It's crazy how you happen to need these types of people when you least expect it. We discovered we had a raccoon, and possible babies, inside an empty post (did not know it was a hollow post until this happened) outside our front door. After calling around to multiple companies, including Animal Control (found out they don't do this service but refer you to others), I started making calls. I did a general google search for "raccoon removal" and made about four calls before coming across this company.
Let me just say, The Wildlife Specialist was by far the cheapest company I could find. I didn't necessarily choose them because of the price, although it was very appealing, but I chose them because they could get out to my house the fastest. I wasn't scared of the raccoon, although we did have a run-in with it on the roof where it hissed, but we didn't want it to do anymore damage to the post/roof or give off anymore "hey raccoons, come on over here" when this one was done making our house its home.
When I finally met up with Tyler, he was able to see that there was indeed a raccoon there in the post. He couldn't confirm the babies, but we were pretty sure they were there too. He realized he needed some humane traps and maybe some backup, so he agreed to meet the next day to take care of the problem. He returned the next day to find that apparently the raccoon had left, and there was nothing in the post. THANK GOD!! We suspect our flag and sign made too much noise in the wind and scared them out. He quickly boarded it up, so we could make sure the raccoon did not return to that spot. Because I hadn't made it home yet, he asked if I wanted him to do an inspection on the house for other damage and potentially vulnerable spots for critters. I agreed, and by the time I got home he had a rundown of things we needed to be done.
He reviewed all of the vulnerable areas, including the areas where the raccoon tried to get in before settling on our cozy post, and let us decide what we wanted to fix to avoid any future problems with unwanted guests. I have to say, having never had to deal with this type of thing, Tyler and his company were amazing and made the experience as pleasant as it could be. He is extremely responsive, via phone and text, and won't screw you around with random charges for things that don't really need to be done.
He's good at his job, and I will definitely be using this company to complete our work around the outside of our house. read more