The Response:
A response to a nuisance call in Dayton, Ohio led Barnes Wildlife Control to a home that contained several unwanted visitors. The homeowners reported that they heard animal noises and sounds of activity inside their home. Barnes Wildlife Control identified that the visitors were raccoons, and a raccoon was caught inside the home. The raccoon was a lactating female, which meant that somewhere in the home the mother had hidden her babies. Using thermal imaging and inspection cameras, Barnes Wildlife Control searched the house but could not find the baby raccoons. Finally, they located a large section of hollow space in the walls of the home, and were able to hear noises emitted by the baby raccoons. The mother raccoon had brought her babies through the wall and down beneath the wooden floor boards of the house. After cutting a hole in the wall and removing floor boards, the raccoon babies were removed.
The Repair:
Although the raccoons were removed from this Dayton home, they certainly left their mark. Their was a hole in the roof where shingles needed replaced and damage to the exterior of the home. Inside the attic there was raccoon feces, and entry holes in the dry wall. A typical solution to this, if requested by the homeowners, is a clean out and sealing of the home. The roof and vinyl siding damage are fixed, the contaminated attic insulation, feces, and drywall are removed, and the attic would be sanitized. The exterior of the home would be sealed off to prevent reentry by any future raccoons.
The Removal:
Raccoons are not the only animals removed by Barnes Wildlife Control, in fact just this week a groundhog job was completed. A homeowner with groundhog problems wanted their torn up yard groundhog-free. After seeing a Barnes Wildlife Control truck, BWC was contacted, and the solution began. Large holes were identified underneath a deck, and a partial deck exclusion began as BWC trenched around the deck to prevent any future ground hogs from entering/tunneling through. Traps were set to remove the ground hogs. No more mounds, no more groundhogs.
Groundhog digging around a foundation.