Opossum Removal in Raleigh, NC
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Opossums in Raleigh
Opossums are one of the most common but least destructive nuisance wildlife species. That doesn’t mean you should ignore them. Opossums can still damage damage your home or yard, be a nuisance, and spread diseases.
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Opossums will create dens under porches and decks, inside garages, in crawlspaces and basements, and climb onto your roof and get inside the attic.
If you hear strange noises in your attic at night, are experiencing a musky skunk-like smell, or notice damage to plants around the yard, it’s time to consider opossum removal.
Guaranteed Services
With Trutech, your satisfaction is guaranteed. Trutech technicians take great pride in providing quality workmanship to solve your wildlife pest needs. If you are not completely satisfied, we move to fix the issue at no additional charge or offer a full refund.
All whole home exclusions come with a one year warranty.
Free Inspection
Schedule a free inspection for all wildlife and pest infestations. Our inspection covers the entire house from roof to basement. Each inspection includes a no-obligation quote, a comprehensive report on problems observed, and a detailed explanation of a custom wildlife removal and pest control solution.
Financing Available
For Trutech customers fixed rate financing through the Rollins Acceptance Company (RAC) is available.
Both standard and 90-day same as cash financing options have 12-,18-,24-, or 36-month options. Some projects might qualify for a budgeted plan up to 60 months.
Opossum Removal Services
At Trutech Wildlife Service, we pride ourselves on offering humane opossum removal services that prioritize the safety of you and your family, your property, and the animal.
While opossums are not naturally aggressive animals, they do cause costly damage and pose health and safety issues to you, your family, and your pets. Before they dig up your garden or gnaw through electrical wires in your attic, it is time to conduct opossum removal.
When you choose Trutech Wildlife Service, you can trust that we will handle your opossum problem with the utmost professionalism and care, giving you peace of mind and a squirrel -free home. Contact us today for a free quote and let us help you reclaim your space.
Trapping and Removal
The best method is trapping the opossum and removing it with the help of a wildlife expert, like the ones at Trutech, who have proper licensure, training, and experience dealing with uninvited wildlife under homes, decks, and sheds.
Exclusion
The best opossum control is exclusion. Whether the opossum is on the roof, under the house, or inside your attic, we can install exclusions that prevent the critter from re-entering your house. Securing areas under sheds and porches with galvanized steel hardware cloth will keep opossums from denning sites.
Repairs and Restoration
If an opossum was inside, we apply sanitization agents to disinfect the area and exterminate ecto-parasites like ticks and fleas. Habitat modifications such as securing garbage cans, clearing brush piles, bringing pet food inside, securing birdfeeders, and cleaning up any fruit or vegetables from gardens.
How Trutech Gets Rid of Opossums
Opossum in Attic Removal
Opossums can get onto your roof from a tree or power line. Once on a roof, they will utilize weaknesses such as gaps, uncovered vents, uncapped chimneys, and damaged roofing to gain entry.
Within your attic, opossums will tear away insulation to use in their nest and gnaw on wood, stored possessions, and electrical wires. Chewed wires can create a fire hazard. In addition, their musky odor and the odor of their urine and feces can be difficult to remove. This damage can become costly for homeowners because of the structural and electrical damage incurred over time.
Trutech, professional wildlife removal company, has the experience and expertise to quickly, effectively, and humanely eliminate opossums from an attic. It eliminates the risk of being injured by an animal that has become aggressive when cornered or contracting an illness or parasite from being in the presence of its feces and urine.
Opossum on Roof Removal
Opossums are excellent climbers. Their feet have sharp claws for gripping, and they use their tails for balance. They use these climbing skills to hop onto a roof from nearby trees, bushes, fences, or power lines.
From the roof, they can find entry points into your attic or climb into the chimney.
Trutech, professional wildlife removal company, has the experience and expertise to quickly, effectively, and humanely remove opossums from an roof.
We can secure your roof so critters can’t get inside and cap your chimney to protect it.
Opossum under House Removal
They prefer these enclosed spaces under decks, crawlspaces, and basements because they’re safe from predators and harsh weather. Opossums build nests where they take shelter and raise their young. Opossums do not hibernate but stay hidden in their shelters in colder weather. Most find shelter in abandoned burrows, tree hollows, attics, basements, and under houses, sheds, and decks.
Having opossums living under your house puts your property at risk of damage and you and your family at risk of disease.
The best method to remove an opossum from under your house is to trap and remove it.
Exclusion services include activities that make it less possible for opossums to get under your shed, deck, or home. Professional pest control technicians can provide exclusion services that cover all the bases of preventing animals from invading your property.
Problems with Opossum Infestations
Signs a Opossum is on Your Property
You might not always see an opossum because they are nocturnal. Typical signs of an opossum include opossum tracks and droppings. You might hear or smell an opossum before you see one.
Opossums can make sounds like clicking, growling, and hissing. Opossums also secrete a fluid that smells mildly like a skunk.
Dangers of Opossum Infestation
Within your attic, opossums will tear away insulation to use in their nest and gnaw on wood, stored possessions, and electrical wires. Chewed wires can create a fire hazard. In addition, their musky odor and the odor of their urine and feces can be difficult to remove. This damage can become costly for homeowners because of the structural and electrical damage incurred over time.
Outside in your yard, opossums will root through garden beds and trash cans. They will also dig up the lawn in search of grubs and other insects to eat. Although their foraging and feeding behavior can become frustrating for those who love to garden, it is not extensive.
All types of squirrels commonly harbor ticks, mites, and other parasites that can infect people and pets.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Despite their harmless reputation, opossums carry a multitude of diseases that can be passed to people. Some of the more serious include leptospirosis, tuberculosis, relapsing fever, tularemia, spotted fever, and Chagas disease.
In addition, an opossum hosts a number of parasites in its fur, such as fleas, ticks, mites, and lice. These infestations can cause further problems for people, homes, and pets.
The sheltered, dry environment provided by attics attracts opossums. Residents of homes with opossums in attics may be alerted to the pests’ presence by scratching, clawing, and rustling noises. As opossums are nocturnal, people are most likely to hear these sounds at night. Additionally, homeowners may smell or see accumulations of droppings. Opossums also leave behind tracks around the exterior of homes, along deck railings, downspouts, tree trunks, and other structures used to gain rooftop access.
Property owners can limit opossums’ access to attics by sealing all openings in walls and roofs. Employing chimney traps and installing metal or plastic spikes on downspouts also helps deter the pests. To restrict their ability to obtain food, residents should also secure garbage cans with tightly fitting lids and keep pet food indoors at night.
Opossums are typically quite happy outside. However, the temptation of warm, sheltered houses full of food is sometimes too great to resist. Although the nocturnal pests are slow on their feet, they are excellent climbers and use this skill to reach open attic windows. Opossums are also proficient diggers that can burrow their way inside homes. The pests are about the size of an average house cat and will come inside through pet doors if they are feeling bold.
To prevent the presence of opossums in the house, property owners should enclose areas under decks and patios with mesh wire, as these are popular denning sites. Bring outdoor pet food inside overnight and secure garbage bins with tightly fitting lids to take away easy access to food sources. Securely fasten attic windows and seal gaps in exterior walls. Trimming back overhanging tree branches will also make it harder for opossums to access roofs and attics.
Since opossums are nocturnal, their presence in yards is not always readily apparent. Property owners must lookout for signs of the destruction they cause in order to catch opossum infestations early. Missing pet food, knocked over garbage cans, and holes under decks or porches point to the existence of opossum problems.
Other signs include finding tracks, scat, and seeing or hearing the pest as it moves about from one den site to another. Opossums also dig up sod and gardens in search of easy insect meals, although this kind of behavior is more commonly attributed to raccoons and skunks.
Toggle Opossums, like most other pest mammals, seek shelter under porches, decks, and homes to gain protection from the elements and predators. Small openings in porch and deck siding as well as holes in building foundations grant the pests access to these spaces. Since residential areas often provide plentiful food and water, opossums are highly motivated to set up dens on private properties and will use their sharp claws to force entry if necessary.
