Wild animals like squirrel can stray into houses and offices. In fact, there are places where squirrel intrusion in household is a problem. Expansion of cities and felling of trees has aggravated the man versus wild conflict. When animals lose their natural habitat they take shelter in human habitat. However, it is not always due to loss of habitat that squirrels and other animals intrude human habitat. Since man has come closer to the wilderness, many a times animals like squirrel intrude human habitat in search of food and shelter. The colony of squirrel that nestles in the trees near your house, may eventually enter your property and infest it. In most of the US states you are not permitted to kill wild animals, even if they intrude your house or office. You just need to control their intrusion. It is not easy for an office or a household to control such intrusion without help. You need to call specialized squirrel pest control and removal services to do that. However, before calling them you can do something on your part to deter the rodents from entering your property. Sealing The Entry Points
When it comes to entry points, squirrels have many. There are squirrel entry points both on the ground and above the ground. Squirrels are acrobatic animals. They live in trees and are adept at gliding across tree branches, wires, ropes etc. So, if there are tree branches arching over your property or ropes, you need to cut them off. Such connections often act as bridge between the wild and houses. Nevertheless, there are supply lines to your house too. You cannot disconnect them. You need to seal the entry points of these supply lines into the house. If these points are sealed tightly, there is little possibility of the rodents intruding your house. Squirrel pest control services are specialized in this task.
However, there are other entry points on the roof too. The roof vent is a popular entry point for squirrels and other rodents. These rodents can make their way through broken tiles. Since squirrels have strong jaws and sharp teeth, they can cut open and dislodge broken or weakened parts easily. If there are broken tiles on the roof, it is not very tough for these witty rodents to make way through them. Once they are able to get past the tiles, it is only a matter of time for their entry into the attic. The Squirrel Pest Control services make sure that all the entry points to your property are effectively sealed.
On the ground entry points
Regarding the sealing of entry points on the ground, you need to be more diligent. There are many entry points on the ground. In fact, the maximum intrusion takes place on the ground. On the ground, it can enter your house through the main door if the door is left open for a long time and there are no people inside. But the most common entry points are the kitchen waste pipes and the drain pipes. They most often enter kitchens and toilets through these avenues and take refuge in the house. However, they may also make their way through the weak places in the walls. Sometimes they may even build burrows below the house without the house owner knowing anything about it. You need to call Squirrel Pest Control as soon as you discover burrows near your property.
Damage Due To Squirrel
Squirrels can precipitate house fires by cutting up electricity lines, cause inundation in house by damaging water supply lines, cut up and tear up things in the house and so on. They can also precipitate some diseases if there is a squirrel infestation in your house. However, the biggest damage they can cause is the damage to the foundation of your property. They may make network of burrows below the foundation and undermine it. This can really be ominous for your residential or commercial establishment. Call a Squirrel Pest Control as soon as you notice squirrel in or around your house. You may also hear screeching sounds at night even if you cannot see any squirrel. In that case too call specialized people to control the rodent menace and save your property.
