and hardware cloth that teeth and claws cannot open. That whole method is laid out on the animal exclusion and live trapping page, and the Spring side of it is on animal exclusion in Spring. Raccoons, skunks and other animals Michael catches are removed alive and handled following Texas rules.

Call Michael at 713-775-8799 to set up an inspection in Spring.

Also nearby

Spring borders several of the other towns Michael works. Just to the north is The Woodlands, where wooded lots crowd the rooflines. Klein lies between Spring and Cypress, and Tomball is to the west. The full list is on the areas served page, every animal Michael handles is under wild animal control services, and a note can go to him through the contact page. To have a Spring house looked at, call 713-775-8799.

Around Spring: Places Our Customers Know

We work all over Spring, from the historic district to the newest neighborhoods off the Grand Parkway.

Old Town Spring and the Spring Historical Museum

Old Town Spring is the town’s earliest district, a few blocks of shops in old Victorian buildings. The Spring Historical Museum sits right there at 403 Main Street. Older homes and shops like these have attics, crawl spaces and gaps under the eaves, which is exactly where raccoons, squirrels and rats look for a way in.

Spring Creek Greenway

Spring Creek is the line between Harris and Montgomery counties, and the Greenway follows it for miles, from Tomball east toward Kingwood. Creek corridors like this are home to raccoons, opossums and snakes, so the neighborhoods that back up to the creek and its trails see them in yards, garages and attics more than most.

Mercer Botanic Gardens

Mercer Botanic Gardens, at 22306 Aldine Westfield Road, is about 180 acres of gardens and woods on the east side of Spring. The homes around it share the same wooded edges, and the same wildlife.

Six Flags Hurricane Harbor Splashtown

Most families in Spring know the Splashtown water park. The busy neighborhoods around it get the full range of calls we answer: roof rats, roaches and ants inside, and raccoons and opossums outside.

City Place

City Place, the master-planned community that used to be called Springwoods Village, is home to the ExxonMobil campus and new homes and apartments. New construction still gets visitors from the woods it replaced, and we help both homeowners and businesses there.

Wherever you are in Spring, call or text 713-775-8799. Day or night.