Wildlife Removal Before & After Photos

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Raccoons Break Through the Soffit Return To Invade Home in Roosevelt, NJ

Our Little Rascals team is at a home in Roosevelt, NJ, to safely remove a raccoon from the property. After a thorough inspection, we determined that the raccoon had ripped apart the soffit returns on the home and infested the attic. A soffit return, also known as an eave return or cornice return, is a architectural detail that occurs when the horizontal cornice of a roof connects to the rake of a gable. It's a feature of Neoclassical architecture where the roof eave on a gable end comes down to a point, then doubles back briefly.

In order to safely retrieve the raccoon, we installed a one-way device over the soffit returns and then temporarily enclosed the areas off with hardware cloth. We also setup several baited devices nearby. The one-way will allow the raccoon to safely leave the area, but is designed to prevent it from getting back in. After a short period of time, we had successfully retrieved the raccoon and relocated it to a new, humane location.

Before we left the home, we fashioned several pieces of sturdy metal flashing and installed them over the two soffit returns to prevent any future raccoons, as well as any other nuisance wildlife, from infesting the home. 

Excluding Bats from the Ridge Vent in Millstone, NJ

After we successfully removed all the bats from this home in Millstone, NJ, we're going to prevent them from getting back in. The bats were able to infest the home via the ridge vent.  A ridge vent is an air exhaust vent installed on the peak of a roof. When installing this vent, an air slot is first cut in the roof deck at the roof's peak. This air slot is then covered by the ridge vent itself. They help to provide continuous, uniform exhaust ventilation at the highest portion of the attic and are designed to help resist wind-driven rain and snow, as well as insect and debris infiltration.

To fix this, we installed Ridge-Guard®. Ridge-Guard® secures and reinforces the ridge vent shingles. Now, not only is the home properly secured from bats, but all nuisance wildlife too!

Fox Under the Shed in Edison, NJ

The customer in Edison, NJ, had a situation with a fox harboring underneath her shed in the backyard. Afraid for her pet's safety, she called Little Rascals for help and we were sent out. The first thing we did was install a positive set over the fox's burrow underneath the shed and then installed Dig Defense® around the entire perimeter of the shed. A positive set is comprised of a nose cone that is attached to a two-gaited, heavy-duty device. The nose cone will safely guide the fox into the device. It's called a positive set because we are positive that the fox will enter our device.

Dig Defense® is a below-ground fence system that is 15 inches deep, 4 feet across, and protects structures against all nuisance wildlife. The front of the shed was on a concrete slab, and we were unable to install Dig Defense® around that area. Instead, we installed Pest-Blok across the entire front length of the shed. Pest-Blok doesn't restrict the airflow, undergoes a silicone-protected polyester coating process that makes it last longer, and guards the shed against foxes, raccoons, squirrels, and other nuisance wildlife.

After a short period of time, we successfully retrieved the fox! We then relocated it to a humane environment, filled in the fox's burrow, and installed another portion of Dig Defense® over that opening.

Raccoon Slide Under the Attic Fan in Sayreville, NJ

Recently, we were sent out to a home in Sayreville, NJ to handle a potential infestation of raccoons in the attic. As we started inspecting the property, we noticed that the attic fan was damaged. We took a closer look and found raccoon paw prints nearby and hair stuck in the attic fan. First, we installed a temporary attic fan cover over the attic fan and attached a two-gaited, heavy-duty device to it. The raccoons will have no other way to exit the area, except through our device, which will safely retrieve the raccoon. We also placed several baited traps nearby.

A short while later, we safely retrieved all the raccoons and safely relocated them to a new, humane environment. We then disinfected the attic and installed a sturdy attic fan cover over the attic fan. The attic fan cover is made of heavy-duty 18 Gauge expanded Galvannealed steel mesh and will prevent raccoons, as well as all nuisance wildlife, from gaining access into the home via the attic fan. 

Time to Keep the Raccoons Out in Metuchen, NJ

Raccoons had invaded the attic of this home in Metuchen, NJ, and Little Rascals is here to safely get them out! As we inspected the property we came across a damaged area of the Pac Man (also called a soffit return). We took a closer and found raccoon paw prints around the area as well as raccoon hair stuck in the opening. This is how the raccoons were infesting the home, by ripping apart the soffit return!

First, we installed a one-way device over the access point, temporarily enclosed it with hardware cloth, and setup several baited devices nearby. A one-way is a device that allows the raccoons to safely leave the area but is designed to prevent them from getting back in the same way! After a short while, we successfully retrieved all the raccoons! We then fashioned a piece of sturdy metal flashing and installed it over the damaged soffit return, to prevent any future raccoons or any other nuisance wildlife from getting back in via the Pac Man. Lastly, we are going to relocate the raccoons to a new, humane environment. 

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