Do you kill the animals?

Our approach is removal and exclusion, not extermination. Most jobs use one-way doors that let the animal leave on its own and prevent it returning. Kentucky regulates what may be done with wildlife and it varies by species and season — we work within that and will tell you plainly what the rules require in your situation.

How much does wildlife removal cost?

It is quoted after inspection. The variation is too large for a phone number to be meaningful — the animal, the entry points, whether there are young, and the amount of damage all move it substantially. The quote itemises removal, exclusion, and repair separately.

Something is in my attic — how do I know what?

The timing is the best clue. Daytime scampering with the noise moving quickly usually means squirrels. Activity that starts right at dusk and involves a lot of scratching usually means bats. Heavy thumping and dragging at night, often with vocal noises, usually means raccoons. Fast, light skittering is rodents. We can usually narrow it down from your description before we arrive.

Will my homeowner's insurance cover the damage?

Sometimes, and it varies a great deal by policy — many exclude damage from rodents and some wildlife, while covering sudden damage from others. We are not going to tell you what your policy says. We will document what we find with photographs, which is what an adjuster will want to see.

How fast can you come out?

For an animal actually inside the living space rather than in the attic or crawl space, immediately — that is an emergency and we treat it as one. For an established attic or crawl space situation, we schedule an inspection promptly but the work itself may be constrained by season, particularly with bats.

Wildlife Removal

Wildlife Removal in Elizabethtown, KY

Bats, raccoons, squirrels, and snakes. Getting the animal out is the straightforward half — sealing the way it got in, and repairing what it damaged, is what decides whether you are doing this again next year.

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Removal, exclusion, and repair as one job
Kentucky wildlife regulations followed
Quoted after inspection, never over the phone

Why this is a different trade from insect work

Wildlife work has three parts and most of the cost is in the last two. Getting the animal out is often the quickest step. Then there is exclusion — closing the entry, which for an animal that can climb, chew, and pull is a construction job rather than a tube of sealant. Then there is what it did while it was in there: contaminated insulation, chewed wiring, a torn soffit, a blocked chimney.

It is also the part of this trade most bound by regulation. Kentucky protects a number of species, several bat species are federally protected, and the timing of when you can legally exclude an animal is not always the timing you would prefer. Doing it wrong is not just a fine — sealing a mother out while her young are still inside a wall creates a far worse problem than the one you started with.

Which is why nothing here is quoted over the phone. We need to know what it is, where it is, whether there are young, and how it is getting in before any of it means anything.

What tells you it's wildlife and not rodents

Noise that is heavier and slower than a mouse — thumping, dragging, or rolling rather than skittering
Daytime activity overhead, which points to squirrels; strictly-at-dusk activity points to bats
Droppings noticeably larger than rodent droppings, often concentrated in one spot below an entry
Visible damage at the roofline — a torn soffit corner, lifted shingles, a gap where fascia meets the gutter
Staining or a greasy rub mark around a gap in the siding or vent
A strong ammonia smell in an attic, which usually means an accumulation that has been there a while

How a wildlife job runs

1
Inspection
Species, entry points, whether there are young present, and the extent of the damage. This determines everything else including whether the work can legally be done right now.
2
Removal or exclusion
Often one-way doors that let the animal out without letting it back in, rather than trapping. Which method is appropriate depends on species and season.
3
Sealing the entry
Done to withstand an animal actively trying to get back in — heavy gauge mesh, flashing, structural repair where needed. This is the part that has to outlast the season.
4
Cleanup and repair
Contaminated insulation, droppings, and nesting material removed where needed, and damaged material replaced. Quoted separately so you can see what is removal and what is repair.

By animal

Bat Removal

Attic exclusion timed around Kentucky's maternity season, when sealing a colony in is both illegal and a much worse problem.

Raccoon Removal

Attics, chimneys, and crawl spaces — and in spring, almost always a mother with a litter, which changes how the job has to be done.

Squirrel Removal

Soffit and roofline entry, chewed wiring, and the daytime scratching overhead that tells you it is squirrels rather than mice.

Snake Removal

Removal plus identification — Kentucky has four venomous species and a great many harmless ones that get mistaken for them.

What it costs

Quoted after inspection, always. The range across wildlife work is genuinely wide — a single squirrel in a soffit and a long-established bat colony in an attic are not comparable jobs — and any firm number before someone has looked is a guess that will change.

The quote separates removal, exclusion, and repair so you can see what you are paying for and decide how much of the repair work you want us to handle.

10% military discount applies, always.

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Common questions

Do you kill the animals?: Our approach is removal and exclusion, not extermination. Most jobs use one-way doors that let the animal leave on its own and prevent it returning. Kentucky regulates what may be done with wildlife and it varies by species and season — we work within that and will tell you plainly what the rules require in your situation.
How much does wildlife removal cost?: It is quoted after inspection. The variation is too large for a phone number to be meaningful — the animal, the entry points, whether there are young, and the amount of damage all move it substantially. The quote itemises removal, exclusion, and repair separately.
Something is in my attic — how do I know what?: The timing is the best clue. Daytime scampering with the noise moving quickly usually means squirrels. Activity that starts right at dusk and involves a lot of scratching usually means bats. Heavy thumping and dragging at night, often with vocal noises, usually means raccoons. Fast, light skittering is rodents. We can usually narrow it down from your description before we arrive.
Will my homeowner's insurance cover the damage?: Sometimes, and it varies a great deal by policy — many exclude damage from rodents and some wildlife, while covering sudden damage from others. We are not going to tell you what your policy says. We will document what we find with photographs, which is what an adjuster will want to see.
How fast can you come out?: For an animal actually inside the living space rather than in the attic or crawl space, immediately — that is an emergency and we treat it as one. For an established attic or crawl space situation, we schedule an inspection promptly but the work itself may be constrained by season, particularly with bats.