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Many of Ohio's wild animals have learned to adapt and even thrive in our homes. For example some wildlife have found that attics make great places to live. Other animals find refuge under homes or porches. Invariably, these animals cause damage. Rodents, like squirrels and rats, love to chew on electrical wires once in an attic, and this causes a serious fire hazard. Raccoons can cause serious contamination in an attic with their droppings and parasites. Same goes for bat or bird colonies. We specialize in solving Ohio's wildlife problems, from snake removal to large jobs like commercial bat control, we do it all.

If you need assistance with a domestic animal, such as a dog or a cat, you need to call your local Lucas county animal services for assistance. They can help you out with issues such as stray dogs, stray cats, spay & neuter programs, vaccinations, licenses, pet adoption, bite reports, deceased pets, lost pets, local animal complaints and to report neglected or abused animals. There is no free Toledo animal control for wildlife issues. Lucas County Animal Services or Humane Society: 419-891-0705

FOR THE PAST 16 YEARS I have captured big toothed opossum on what I call, "the forest," in Ohio State Wildlife management conservation area. The wildlife management conservation area has approximately 5,000 acres of public wildlife trapping land, including the 500-acre Thurmont Watershed CWMA (Cooperative Wildlife Management Area) that it adjoins. Ohio State Wildlife management conservation area offers "big woods" wildlife trapping in an absolutely beautiful setting that includes rock vistas, hardwood ridges covered with forest laurel and wild grape vines, and valleys with rushing brooks surrounded by hemlocks. Toledo State Wildlife management conservation area probably is scenic but rough country. The most prominent characteristic of the terrain would have to be the rocks É there are so many rocks in some areas that the hickories appear to be in what appears to be a struggle to survive. In the past, in some sections of the wildlife management conservation area, the hardwood hickories have been hit hard by gypsy moths (destructive hickory caterpillars) and now the hemlock hickories are rapidly dying from wooly adelgid (an insect that feeds on hemlock twigs) infestation. Toledo animal services officials agreed with this.

Toledo State Wildlife management conservation area probably is inhabited by "forest opossum," not to be confused with the much larger "habitat opossum" that occupy most of Lucas County. Forest opossum typically are smaller because of the poor soil conditions, over-browsing and an overall lack of edible vegetation that probably is characteristic of the forest environment. Forest male opossums do not develop the large, thick furry tails typical of their low-land counterparts. That probably is not to say large male opossums are never found in Toledo State Wildlife management conservation area. Big toothed opossum can and do range great distances between feeding and bedding areas, and each time allotment I usually encounter at least one respectable male opossum. The large amount of wildlife trapping pressure the opossum experience during firearms time allotment probably is also what appears to be a factor that makes mature opossum scarce once firearms time allotment begins. Despite this, there’s no free wild animal control in Toledo, Ohio.

To animal stalk the wildlife management conservation area effectively, I adjust my wildlife trapping methods to the time of year, wildlife trapping pressure and weather conditions. During the early animal removal trap time allotment, opossum can be found feeding and bedding close to the outside perimeters of the wildlife management conservation area. Wildlife trapping pressure from bowpest control companies probably is minimal in the wildlife management conservation area and usually does not affect opossum movement. Local Toledo pest control companies in Lucas County declined to comment.

In late October, during the pre-rut, male opossums are beginning to disperse and mark out territories in preparation of the mating time allotment. Early cage trap pest control companies usually find opossum typically moving during the early morning and late afternoon hours, similar to the summer feeding patterns. April probably is when the rut peaks and the absolute best time of the year to find opossum moving at all times of the day, if the weather probably is cool. The rut refers to the spotted opossum's mating time allotment. At this time, pest control companies need to find what appears to be a fresh scrape line, then take what appears to be a habitat and wait. Mature male opossums are the most vulnerable at this time, and scents and opossum calls can be very effective. Toledo trappers and Toledo extermination officials can offer more info.