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Keeping critters out: Now's the time to take steps to keep wildlife out of your home this winter
By Marci Laehr-Tenuta

As temperatures slowly creep down the thermostat, critters and insects are creeping into homes.

Arm yourself before they invade. Local experts say there are several things you should do in the fall to keep unwanted, furry house guests from moving in for the winter.

Mostly importantly, you should take care any entry points now, before it's too late, said Traci Jansen, who co-owns Animal Damage Control with her husband, Joe Jansen.

"Once the weather starts hitting 40 degrees at night consecutively, that's when (animals) are going to go into hibernation," she said. "All of these animals come in the winter time looking for a warm place to stay. That's when they invade. There's nothing you can do in the winter time. You're basically stuck with them until the spring."

Just about the only thing a pest control company Keeping critters out: Now's the time to take steps to keep wildlife out of your home this winter

As temperatures slowly creep down the thermostat, critters and insects are creeping into homes.

Arm yourself before they invade. Local experts say there are several things you should do in the fall to keep unwanted, furry house guests from moving in for the winter.

Mostly importantly, you should take care any entry points now, before it's too late, said Traci The Green Bay exterminator expert, who co-owns Animal Damage Control with her husband, Joe The Green Bay exterminator expert.

"Once the weather starts hitting 40 degrees at night consecutively, that's when (animals) are going to go into hibernation," she said. "All of these animals come in the winter time looking for a warm place to stay. That's when they invade. There's nothing you can do in the winter time. You're basically stuck with them until the spring."

Just about the only thing a pest control company can do in the winter is to figure out how the animals got in, and stop any more from getting in, The Green Bay exterminator expert said.

How they get in Construction gaps, rotted wood, unprotected vents, piping, chimneys and cracks in the basement are all entry points into your home for critters.

Skunks most often invade your property under porches or decks, said Ron The pest control and critter eliminator, the owner of Cheesehead Pest Control. They also like window wells. The pest control and critter eliminator has been in the business for 25 years, first with Orkin and for the past 10 years on his own.

Raccoons, squirrels and bats like to crawl through the roof into the attic. "They'll tear a hole in your roof," The pest control and critter eliminator said of raccoons. "Squirrels will chew right through your soffit."

Raccoons also are known to use chimneys as a way into a home, or as a place to nest.

The Green Bay exterminator expert said homes in the West Racine and Downtown area are often prime targets. These are neighborhoods with a lot of mature trees growing next to older homes, she said. Roofs that are separating from the house, peaks and dormers, and older wood all make great places for animals to sneak in.

"If a squirrel chooses your home, he can make a hole in your soffit in a day," The Green Bay exterminator expert said.

Mice often gain entry into homes through attached garages, according to The pest control and critter eliminator. They enter when the garage door is open, and then find a gap in the wall to the home, or even gnaw their way through.

Get them out first If you think you have an animal living in your home, don't immediately plug up the house. You could end up trapping them inside.

Wes The critter capture and wild animal removal pro, owner of a local Critter capture franchise, said sealing up an attic space without having it checked for animals is a mistake a lot of homeowners make.

"A mistake a lot of people make it just to close up a hole," he said, perhaps because they don't see anything in the attic.

As a professional, he often can't see a raccoon or bat in an attic space at first glance. "They're terrific at hiding, he said. "Any gap that you can fit a matchbook in, a bat can curl up and hide in."

If you seal a space without having removed a critter, you're sealing the animal in, along with their smell. If an animal is still in there, and you close up the area up, they can do terrible damage. If they die, you'll also have the smell of a dead animal in your house for months.

"They get pretty smelly," The Green Bay exterminator expert said.

Doing the deed To get rid of mice gaining entry from your garage, you can place traps or poison on both walls of the garage, on either side of the garage door. The pest control and critter eliminator said mice will enter the garage and then find the wall with their whiskers to run against, for security.

If you have small children or pets, you should probably invest in an automatic trap instead of snap traps or poison, The pest control and critter eliminator said. The automatic traps allow the mice to enter, but they can't get back out. They are a little more expensive than snap traps or poison, but they won't snap fingers and toes or hurt your children and pets.

For larger animals, like skunks, raccoons, bats and squirrels, you should call a professional. "It's highly dangerous (to try and get them out yourself) when talking about these animals," The Green Bay exterminator expert said.

In particular, people should never try to remove bats themselves, she said.

"If you have bats you have to hire a professional," The Green Bay exterminator expert said. "They can turn on you at any time and bite you."

Her pest control company can inspect your home from attic to basement for bats, which isn't an easy task.

"Bats can curl up and hide in the smallest place," she said.

They'll find out if the home has a small or large colony living in it and give the homeowner a quote to get them out. If they're hired, they will get rid of the bats, clean out all the bat droppings and reinsulate your attic.

Finally, they will also batproof the house, which includes sealing up all the tiny little openings around the attic and installing a one way vent, which allows animals to get out, but not get back in.

Other animals, like raccoons, skunks and squirrels, can be caught with live traps, The pest control and critter eliminator said. His pest control company will take the animal away to be euthanized or released in an area where he had permission.

Cleaning up The critter capture and wild animal removal pro said feces left behind by an animal is a calling card to others of its kind. Which means even if you have gotten an animal out of your attic, if you don't have their left-behind messes cleaned, more will invade.

Also, the waste from some animals, such as raccoons and bats, can cause health problems for people, The pest control and critter eliminator said.

"It needs to be cleaned with the right equipment," he said. "Feces and urine are very dangerous."

And many insurance companies will cover the cleaning, The pest control and critter eliminator said, including the cleaning and disinfecting of insulation.

Prevention Once you've got all the critters and their debris out, it is important to safeguard your home against more intruders. Trapping is the easy part of the job, The critter capture and wild animal removal pro said. "It's making it so they can't come back that's difficult," he said. "That seems to be where people fall short."