Keeping Nuisance Animals Out is Key

Wrangling a raccoon…picking up a load of squirrels…trapping the skunk living under the porch.  For sure, these are the easily understood actions of nuisance animal trapper.

Consider, though, that the actual removing of nuisance wild animals is only half of the battle.

Today, we point out the other part of the job that is arguably even more important than the actual animal removal—the exclusion that keeps future animals out.  You know….. super exciting things like replacing a vent, blocking a soffit, bending aluminum trim, and laying long beads of caulk. ?

Admittedly, even in our own blogs and videos, repair and exclusion work doesn’t get all the love it deserves.  While we know it’s important and mention it often, watching and writing about Ryan doing exclusion work often takes a backseat to the animals.

Today, we focus on a recent exclusion of a carport soffit.  It highlights animal exclusion because no animals were even trapped.  The pieces of wood Ryan installed will prevent any future animal problems in these soffits.

Keeping Animals Out

At an inspection recently, Ryan found a nice carport that had originally been built with open rafter tails.

At some point when the house was sided & soffit was added to the carport to give the house and carport a consistent look.  The trouble this design element added in terms of nuisance animal issues is that the soffit could be entered from the carport side easily.  And, the weather-protected space that the soffit provides definitely attracted the attention of a variety of nuisance animals.

At some point, some light-duty insect screening was installed in the rafter spaces at the carport wall to stop animals from getting into the soffit.  But, the light insect screen stapled in place is not really a prevention against a determined squirrel or raccoon.

Ryan looked the job and came up with a straightforward, heavy-duty exclusion to stop curious animals: he blocked it with wood.

This video shows what Ryan found and his prevention solution.

As you saw in the video, that screening just didn’t cut it.  The wood blocking will provide a long-term solution to keeping all sorts of animals out of that desirable space. 

Long Term Solutions for Nuisance Animals

We strongly believe that repairs and exclusions are often as important as the animal removal itself. 

Though this repair/prevention work doesn’t always get top billing, it is one of the most vital parts of achieving long term solutions for nuisance animal problems.

If you live in the Akron / Canton / Kent , Ohio and are in need of professional animal removal AND animal prevention please give us a call today.