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Wildlife Damage Repair & Animal Exclusion

Serving the Macon, Columbus, and South Georgia Areas

Serious animal damage to the corner of the wooden soffit panel of a house that the animal removal company will repair.

Here in Georgia, we face special challenges in terms of wildlife control. Our neck of the woods contains cities, suburbs, and rural areas in close proximity to each other, which makes for many opportunities for wild animals to interact with humans.

Most animals are fairly nomadic. They wander around looking for food and habitat, driven by seasonal variations and population pressures. As animal populations in a given area increase, those populations tend to spread, driven both by competition for resources and a certain amount of territoriality. This is how animal populations have spread for countless years.

Humans and our densely-populated cities and suburbs, on the other hand, are a relatively recent development, as are our roads and highways that cut across land that once belonged to the animals alone. Given their choices, the animals would have preferred that we stay as far away from them as possible. But we came and settled down, anyway; and the animals had to adapt.

And adapt they did.

It didn't take the wild critters too long to realize that not everything about humans was bad. The squirrels and bats, for example, quickly learned that a nice, dry, comfy attic had a lot of advantages over a rotten, hollow old tree or a cold, damp cave. And although they don't quite understand why we do it, it didn't take the animals long to realize that we humans throw out an awful lot of delicious food, to which wild critters like raccoons, rats, and opossums are more than happy to help themselves.

In short, when life gave them lemons, the critters made lemonade. When humans came and plopped cities like Macon and Warner-Robin right smack in the middle of their territories, they made the best of it and adapted to our presence.

The Problem with Critters

We humans tend to be pretty decent sorts, and most of us wouldn't care very much if the animals helped themselves to our leftovers and wandered around in our yards. They were here first, after all; and as long as they're behaving in a polite manner and causing no problems, most folks would be more than happy to have them around.

The problem is that they do cause problems, and some of those problems can be pretty serious -- and sometimes even life-threatening. Most of these problems have to do with the things animals do when they get into our homes, businesses, and other buildings. For example:

In short, when animals get inside our homes and other buildings, they cause big problems.

Animal Damage Repair and Animal Exclusion in the Macon, Georgia Area

At Rid-A-Critter, we don't just do animal removal, and we're not "wildlife exterminators." In fact, most of the critters we handle are protected under both Federal and Georgia law and must be removed alive and humanely relocated -- not "exterminated."

What we do at Rid-A-Critter is safely remove the animals from your home, repair the damage they did, clean up the mess they made (including replacing contaminated insulation, if needed), and seal them out of your house so neither they nor their buddies can get back in again.

This last part, which we call "animal exclusion" or "animal-proofing," is where hiring a professional wildlife control company like Rid-A-Critter makes makes a big difference. Few contractor or handymen, and almost no do-it-yourselfers, have a sufficient appreciation for how resourceful our Georgia critters can be when it comes to getting into places where they don't belong. Through years of experience and the best training program in the business, our technicians have learned to think like the animals we work with, finding and sealing every last possible entry point to make sure that once we get them out of your home, they stay out.

In fact, we guarantee it.

In addition to the best-trained crew in the business, the Macon regional office of Rid-A-Critter also has all sorts of fancy equipment at our disposal, ranging from night-vision and thermal imaging cameras that let us literally see through walls and ceilings, to all sorts of bucket trucks, cherry pickers, high-powered vacuum cleaner trucks to remove filthy insulation, and insulation pumps to install fresh, clean insulation in its place.

In short, we have it all: the best crew, the best equipment, and the best guarantee in the business. So when you hire us to handle your animal damage problem, you get a complete job, done professionally, from start to finish, with no surprises and no hidden expenses. We even offer special financing, if you need it, so you don't have to settle for inferior work just to save a few dollars.

That's why we're the Macon area's premier animal control and animal damage repair company. We've solved animal problems at more homes, businesses, hospitals, and even airports throughout Macon and Northern Georgia than any other wildlife management company in the business. Even Georgia's own Ryan Klesko chose Rid-A-Critter to solve his animal problems.

The Difference Between Animal Damage Repair and Animal Exclusion

Rid-A-Critter provides animal-proofing services for all wildlife in our service area, including

and many others.

Animal Damage Repair Gallery

Here are pictures of animal damage repair and exclusion work we've done in the Macon, Columbus, and South Georgia areas.

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A metal mesh animal shield called Ride Guard installed on the peak of the roof to keep nuisance wildlife out of the attic of a house in Macon Georgia.
Ridge Guard installed on a house in Macon
The soffit of a house is hanging down because of water damage caused by the clogged rain gutters
Water damage and animal problems often coexist
The soffit of a house is hanging and the insulation is visible after water rot weakened the soffit panel and caused it to collapse under the weight of animals in the soffit
Water damage can lead to animal problems
Clothes dryer duct being held up by a technician. It has been gnawed at by rodents.
Rodent damage to a clothes dryer duct
Soffit with electrical fixtures ready to fall off a house because of rodent activity in the roof
Fire waiting to happen due to rodent activity
Soil pipes going through a brick wall were sealed with concrete to keep animals out
Soil pipes sealed up to keep the animals out
A missing soffit panel on a house in Zebulon, Georgia allowed raccoons to get in and do a lot of damage
Missing soffit let raccoons into Zebulon house
Rat hole in a basement wall in Macon, Georgia
Rat hole in a basement wall in Macon
Rat hole in a cement wall in Thomaston, Georgia
Rat hole in a cement wall in Thomaston
Rat hole under the eave of the rook of a house in Roberta, Georgia
Rat hole in the roof of a house in Roberta
Serious raccoon damage to the roof soffit of a house in Macon, Georgia
Raccoon damage to soffit of a Macon home
Big hole in a roof, with broken shingles, caused by raccoon damage in Warner-Robins, Georgia
Raccoon damage to a roof in Warner-Robins
A flying squirrel hole in the soffit of a house in Macon, Georgia, against the wall of the home.
Flying squirrel hole in soffit of a house in Macon
Roof rat hole in soffit and gnawing damage to trim on the corner of a house in Forsyth, Georgia
Roof rat hole and damage at a Forsyth home
The metal screen behind the wrought-iron window is broken and torn, allowing rats to get into the basement.
Rat entry into Macon basement through vent
Rat hole chewed through a window frame into a crawl space in Gray, Georgia
Rats chewed into a crawl space in Gray, Georgia
Rat gnawing damage to the trim around the basement vent window of a building in Macon
Rat damage to basement vent in Macon
Big hole chewed through a piece of PVC pipe by a roof rat
Rat damage to a PVC pipe in a Macon attic
Man on a roof bat-proofing a house in Thomaston, Georgia
Bat-proofing a house in Thomaston
Gap under shingles on edge of roof let squirrels into an attic in Macon
Squirrel entry gap on a roof in Macon
Squirrel damage to the roof of a house in Warner-Robin, Georgia
Squirrel damage to a roof in Warner-Robins
Squirrel damage to the cedar shakes of the roof of a house in Macon
Squirrel damage to the roof of a Macon home
Serious raccoon damage to the soffit vent of a Macon, Georgia home
Raccoon damage to a home in Macon
Tree branches and weeds on the roof of a Macon, Georgia home allows animals in
Vegetation allows animals into a roof in Macon
Shoddy animal damage repair with roof flashing
Shoddy repairs by one of our competitors
An improperly screened crawl space vent. Only half the vent is screened.
Poorly done animal exclusion by a competitor
Hole in a basement vent gnawed by rats
Rats gnawed their way through this basement vent
Light shining through a gap in the attic of a home in Macon, Georgia
Construction gap seen from inside a Macon attic
Gap under roof shingles allows animals into a roof
Gaps in construction allow animals into homes
Animal control experts Jason and Deal sealing bats out of a hospital
Jason and Dean bat-proofing a large hospital

If you live anywhere near Macon, Columbus, or South Georgia and have a problem with wild critters, please call us today for a professional inspection and estimate. We look forward to hearing from you.

 

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Spending this Sunday resting up for a big week ahead.
by Chad W.
Sep 10, 2023 08:32:59 am.

Finished up an exclusion before it for too hot outside. Perks of getting up early and getting started.
by Chad W.
Aug 26, 2023 11:03:43 am.

Resting up for another full week of critter ridding.
by Chad W.
Aug 20, 2023 06:11:58 pm.

There is nothing like waking up and looking forward to going to going to work. I love my job and am blessed to be in the position I’m in.
by Chad W.
Aug 19, 2023 07:28:21 am.

Headed to Birmingham to do a raccoon quote. Got another raccoon quote in irondale. Squirrels will be active soon. Call Ridacritter for your free exclusion quote.
by Chris Scott
Aug 18, 2023 09:57:39 am.

A dentist office in Stone Mountain has a dead animal smell that needs checked out this morning
by Chad W.
Aug 16, 2023 07:11:34 am.

Sun’s out in Marietta. Getting hot
by Chad W.
Aug 14, 2023 02:51:31 pm.

Sun’s out in Marietta. Getting hot
by Chad W.
Aug 14, 2023 10:59:56 am.

Headed to Birmingham to seal a bottom transition that snake are entering through. We have a big bat exclusion in sylacauga today.
by Chris Scott
Aug 11, 2023 09:45:07 am.

Installed some crawlspace vent covers in Cartersville then checked out some gutters in Big Canoe
by Chad W.
Aug 09, 2023 02:13:17 pm.

Villa Rica to get some materials, Cartersville to screen some crawlspace vents, then Big Canoe to clean out a gutter for a customer. Busy day
by Chad W.
Aug 09, 2023 06:04:59 am.

Started with bats I Talbotton Ga, Bats in the attic in Manchester Ga. Now to Tyrone Ga for rodents in a home.
by Jason Arruda
Aug 01, 2023 12:52:34 pm.

Taking this Sunday to rest up for a big week. Gonna be a hot one
by Chad W.
Jul 30, 2023 08:20:46 am.

Mountains this morning to check out some carpenter bee and woodpecker damage then to Atlanta to trap a raccoon that’s trying to break in
by Chad W.
Jul 18, 2023 06:42:06 am.

Mountains this morning to check out some carpenter bee and woodpecker damage then to Atlanta to trap a raccoon that’s trying to break in
by Chad W.
Jul 17, 2023 06:12:21 am.

Headed to Tuscaloosa. Going to quote a client that has rats and bats. Got a few traps to check around the Birmingham area. Then to Lincoln for a flying squirrel quote.
by Chris Scott
Jul 13, 2023 08:23:51 am.

Villa Rica this morning to pick up some material then to Cartersville to look at a house with problems in the crawlspace
by Chad W.
Jul 12, 2023 05:50:08 am.

Quoting exclusions today, Tifton Ga bats this morning and more bats in Americus Ga this afternoon. Bats in the attic, bats in the house!
by Jason Arruda
Jul 11, 2023 01:35:50 pm.

Headed to Loganville Ga this morning to seal a house and install ridgeguard. Then to Duluth to check some traps
by Chad W.
Jul 11, 2023 06:30:46 am.

Another happy customer in Duluth Ga
by Chad W.
Jul 09, 2023 11:27:57 am.

Atlanta this morning to seal a house and do some ridgeguard. Then to Cleveland Ga to seal some carpenter bee holes
by Chad W.
Jul 07, 2023 06:46:37 am.

In Anniston to look a customer’s chimney. I believe he has chimney swifts nesting in the flue pipe. Going to Leeds after that to set some mouse traps. Couple stops in Birmingham for squirrels and rats later today.
by Chris Scott
Jul 05, 2023 09:10:06 am.

Another good day in the critter industry in the south ga region. Time to call it a day.
by Jason Arruda
Jun 28, 2023 05:53:20 pm.

Stopped in Tifton Ga for a rat quote then to Lakeland Ga for bats. Have others today in Cordele Ga and Arabi Ga also for bats.
by Jason Arruda
Jun 28, 2023 12:09:01 pm.

We will be going around removing traps and deodorizing now that we have stopped all critter activity. Love seeing happy customers!
by Brandon C.
Jun 28, 2023 06:41:28 am.

Started off today having to get a new phone. At the end of the day we have more Exclusions lined up. Customers from Williamson Ga to Macon Ga. Also saw some clients in Sharpsburg and Peachtree City.
by Jason Arruda
Jun 27, 2023 04:01:52 pm.

Got a crew in Leeds sealing up a house for bats today. Got another quote for a bat exclusion in Pinson. Checking some rat traps in downtown Birmingham. Then off to talledega to check some mouse traps. Hope everyone has a great productive Friday.
by Chris Scott
Jun 23, 2023 08:27:34 am.

Headed to Lilburn Ga for a bat quote
by Chad W.
Jun 20, 2023 01:41:56 pm.

Got a few stops in Albany Ga today.
by Jason Arruda
Jun 20, 2023 10:34:47 am.

Rainy day isn’t going to stop production. Lawrenceville, Tucker, Atlanta.
by Chad W.
Jun 19, 2023 07:15:41 am.

Warm Springs Ga bats, Newnan Ga rats just to start off today.
by Jason Arruda
Jun 15, 2023 11:18:36 am.

Hiawassee, Canton, Cartersville, Alpharetta, Winder. Getting around today
by Chad W.
Jun 13, 2023 02:13:41 pm.

The Macon, Georgia office of Rid-A-Critter provides animal damage repair and exclusion in the Macon, Columbus, and South Georgia areas, including Adel, Albany, Americus, Barnesville, Byron, Camilla, Centerville, Columbus, Cordele, Culloden, Cuthbert, Dawson, Eastman, Fitzgerald, Forsyth, Fort Valley, Gray, Griffin, Hawkinsville, Jackson, Juliette, Kathleen, Milledgeville, Moultrie, Perry, Roberta, Sylvester, Thomaston, Thomasville, Tifton, Valdosta, Warner Robins, Yatesville, and Zebulon. We are fully licensed and insured.

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