• Scratching Noises in Your Attic?
• Wildlife Problems on Your Property?
• Bird or Bat Problem in Your Building?
• Rat, Mouse, or Squirrel Infestation?
• We Can Solve It (Today)!

Check our year 2024 prices for wildlife control work. Call us 24/7 to schedule an appointment.
If you can't afford our services, read about free Bartlett wildlife control government options.
Please, no calls about DOG or CAT problems. Call animal services: (901) 385-6484.
To report a wildlife issue like a lost baby animal, dead animal, call: 615-781-6500.

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Critter Control is a full-service wildlife control company serving Bartlett TN and the surrounding area. We specialize in urban and suburban wildlife damage management for both residential and commercial customers. We are state licensed by the Tennessee Fish & Wildlife Commission. We handle nearly all aspects of wildlife control, and resolve conflicts between people and wildlife in a humane and professional manner. For Bartlett pest control of wildlife, just give us a call at 901-254-7510 - yes, we answer our phones 24 hours a day, 7 days a week - and we will discuss your wildlife problem and schedule an appointment to solve it. We look forward to hearing from you!


Many of Tennessee'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 Tennessee's wildlife problems, from snake removal to large jobs like commercial bat control, we do it all.

We handle every aspect of wildlife control. We are fully equipped to work on any project, large or small. Some of our services include:

• Humane wildlife trapping and relocation services
• Removal of raccoons or squirrels from the attic
• Building repairs and prevention work to keep animals out
• 100% permanent elimination of rats, mice, or even bats
• Cleanup of animal waste and odor control services
• Emergency animal issues, and dead animal removal

We do not handle dog or cat problems. If you need assistance with a domestic animal, such as a dog or a cat, you need to call your local Shelby 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 Bartlett animal control for wildlife issues.

Shelby County Animal Services or Humane Society: (901) 385-6484

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Bartlett Wildlife Removal Tip: Will a rat in the attic have a nest of babies?

Infestation of rats in attics is very common. Apart from being disturbing and mentally unsettling due to the noise that comes from their constant movement and scurrying around, rats also destroy cables, pipes and a lot of things around the house.

Rat nests

Once rats have infested a place they proceed to build nests. These nests are made from shredding newspapers, clothes, card boards, loft insulation and collecting soft grass from the surrounding environment. The nests are built in dark, well-hidden corners of the attic. However finding them can be pretty easy if one can see the following.

1. Footprints can be seen on dusty surfaces. Running tracks are easily distinguishable by clearance of dust. One can easily see the tracks by lighting a flashlight at a low angle and to sprinkle the floor near the path with a little water to be completely sure.
2. Chewed surfaces are distinct where the rat creates paths for foraging. The bite marks are evident on pieces of cloth and piping around the house.

Breeding of rats

In most times, rats mostly breed between April and June to replace their high mortality rates during the winter season. The breeding however goes on into the summer and peaks around September. Each rat can give birth to a litter of up to ten babies a time. They therefore are very prolific. While the nest containing baby rats cannot be easily found, one needs to be ready of all such occasions especially after noticing signs of rat infestation in your attic.

What to do when you find the nest with babies

Most people, having found rat baby nests, think that scattering them away will provide a solution to their presence in your house. This however does not always work as envisaged.

Find the entry holes of rats and seal them with steel to prevent entry or exit of rats from your house. This locks out the mother rat. In truth, the most likely happening is that the baby rats will subsequently die from starvation once this is done.

Conclusion

Do not try to use poison pellets to kill them. It is true that poison pellets do kill rats, but baby rats survive exclusively on lactation until they are independent of their mothers. They therefore will not die. In most cases, once the mother rat is removed, the babies will die of starvation. The mother rat can be removed through the use of traps.

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What Prices Do We Charge?
Every job is different: the type of animals involved, is it in the attic or the yard, do you need repairs, etc. It's impossible to have set pricing in this industry. Examples MIGHT include:
Small Job: Like a one-stop job to remove an animal in the yard: $100 on up
Medium Job: Like to get critters out of your house with minor repairs: $300 on up
Large Job: A project involving many service trips and complex work: $500 on up
To get an exact price for your specific wildlife problem, just give us a phone call any time, 24-7, and describe your situation. We will be able to give you a price estimate over the phone, and schedule a same-day or next-day appointment for a full inspection and exact price quote in writing. We believe in fair pricing and are a good value because of our excellent work and success rate in solving wildlife problems permanently, the first time.

Resources for free wildlife removal in Bartlett
If you can't afford our pro wildlife work, you can try these agencies for free wildlife help:
Shelby County Animal Services: (901) 385-6484
Bartlett Wildlife Rehabilitation Agency:
Bartlett Police Department: 901-385-5555
Tennessee Wildlife Commission: 615-781-6500
Learn what to say on the phone for free Bartlett wildlife control. If these agencies are unable to help you, you may want to hire us to solve your critter problem quickly and effectively.

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Learn more about some of the animals that we deal with: Bartlett raccoon removal - raccoons frequently break into attics, tip over garbage cans, rip up your lawn, defecate in your pool, and more. Trapping them is not always simple. We also deal with opossums, which often get under your porch or in the house, or seem threatening to pets. We do Bartlett squirrel removal, especially from the attic or walls of your home. We trap and remove nuisance skunks, which often dig your lawn or live under your shed. The same goes for groundhogs in the north, or armadillos in the south. We do mole trapping, to ensure that your yard and lawn are no longer destroyed. One of our specialties is rat and mouse control. We don't use poison like the big-name Bartlett exterminator companies who want to sign you to a quarterly contract. We do PERMANENT Bartlett rodent control the first time, by trapping, removing, and sealing your house shut. We also specialize in Bartlett bat control and bird control, which are often complex jobs. We are Tennessee certified to remove all bats humanely, and permanently. We also prevent birds from roosting in unwanted areas. We do snake control services, even removal of venomous snakes of Bartlett. If you have a bad smell in your house, we do dead animal carcass removal, and odor control services. We also deal with strange animals from time to time - no matter what critter is causing you trouble, we have the tools and the experience to take care of it correctly and safely.

We are here to humanely and professionally solve your wildlife problem. Call Critter Control at 901-254-7510, and we will listen to your problem, give you a price quote, and schedule a fast appointment to help you with your wild animal issue.