You heard it again last night. Scratching above the ceiling, thumping in the walls, something moving where nothing should be moving. You are not imagining it — and it will not leave on its own. Our licensed technicians locate the animal, remove it humanely, and seal the entry point permanently.
24/7 live technician on the line — nights, weekends, and holidays included.
Species-specific strategies that follow state wildlife regulations to the letter.
Every sealed entry point is warrantied in writing. Re-entry? We return free.
Wildlife Removal in Keeseville, NY is what we do every single day, and we can be at your door fast. Wildlife inside your home can cause property damage, contaminate insulation, and create unexpected safety concerns. One call to (315) 841-2369 starts the inspection — and we can be there before the damage spreads.
Our licensed technicians locate the animal, remove it humanely, and seal the entry point permanently. Most homeowners think wildlife removal means setting a trap and driving away. That is pest control thinking, and it is why so many people call us second. When you trap one raccoon out of a family of five, the four you left behind keep chewing, keep nesting, and keep urinating through your drywall. When you remove a bat colony without sealing the soffit gap, a new colony moves in the following spring.
Stop losing sleep. Call now and speak directly with a technician, not an answering service.
24/7 Emergency Line: (315) 841-2369
Professional wildlife removal involves a full property inspection, humane trapping or hand removal of the animal, sealing of every entry point, and decontamination of the affected area. A licensed technician also repairs structural damage and provides a written warranty so the same species cannot return through the same opening.
Our process is built around permanence. We start with a top-to-bottom inspection: roofline, soffits, fascia boards, ridge vents, gable vents, chimney chase, foundation gaps, crawlspace vents, and utility penetrations. We identify the species by track patterns, droppings, entry hole diameter, grease staining, and chew marks. Species identification drives everything, because the strategy for a pregnant raccoon in February is nothing like the strategy for a squirrel litter in August.
Roofline, soffits, fascia boards, ridge vents, gable vents, chimney chase, foundation gaps, crawlspace vents, and utility penetrations — every potential entry point is examined and documented with photographs.
We identify the animal by track patterns, droppings, entry hole diameter, grease staining, and chew marks — because the removal strategy changes completely from one species to the next, and from one season to the next.
The animal is removed humanely using live traps, one-way exclusion doors, or careful hand removal — always within state wildlife regulations, and always with litters and protected species handled correctly.
Every entry point is sealed with 16-gauge galvanized steel mesh, structural fasteners, and custom-formed flashing — materials the animal cannot chew, peel, or defeat. Removal without exclusion is temporary; this is what makes it permanent.
Contaminated areas are decontaminated, structural damage is repaired, and you receive a written warranty on every sealed entry point — so the same species cannot return through the same opening.
Wildlife damage compounds daily. Every hour you wait increases repair cost, disease exposure, and the chance that a litter is born inside your walls. Here is what most people underestimate: the animal is not the emergency. The animal is the symptom. The emergency is what the animal is doing while it lives in your structure.
of insulation a single raccoon can tear out in one night — straight out of your attic.
of home fires of unknown origin are traced to rodent-chewed electrical wiring.
is how long raccoon roundworm eggs in attic latrine waste remain infectious in your environment.
stacked on top of each other — snakes enter crawlspaces following rodents, so you have both.
All of these require same-day response — not an appointment three days out.
Yes. Wildlife does not keep business hours, and neither do we. Our emergency line is staffed around the clock, including weekends and holidays. When you call at 2 a.m. with a bat circling your bedroom, a live technician answers and dispatches to your address.
Raccoons defecate in communal latrines inside attics, and raccoon roundworm eggs in that waste remain infectious in the environment for years.
Bat guano accumulation breeds Histoplasma capsulatum, a fungus whose airborne spores cause a serious respiratory infection.
Squirrels gnaw constantly because their incisors never stop growing — and they do not distinguish between a roof joist and a live 120-volt line.
The breeding calendar matters. Once young are present, removal becomes legally restricted in many jurisdictions. Waiting two weeks can turn a straightforward exclusion into a multi-week operation.
Your ears will almost always tell you first. Timing of the noise is the single most useful clue you can give us over the phone.
Listen for scratching, scurrying, or thumping in the attic or walls, especially at dawn or dusk. Look for droppings, greasy rub marks near openings, torn insulation, chewed wiring, damaged soffits, and a persistent musky or ammonia odor. Daytime noise usually signals squirrels; nighttime activity points to raccoons, bats, or opossums.
Then come the physical signs. Check your soffit line and roof edge with binoculars from the ground. Look for lifted shingles, chewed fascia corners, torn ridge vents, and dark staining around a gap where fur has rubbed oil onto the surface repeatedly. Inside, look for insulation displacement, tunneling, flattened nesting depressions, and droppings, which we can identify by size and shape.
A sharp ammonia smell usually means concentrated urine from a nesting colony. A heavy musky odor suggests raccoons or skunks. A sweet, decaying smell indicates a dead animal in a wall, floor cavity, or duct run, which requires immediate location and extraction to stop the odor and the fly hatch.
Yes, and this surprises almost everyone. A mouse passes through a quarter-inch gap. A bat needs three-eighths of an inch. A squirrel enlarges a one-inch hole into a four-inch hole in a single afternoon. Rooflines, vents, and utility penetrations are the most common entry points we seal.
Not sure what you are hearing? Call (315) 841-2369 and describe it. Our technicians identify most species over the phone in under a minute.
Fast, light, rolling sounds in early morning and late afternoon — squirrels are diurnal.
Heavy, deliberate thuds, dragging sounds, and vocal chittering after dark.
Soft rustling or high-pitched squeaking at dusk when the colony exits to feed.
Quick scratching inside wall cavities, often heard nearest the kitchen.
Slow, heavy, clumsy movement — usually in crawlspaces, garages, or attics.
Snakes are silent — which is why they are usually discovered visually.
We are licensed, insured, NWCOA certified, and we repair what we remove. Most companies trap and leave. We handle inspection, humane removal, full exclusion with steel and structural-grade materials, attic decontamination, insulation replacement, and damage repair under one roof, backed by a written warranty on every sealed entry point.
Experience is not a marketing word for us, it is a measurable asset. Our field technicians carry thousands of completed removals between them, across every structure type in this region: 1920s bungalows with balloon framing, mid-century ranches with vented crawlspaces, and new construction with ridge vent systems that manufacturers never designed with squirrels in mind. Regional construction styles create predictable entry points — we know which subdivisions have the soffit return gap that raccoons exploit, which older neighborhoods have chimney chases without proper caps, and which commercial roof systems fail at the parapet. That knowledge means we find entries faster and miss fewer of them.
Measurable field experience across every structure type and construction era in this region.
We know which subdivisions, neighborhoods, and roof systems fail — and exactly where animals get in.
Inspection, removal, exclusion, decontamination, insulation, and repair — one accountable team.
Terms in writing before work begins, so you know exactly what is covered — no handshake promises.
Our team maintains certification through the National Wildlife Control Operators Association, membership in the National Pest Management Association, and state-issued nuisance wildlife control operator licensing. Technicians complete annual continuing education in humane handling, zoonotic disease safety, and exclusion methodology, and all work is fully insured and bonded.
Every technician passes a criminal background screening, wears a company uniform, arrives in a marked vehicle, and carries identification. We maintain general liability and workers' compensation coverage, and we provide certificates of insurance on request for property managers, HOA boards, and commercial clients.
Yes. Exclusion work carries a written warranty. If a covered animal re-enters through a sealed point during the warranty term, we return and correct it at no charge. We put the terms in writing before work begins so you know exactly what is covered.
Exclusion is the permanent sealing of every gap, vent, joint, and structural weakness an animal can exploit, using steel mesh, galvanized flashing, polyurethane sealant, and heavy-duty vent covers. Removal without exclusion is temporary. Exclusion is what turns a one-time visit into a permanent solution for your property.
If you hire a company that traps without excluding, you will call someone again within twelve months. That is not an opinion — it is a pattern we see constantly when we take over from a competitor. Animals return for a reason: scent trails persist, and denning sites are advertised chemically to other individuals of the same species.
Foam does not work. Hardware-store screen does not work. Squirrels chew through aluminum, and raccoons have hands that can peel back anything not fastened properly. We use materials the animal cannot defeat — installed so the animal has no leverage point to work against.
The most exploited gap on residential rooflines.
Factory screens are no match for squirrel teeth.
Uncapped chases are an open invitation to raccoons.
Warm air and flaps make these bird and rodent favorites.
Roof penetrations with gaps hidden from the ground.
Chewed corners become four-inch entry holes fast.
Skunks and opossums den just behind failing screens.
Quarter-inch gaps are enough for mice and bats.
Flexible seals wear out — we reinforce them permanently.
Roof-to-soffit intersections, gable and ridge vents, chimney openings, dryer and bathroom exhaust vents, plumbing stacks, fascia board ends, crawlspace vents, foundation gaps, and garage door corners. These nine areas account for the overwhelming majority of entry points we seal on residential properties.
No. Our exclusion work is color-matched and installed to blend with existing rooflines, trim, and siding. Vent covers are powder-coated, mesh is installed behind trim wherever possible, and finished work is photographed for your records. Neighbors should not be able to tell we were there.
Properly installed exclusion typically lasts the life of the building material it is fastened to. We warranty our sealed points in writing, and we recommend an annual roofline check, which we offer to past clients as part of ongoing maintenance service.
The mess is the part people do not see — until we open the attic hatch and show them photographs. Then they understand immediately.
Consider what accumulates. A raccoon family living above your bedroom for four months produces a latrine. Bat colonies produce guano piles measured in pounds. Squirrel nests are packed with urine-soaked insulation and shed hair. All of it sits directly above your living space, connected to your home through can lights, HVAC penetrations, and attic hatches — and your air handler pulls from that environment.
Health risk is real and documented. Children, elderly residents, and anyone immunocompromised face elevated exposure risk.
Many homeowner policies cover sudden wildlife damage, including insulation replacement, structural repair, and decontamination, though coverage varies by carrier and policy language. We document everything with dated photographs and itemized reports formatted for claims adjusters, and we work directly with your insurer when you request it.
Yes. Contaminated insulation loses R-value and holds odor indefinitely, so we remove it and install new blown-in or batt insulation to current code. Restored insulation frequently lowers heating and cooling costs enough to offset a meaningful portion of the job.
Yes, when the source is removed and the surfaces are treated. Masking sprays fail because they do not break down the organic compounds causing the smell. Our enzyme treatments digest those compounds at the molecular level, which eliminates odor and destroys the scent trail future animals would follow.
Urine-soaked, parasite-laden insulation is fully removed and bagged for safe disposal.
Droppings and nesting material are vacuumed with HEPA filtration so spores and particles stay contained.
Affected surfaces are treated to eliminate the disease risk documented in wildlife waste.
Odor and scent trails are destroyed at the molecular level — not masked — so new animals are not attracted in.
Fresh blown-in or batt insulation restores R-value, comfort, and energy efficiency.
Cost depends on species, entry point count, structural damage, and contamination severity, which is why we inspect before quoting. Most residential jobs fall into a predictable range, and we provide a written, itemized price with no hidden fees before any work begins. Same-day and emergency dispatch is available.
We will never quote you a number over the phone and then triple it on site. That practice is common in this industry and it is one of the reasons people distrust it. Our inspection tells us exactly how many entry points exist, what species we are dealing with, how far the contamination extends, and what repairs the structure needs. Only then do we price the work.
We offer inspections with transparent pricing explained upfront when you call, and the inspection fee is credited toward your service when you proceed with us. You receive a full written report with photographs regardless, which is yours to keep and use.
Yes. We accept all major cards, offer financing options on larger restoration projects, and can structure payment around insurance claim timing when a claim is in process. Ask your technician about available options during the inspection.
Emergency calls receive same-day dispatch. Standard inspections are typically scheduled within 24 to 48 hours. Our dispatch covers the full metro area and surrounding communities, and we confirm your arrival window by text so you are not waiting all day.
We handle every nuisance species found in this region. Visit the individual service pages below for species-specific detail, or simply call (315) 841-2369 and describe what you are hearing.
Raccoons are the most destructive attic invader we deal with. They tear soffits, rip ductwork, flatten insulation, and establish latrines that carry roundworm. Females seek attics and chimneys for denning, meaning a single raccoon usually means a litter is coming. We remove adults and young together, seal every access point with steel, and decontaminate the affected area completely. See our dedicated raccoon removal page for denning season details.
Same-Day Raccoon ResponseSquirrels chew constantly, and that includes electrical wiring, which makes them a genuine fire risk. They enter through soffit returns, gable vents, and chewed fascia corners, then nest in insulation and return to the same site generationally. We use one-way doors, hand-remove litters, and seal with galvanized mesh they cannot defeat. Our squirrel removal page covers seasonal litter timing.
Hearing Daytime Scratching? Call NowBats are protected, which makes this work legally sensitive and strictly seasonal. Colonies roost in attics, soffits, and chimney chases, leaving guano that breeds histoplasmosis spores. We never trap bats. We install one-way exclusion devices timed outside the maternity window, seal every gap down to three-eighths of an inch, and remove and treat guano under full containment. Read our bat removal page for legal timing.
Compliant Bat Exclusion PlanSkunks den under decks, sheds, porches, and crawlspaces, and the spray risk makes DIY attempts genuinely regrettable. They also carry rabies at higher rates than most regional species. Our technicians use scent-controlled handling, remove the animal without discharge whenever possible, and install buried steel barrier trenching so nothing dens there again. Deodorization service is available for properties already sprayed.
Discreet, Spray-Controlled RemovalOpossums are slow, non-aggressive, and surprisingly damaging once inside. They enter crawlspaces, garages, sheds, and attics, leaving large droppings, parasites, and a persistent odor. They also frequently die in wall cavities, creating a second problem. We remove live animals humanely, extract deceased animals, sanitize the space, and close the entry with proper structural barrier material.
Removed & Entry Sealed — Call NowGroundhogs excavate extensive burrow systems beneath sheds, patios, decks, and foundations, and that undermining causes real structural settling over time. Burrows also flood, destabilizing slabs and walkways. We trap and remove the resident animal, collapse and backfill the tunnel network, and install buried L-shaped steel barriers that block re-excavation. Garden and landscape protection options are available.
Call Before Burrowing Reaches Your FoundationBirds nest in dryer vents, bathroom exhausts, chimneys, soffits, signage, and commercial rooflines, blocking airflow and creating fire hazards. Accumulated droppings are corrosive and carry disease. We remove nests, clear vents, install professional vent guards and chimney caps, and deploy netting, spikes, or shock-track systems for commercial exclusion. Full droppings cleanup and sanitizing included.
Clear Blocked Vents — Call NowA snake indoors is an emergency regardless of species, because most homeowners cannot reliably identify a venomous snake under stress. We respond fast, identify the species correctly, remove the animal safely, and then address why it came: rodent prey, harborage, and foundation gaps. We seal entry points and provide habitat modification guidance to keep your property unattractive to snakes.
Immediate Snake RemovalWe had squirrels twice in one year after paying another company. This team inspected the entire roofline, showed me photos of three openings that were never sealed, and fixed all of it with steel mesh. Six months later, total silence. I only wish I had called them first instead of second.
I was overwhelmed. Protected species, legal timing, guano cleanup, insurance paperwork, all of it. Our technician walked me through the entire plan, handled the exclusion at the right time of year, and documented everything so my claim went through without a fight. Professional from the first phone call.
It was in the wall behind my daughter's bedroom. A technician was at my house before midnight, found the mother and four kits, and got them out safely by the next afternoon. They reunited the babies with the mother instead of separating them. That mattered to my family.
Still have questions? Call (315) 841-2369 and a technician will answer them directly.
You deserve a home that feels safe, quiet, and free from unwanted wildlife. Whether you are dealing with scratching in the attic, animals inside your walls, or signs of wildlife around your property, our team is ready to help. We identify the problem, handle the removal humanely, and address the entry points to help prevent animals from returning. Don't wait for the noises to get worse or the damage to spread.
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