by critterman | Oct 24, 2026 | Wildlife Questions
Because rats are not coming for a dirty kitchen. Around Houston, the rats in an attic are usually roof rats, and they come for shelter as much as for food. A warm, dry attic is the shelter. The food is often outside: pet bowls, bird seed, fruit and nut trees, trash...
by critterman | Oct 24, 2026 | Wildlife Questions
A real wildlife inspection covers the whole house, outside and in, not just the spot where you heard the noise. Outside, that means the roofline, soffits and fascia, roof returns, vents, chimney, pipe and air conditioning openings, garage door corners, the foundation...
by critterman | Oct 24, 2026 | Wildlife Questions
Animal exclusion means keeping animals out of a house for good instead of catching one and waiting for the next. The work has four parts: find every way in, get the animals already inside out alive, seal each opening with material they cannot chew or pull apart, and...
by critterman | Oct 24, 2026 | Wildlife Questions
A raccoon walking across your yard has not bitten anyone, and that is the line the state draws. The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) lists raccoons as high-risk animals for rabies and says rabies is passed through saliva, most typically in bites. Its...
by critterman | Oct 24, 2026 | Wildlife Questions
Do not corner it, flood it or try to smoke it out. A skunk sprays when it feels trapped or threatened, and one that has room to move is far less likely to. The way to get it out without the spray is to catch it alive in a cage trap set on the path it already uses,...
by critterman | Oct 24, 2026 | Wildlife Questions
The house and the animal decide it, not a menu. What moves a quote is what kind of animal it is and how many, whether there are young, how many ways in the house has and how high they sit, how much sealing and repair the job needs, and how much attic clean-up is left...
