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Tag: Squirrel Control

  • How to Make Your Home Less Attractive to Squirrels

    With the cold weather settling in, the last thing you want is squirrels taking up residence in your attic. As your NJ squirrel control specialists, we’d like to offer you a few tips on how to keep those pesky critters out of your home. Tip #1: Repair any holes – If your home or garage…

  • Five Interesting Facts About Squirrels in Your Attic

    To a squirrel, your attic makes the perfect home, with warmth and security ideal for nesting and hibernation. Here are 5 intriguing facts about squirrels that help understand why they like your attic so much: Squirrels can bite with 22,000 pounds of pressure—enough to chew through plastic and aluminum. If squirrels cannot find a vulnerability…

  • In Your Attic, How Flying Squirrel Different Than Ground Squirrels?

    Has your home become a nesting ground for flying squirrels? These rodents differ from regular ground squirrels in many ways besides the fact that they can glide through the air. As nocturnal creatures, flying squirrels can quietly take over an attic and become quite the nuisance for households in New Jersey. Identifying Flying Squirrels in…

  • Squirrel Control: How to Get Rid of the Squirrels Invading Your Home

    Squirrels are everywhere. It does not matter if you live in a rural area, the suburbs or a bustling city; they will find a way to thrive in the area that you live in. Sometimes, that means that they will live in your home. Squirrels will get into the walls, the attic, cabinets and every other…

  • Russians Making Pets of Pesky Squirrels

    In Moscow, police are stepping up patrols of city parks, hoping to catch a new breed of criminal in the act: squirrel trappers. Keeping squirrels as pets is a popular new fad in winter-weary Moscow where folks who find these furry rodents charming are enticing park squirrels into homemade traps and taking them home. The…

  • Squirrels Can Damage New Jersey Trees

    New Jersey squirrels always seem to be gnawing on something. Their gnawing behavior has a purpose. Like rats and other rodents, squirrels’ teeth grow constantly. Their incessant gnawing is necessary to keep their teeth sharp and worn down to the proper length for eating. If squirrels stopped gnawing, their teeth would soon outgrow their mouths…