Category: Squirrels

  • Don’t Let Squirrels Turn Up the Heat in Your Home

    Squirrels may not be the natural association that comes to mind when you think of house fires. However, the fact is that it’s a real possibility if these unwanted guests set up shop in your attic. Once they start in on your home’s wiring with their razor-sharp teeth, the results can be damaging and costly. Last…

  • What Damage Can Squirrels Cause in Your Attic?

    Do you think of squirrels as those cute furry animals frolicking in your yard and nibbling on acorns? You’ll have a lot darker picture of them when you learn what havoc they can wreck in your attic. Squirrels view your home as just a different type of tree with the attic serving as that big…

  • Squirrel Families – Visitors You Don’t Want

    During the winter, a lot of the animals that you would normally see outside seek refuge indoors where it’s nice and warm. On the whole, we’ve done a great job of developing our neighborhoods in this country, so animals like mice, squirrels and birds have less options outside, so they look for other places to…

  • How Many Babies Can a Squirrel Have?

    It’s that time of year again, and we’re starting to get lots of calls here at Allison Pest Control about squirrels. Maybe you even have a squirrel problem all your own. You’ll know you have a squirrel problem in your home if you hear them scurrying about. They really like to hang out in attics, but it’s…

  • NJ Squirrels Can Be Destructive House Guests

    Squirrels’ acrobatic antics may make them welcome backyard visitors during the winter, but they make lousy house guests if they decide to move into your Monmouth County, NJ attic. The first chilly nights send squirrels looking for warm winter shelter. As the leaves fall, you can usually spot their messy, leaf-stuffed nests perched on tree…

  • Squirrels In The Attic Cause A Mountain Of Trouble

    When dangling from a tree limb or frolicking throughout the yard with their buddies, cute and fluffy squirrels are fun to watch.  When lying in bed at night and you hear thumping overhead, the sounds of squirrels in the attic are frightening. As the NJ weather beings to turn cold, many different types of rodents…