Wildlife removal services in Chattanooga

Most jobs are three pieces of work on the same house: get the animal out, close the opening it used, and deal with what it left behind. This page is those jobs. If you already know the town and want how the houses differ, start with service areas. If something is overhead tonight, call (423) 831-2209 and say when you hear it.

What gets removed
Exclusion
Cleanup
How a visit goes

What gets removed

The animal is usually in the attic, a soffit, or a wall void, not loose in the yard. We inspect the house and match the removal to what is actually up there. The same thump can be three different animals, and you do not need a species name before you call.

Attic wildlife

Daytime racing and light scratches often mean squirrels. Night thumps that feel like footsteps lean raccoon. Soft movement at dusk, or a pile of crumbly droppings under a ridge, can mean bats. Mice and rats use the same gaps and leave smaller sign along the joists. Chewed wiring, torn insulation, and a urine smell that will not air out are the damage, not just the noise. Skunks, opossums, and the occasional snake show up under decks and in crawls. If the story does not match a classic attic pattern, say so. The inspection covers that when the clues are mixed.

The attic wildlife page walks through day versus night clues, what the damage looks like, and how a visit runs from the driveway to the close-up.

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Raccoons, squirrels, and bats

Those three do not share a method. A raccoon can peel a soffit corner and soak insulation in a week. Eastern gray squirrels chew vents and wiring in daylight. Flying squirrels are quieter and show up more at night, which is why night noise is not automatically a raccoon. Bats need a different exit and a different calendar. Tennessee maternity-colony exclusion is generally restricted about May 1 through August 1, so summer bat work is often inspect and plan, not a same-week seal. Confirm timing with a TWRA-aware operator before anyone closes a roost.

The species page covers how each animal gets in, what you will notice, and why a trap with the hole left open comes back.

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What wildlife exclusion means

Exclusion is the part that stops the sequel. Traps catch what is inside today. They do not fix an open soffit return, a chewed fascia corner, a loose gable or ridge vent, an uncapped chimney, a roof-to-wall gap, or a crawl screen an animal already kicked in. We find the holes in use and the soft spots next to them, then close them with metal, hardware cloth, and solid repairs where the wood is blown out. Foam by itself is not exclusion. Squirrels pull it out, and a seal made while an animal is still inside becomes a smell in the wall. Animals leave, or they get a controlled exit, before the final close. You should understand the plan before tools come out.

The exclusion page is the materials, the order of work, and the bat calendar in plain language.

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What cleanup and sanitizing means

The trap is not the end of the mess. After the raccoon, squirrels, or bats are out, the attic can still hold piles of droppings, urine-soaked insulation, and a nest that smells like they never left. Older Chattanooga attics are hot, tight, and full of blown-in that hides the stain until the hallway carries it. Cleanup starts only once the animals are gone or contained. Ruined material in the work area comes out, what stays gets treated, and the bags leave with us. We are not a mold-remediation lab, and we will not hand you a sanitizing certificate. If the real cost is new insulation, we say that. A clean attic with the entry still open just invites the next animal in.

The cleanup page is when to call, what the work includes, and what fog will not fix.

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How a visit usually goes

You tell us the town, when the noise happens, and whether anything is in living space with people or pets.
We walk the outside for open vents, chewed fascia, chimney issues, and limbs touching the roof.
Where it is safe, we look in the attic or crawl and say what the clues support.
Removal, a one-way exit, or a wait for bat season gets spelled out before anyone seals.
Entries get closed with materials that hold. If the insulation is ruined, cleanup is its own scope, not a free extra taped onto the trap.

What we do not do

Poison, fog, or mothballs as the plan for an attic animal.
Seal an animal into a wall and hope the smell fades.
Haul a raccoon across town and call the job finished.
Invent a shop address, review stars, a license number, or years in business.
Name a species from a text-message photo.
Stand in for city animal control on stray pets.

Ask to see the TWRA Animal Damage Control permit before anyone sets a trap. TWRA Wildlife Damage Control is the state page. We do not print a permit number on this site.

Tell us what you are hearing

Town, day or night, and whether an animal is in living space. Photos of a torn vent or droppings help if you can take them from a safe spot.

Call (423) 831-2209 Request a quote Email [email protected]

Still guessing what is overhead? The attic quiz sorts time of day, sound, and droppings. It will not invent a species from a ZIP code. For a quote, use the contact page.