Welcome to the CritterChatter™ Blog where people from all over the world share personal stories of their family pets, for traditional domestic animals, and exotic pets as well. Post your animal stories and pictures here for everyone to read and see. CritterChatter is hosted by Critter Control, which has been Protecting People, Property & Wildlife for over 25 years using integrated and ecologically sound management practices. Learn more about Critter Control by viewing our TV segment on the National Environmental Report hosted by Hugh Downs.
Here at Critter Control, we understand how annoying pesky mice control problems can be. This is why our technicians and certified wildlife specialists are expertly trained to get rid of mice problems and prevent mice from returning to your home. Our mice removal and control service includes:
§ a three-part process of sanitation
§ mouse-proofing and exclusion
§ population reduction with traps and toxicants
In addition, Critter Control can repair the physical damage from mice after the mice removal has occurred. The picture here is showing the trails that mice make in attic insulation. We offer both residential and commercial mouse removal services. 1-800-CRITTER.
The eastern mole is the most commonly encountered mole which causes damage found in yards. The associated damage they cause is the extensive tunneling network. The tunnels that are close to the earth’s surface are typical feeding tunnels. Moles are able to dig one foot of shallow tunnels per minute. Tunnels that are deeper than 6 to 24 inches are typically shelter tunnels which they will enter during
severe weather conditions. These ‘shelter’ tunnels will be dug by the mole at 12 to 15 feet per hour.
Earthworms, insect lava and other soil arthropods are the most common foods for the moles. They also eat grubs and plant bulbs. Moles eat a large amount of food to fuel their active tunneling lifestyle. The most damage that the mole will do to your lawn is from tunneling, not by eating plants.
If you are experiencing this mole damage contact your Critter Control office for more information on mole control. 1-800-CRITTER
Critter Control not only is here to help with private residences and businesses with their wildlife nuisance, we 
also cover professional wildlife control in places where it may not otherwise be available. Critter Control can provide on-call animal control services for communities that cannot afford a full-time animal control office for animal removal, wildlife management and road kill removal and much more. Check with your local Critter Control office for more information. 1-800-CRITTER
A stowaway opossum had been spotted aboard a late-night subway train last week in Brooklyn NY, forcing the evacuation of fellow riders and a delay on the D line lasting nearly 30 minutes. The opossum was spotted about 4am on early morning and by 4:30am it was contained by police with some slight resistance by the opossum. The officers locked the wildlife nuisance in the subway car which
was taken out of service and parked near 205th Street in the Bronx. The Opossum sat in the subway car for nine hours. There were inquires about the safe being of the animal. “Assuming that possum had eaten and drank fairly close to the time it got on the car, nine hours wouldn’t really have affected it,” said Mickey Wright, president of Critter Control in Westchester County. Opossums, he added, “can go for a day or two without food.”
What happened to the Opossum? Click to follow the story of the wayward Opossum. 1-800-CRITTER.
Lisa Alberte of the Acres of Hope and Aspirations called Critter Control of Milwaukee regarding a coyote attack. Acres of Hope and Aspirations are a rehab home for people with severe brain injuries. Lisa pairs up disabled animals that they have on site with those working through brain injuries. Sunday night one of those animals was lost in a coyote attack.
“They’re very friendly animals, and unfortunately, one of their lives was lost again, just like we lost five of them last year to the attacks of the coyotes,” Alberte said.”
“As a Critter Control specialist, Ben Lurvey has seen this situation
before. A fenced in, flightless group of animals makes for easy prey for coyotes. “They’re a scavenger animal. They know what’s going to be an easy meal for them, even if they have to dig under a fence or jump over something. They’ll continue to come back until they can’t get in anymore, or they’ve moved on to something else,” Lurvey said.”
Click to read the complete article and view the video. 1-800-CRITTER
