Hurricane Irene – Wildlife Exclusion Tips and Discounts

Hurricane Irene Aftermath – Wildlife Exclusion Tips and Discounts

As our service area begins to recover from all the damage created by Hurricane Irene, we at Wildlife Busters would like to assist as best we can.  This blog is dedicated to educating you on how to inspect your home or commercial property for egress points that wildlife may use to access your property.  These are points that may have been created by the flooding, high winds and flying or floating debris from Hurricane Irene.

Wildlife Busters prides itself on preventative maintenance.  By conducting quarterly or semi-annual site inspections you can alleviate the risk that wildlife will enter your residence or commercial property.  Think of it like your quarterly pest control bill, except our services are typically completed in one or two treatments.

Wildlife has the purest intentions.  They simply desire food, shelter and to pro-create.  Hence they are relentless in achieving all of them.    When inspecting your home keep that in mind…Ask yourself, do you encourage wildlife onto your property?  Is your garbage accessible? Do you have bird feeders? If you have livestock or horses, where do you contain their food?   You should review your external habitat and make adjustments where you believe a wildlife attractant, like discussed above, may be present.

As you conduct your site inspection, please note some animals can enter your home through a hole the size of a dime, i.e. bats; others a quarter i.e. snakes, mice, rats, chipmunks and then there are other animals that might see a hole the size of a dime and capitalize on the opportunity to easily rip it wide open and enter in i.e. raccoon, squirrel.  All of these animals carry their own respective health and liability issues.  Either way a simple site inspection compounded by wildlife exclusion techniques will cure the potential problem.

Now let’s review your structure, first start by reviewing the exterior of your residence paying particular attention to the following areas:

• Vents; ridge vent, roof vents, soffit vent, weep vent, dryer vents
• Chimney and surrounding structure
• Gutter line
• Soffit line
• Dormer area
• Dormer eaves
• Window Wells
• Under decking
• Down spout
• Front stoop area
• Where electrical wires or piping enters you home.

In addition, inspect the interior focusing on the following areas, attic, basement and any crawl space area in your home.  Once you have identified the area (s) you will need to seal them or apply wildlife exclusion techniques.

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Give Wildlife Busters a call toll free at 1-855-945-1212 and we will send one of our highly trained wildlife technicians who have years of experience and knowledge in identifying potential problem areas.  All of our work comes with a 1 to 5 year warranty plan depending upon the service or technique applied and the condition of your property.  As a service to our community, please present this blog and receive a 10% discount on all of our wildlife exclusion services provided through Sept. 30, 2011.

We appreciate any assistance

Our business is based in Ulster County, NY.  As many in our service area, Ulster County was devastated by the storm.  If you are able, please visit Family of Woodstock for information about sending donations, whether they be food, clothing, household items or monetary-

Thank you in advance for any contribution made.