Critter Control of Southern Utah

Wild Animal Removal

Safe, humane removal of nuisance animals and pests from your home or property.

Wildlife Pest Prevention

Reliable prevention from future animal intrusions in your home.

Animal Damage Repairs

Professional and permanent repairs to entry points, insulation, and damage from animal urine or feces.

Typical Nuisance Wildlife in Southern Utah

Washington County has an unusual mix of wildlife because of the diverse elevation, vegetation, and terrain. The area is a nexus of three geographical regions — the Mojave Desert, the Colorado Plateau, and the Great Basin.  

Raccoon Removal

Adaptable and clever, raccoons have no trouble thriving in St. George. Attics and chimneys make ideal den sites raccoons. Raccoons can wreak havoc trying to gain entry to your home and cause significant damage creating a den in your attic. They can cause a mess of garbage and destroy home gardens and birdfeeders.  Because they are nocturnal, you’ll most likely hear a loud thumbing at night if you have an attic.
Inspection– looking for footprints in or around home, large openings, raccoon poop
Raccoon Trapping & Removal– Live trapping most effective and humane
Repairs– Seal all entry points. Restore attic insultation.  Latrine disinfection and clean up.

Squirrel Control & Removal

Common in residential areas, squirrels are often found in homes. Squirrels are active during the day so you might hear squealing, running, or gnawing early in the morning. Squirrels teeth never stop growing so they constantly gnaw and chew damaging attic insulation, fraying electrical wire, and destroying house structures. 

Inspection– Gnaw marks on, in, or around your home. Small openings to attics or the crawl space. Droppings. Debris like nuts or nesting materials.
Squirrel Trapping & Removal– Live trapping, deterrents, one-way doors.
Repairs– exclusion services focus on repairing entry points. Removing debris, repairing nest sites, decontaminating droppings and urine.

Rodent Pest Control

Rats and mice are typical pest animals in a home. Proximity to water and buildings with plenty of entry holes allow the pests to travel freely and breed rapidly. In homes, a mouse or rat may contaminate food with waste, spread disease, and destroy property. To effectively get rid of rats you need to control the population. Female rats can have six litters in one year (mice can have up to 35 babies in one year). The wildlife technician will determine the best type of trap, placement of trap, and the best bait to use.

Inspection– Noises such as scurrying and rat or mouse droppings most prominent signs you have a rodent infestation
Rodent Traps– Variety of traps available.
Repairs– caulking cracks, capping chimneys, installing mesh over vents.

Bat Removal

Bats will enter attics to roost in large groups. As a protected species, special consideration must be made for bat control in Southern Utah.
 

Inspection– Small squeaking sounds. Piles of droppings in one corner of the house or attic. Stains on walls and strong ammonia smell.
Trapping & Removing– Generally you can only remove a bat if it’s in the livable part of your home. Most likely one-way doors will be employed once the bats offspring have reached maturity.
Repairs– Sealing entry points. Disinfecting area under roost from accumulation of guano.

Snake in your Home

If you have a snake in your home, you have another animal pest problem. Snakes generally enter a home looking for food. Snakes will also enter your home to explore, shed its skin, or as a temporary refuge. Removing the snake’s food source is the ideal way to remove a snake.

Inspection– snake skins, snake droppings, odor,  
Trapping & Removing– Live traps and direct capture are effective methods. Most non-venomous snakes are protected from killing. Eliminating any prey species and sealing potential entry points help keep snakes from re-entering your home.

Bird Control in St. George

Trapping & Removing- Trapping birds are difficult. A better strategy for removal is to deny them places to land and nest like bird netting, bird slides, chimney capping. Depending on the pest bird will determine the type of barrier and habitat modification will be necessary
Repairs- Removing any nests and repairing damage cause by nest building. Decontaminating areas covered in bird droppings.

Gopher Control

You probably won’t see a gopher or encounter one in your home. Mounds of fresh soil are the best sign of a gopher’s presence. One gopher can create several mounds in a day. Gopher burrows can cover two hundred to two thousand squire feet. The burrow system can undermine structures. Gophers will feed on garden plants and gnaw on irrigation systems.

Inspection– Fresh mounds of dark, moist soil signs of burrow. Probing to find main burrow.
Control– Trapping. Fumigation. Underground fencing to protect specific areas of the lawn such as flower beds and gardens.
Repairs– Leveling existing mounds.

With over 30 years of experience, Critter Control is the nation’s leading wildlife control company. At Critter Control of Southern Utah, we’re skilled at dealing with many of Southern and Central Utah’s most bothersome pest animals. Whether you need to remove bats from your attic or get rid of rodents or raccoons that are damaging your property, you can trust Critter Control to get the job done safely, effectively and humanely.”