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Flying Squirrel Control - Greater Birmingham, Alabama

Flying squirrels are small, furry squirrels with membranous "wings" between their legs and bodies, which enable them to glide through the air. The technical name for their "wing" is the patagium, and by controlling its tautness, they're able to steer. They control their descent and landing using their tails in a similar way to how the elevator of an airplane works.

These abilities give flying squirrels considerable control over their flight and the ability to land with impressive accuracy, which is why they're called flying squirrels. The one thing they can't do, however, is increase their altitude, including taking off from the ground. They can only glide from a higher area to a lower one.

Nonetheless, even being able to glide is enough to make flying squirrels quite a nuisance. They can get into any place a gray squirrel can, plus quite a few places where they can't. Unlike gray squirrels, flying squirrels leap from nearby trees and gently glide to your home, so simply trimming the tree branches back so they don't overhang your home isn't enough to keep these critters out.

Once they get into your home, they create the same sort of problems that gray squirrels do, including:

• Health hazards from their urine, droppings, and shed parasites.
• Damage to your home itself, along with any personal property stored in the attic, from gnawing, scratching, and nesting behavior.
• Increased fire risk due to gnawing on electrical wiring.
• Problems with odors and allergens getting into the living area of the home (especially if you have central heating or air-conditioning).

Flying Squirrel Biology and Behavior

The most common of the flying squirrel species we get in Alabama is known as the Southern flying squirrel (Glaucomy volans). Occasionally we also get the Northern flying squirrel (Glaucomy sabrinus), which is a bit larger, as well. Both species have similar biology and habits.

Flying squirrels are the smallest of all members of the squirrel family, and they are the only nocturnal tree squirrels. The are usually grayish in color, but there's quite a bit of variation possible, ranging from tan, to reddish-brown, to almost black. They prefer living in established forests with dense tree cover, although they have adapted to living in human-occupied buildings.

Most flying squirrel young are born in the spring or summer, and although they are weaned at about eight weeks, most flying squirrels stay with their mothers until her next litter is born.

Flying squirrels are omnivorous, but most of their diet is plant based. They eat fruits, nuts, mushrooms, lichens, and tree sap; but they've also been known to feast on small mice, birds' eggs and nestlings, slugs, snails, carrion, insects, and other animal foods. One way to tell if a flying squirrel has been eating a nut is that rather than crushing the whole nut, they make a hole in one end and eat the insides out through the hole.

Transmission of disease directly from flying squirrels to humans is rare. However, they do have fleas, ticks, and other parasites that can be involved in disease transmission, and their droppings can serve as breeding media for a variety of insects and fungi.

Flying Squirrel Control

Flying squirrels are not considered "pests," and therefore there is no such thing as a "flying squirrel exterminator." They're nuisance wildlife, and they must be humanely trapped and removed. Exterminators who leave poison bait for flying squirrels are breaking both state of Alabama and federal laws. They're also setting their customers up for serious problems with odors and insects if the animals die inside the home, especially inside a wall or ceiling void where their carcasses are difficult to find and retrieve.

At Rid-A-Critter, we have performed thousands of flying squirrel removal jobs, and we do them the right way. We humanely trap and relocate the animals, preserving family groups whenever possible. In the case of orphaned or injured animals, all of our technicians have a list of certified wildlife rehabilitators whom we work with and who will accept our animals.

After the flying squirrels are trapped, we also seal up your home so that "new" flying squirrels can't get into the attic. This exclusion work will also animal-proof your home to keep other nuisance animals out of your house.

Like all animal control work, flying squirrel control and exclusion is potentially hazardous work that requires special training, equipment, and safety precautions. This is not a do-it-yourself kind of job. Save yourself the trouble and call us instead.

Flying Squirrel Control Gallery

Here are some pictures of flying squirrel-removal and squirrel-proofing jobs we've done in Birmingham and throughout the Metro area.

If you need help keeping flying squirrels out of your home's attic, please call us today for an on-site inspection and consultation.

 

The snow didn’t stop me nor the animals, was in Hiawasse, Duluth, Snellville, and then Marietta
Will be a cold and windy day today. Guys will be out working hard to seal homes, preventing all kinds of pest animals from getting in. Animals like rats, mice, squirrels, raccoons and opossums want out of the cold too. Pest animals beware.
Technicians at a Tuscaloosa, Alabama flying squirrel removal job will be replacing a water-damaged soffit panel that flying squirrels chewed through to get into the attic. There wasn't enough left of it to repair. It will also help prevent future problems with nuisance wildlife getting into the house.
Pretty good day in the office yesterday. We accepted new pest animal removal jobs in Grayson, Athens, Duluth, Fayetteville, Chamblee, Marietta, Monroe & Canton to name a few. For the best pest animal control service call Ridacritter today!
Currently in Monroe ga, squirrel job, headed to Atlanta now for rats in the crawl space
Urine dripping down the side of the house from the soffit was evidence of a flying squirrel problem in the attic of a house in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Flying squirrel removal and exclusion can be challenging because they're very slender animals under all that fur, and because of their ability to fly. Other than that, trapping, removal, and exclusion of flying squirrels is similar to other wildlife removal work.
Quoted a house in flowery branch with rats, then Gainesville for flyers now off to Cummings for squirrels
Baby it’s cold outside, lilburn, lawrenceville, and McDonough, all 3 calls where squirrels chewing threw the ceiling into the house
Beginning of another great year in the pest critter control, removal and prevention business. Call Ridacritter for a quote so you can be critter free. We service metro areas of Atlanta, Macon, Albany, Valdosta, Birmingham and many more.
We have new pest animal removal jobs in Birmingham, Lawrenceville, Hoover, Alpharetta, Marietta, Stonecrest and Smyrna to name a few. Crews will be providing free quotes for removal & prevention of critters in homes and attics.
Busy day after the Holidays, in Austell for snakes in the basement, then to Duluth and Stonecrest for squirrels, now on my way to Alpharetta for another quote
You don't have to share your home with pest animals like mice, rats, squirrels, raccoons, opossum or bats. Call Ridacritter for a free quote on pest animal removal and prevention. Over 20 years Ridacritter has been assisting home owners.
In Valdosta taking care of customers with rats and another with squirrels in the attic. Scratching noises prompted them to call us.
Had a squirrel job this morning in McDonough, then had bats in the house in Atlanta
Its Christmas week and the Ridacritter techs are out there helping remove and prevent nuisance pest animals like rats, mice, squirrels, bats and raccoons. You dont have to share your attic or home with pest wildlife, call Ridacritter today.
Pest rodents like rats, mice & squirrels often move into homes in cold wet weather. Call Ridacritter for a free quote on removal and prevention of pest animals. Servicing metro Birmingham AL, Macon Ga, Athens Ga, Atlanta Ga, Albany Ga areas
Ridacritters Birmingham Al crew is doing a great job helping customers with their pest wildlife issues. Removal and prevention of pest rats, pest squirrels, pest bats and much more is our focus. Over 20 years getting nuisance animals out.
Seems a though pest flying squirrels and other pest wildlife are on the move in the Birmingham, AL areas. We have seen an uptick in calls for nuisance pest animals all over Birmingham. We remove and prevent pest wildlife like squirrels etc.
Hearing noises in your home? That’s not Santa in your attic, that’s nuisance wildlife making their home home in your home! Give us call to schedule an estimate. We’ll have them out in no time!
Quoted squirrels in conyers, now off to McDonough, more squirrels
Busy day, quoted rats in Buford, squirrels in Atlanta and stonecrest, then finished the day in Marietta, bats. Lots to wildlife quotes
We can’t control the weather, but we do offer some great services for rat control, and for other nuisance wildlife. Give us a call today for a quote. We offer humane removal and excellent exclusion work!
Had a busy day yesterday. Lots of squirrel calls. In and around Hoover and Mountain Brook. Headed to Alabaster for wildlife activity in a person’s attic. He thinks he saw a chipmunk but my guess is flying squirrels.
Good morning! Pretty busy with wildlife exclusions today. I’m headed to Jacksonville to quote a house with squirrels. My bama crew are sealing houses in Tuscaloosa and Birmingham for raccoons and squirrels.
Middle to South Georgia squirrels in the attic? Protecting homes since 2001 against wildlife. Everyone have a fun and safe weekend.
Another beautiful day in Metro Birmingham to be a wildlife removal expert! The cold temps this past week have the flying squirrels headed to attics again!
Just finished up on a free quote in Albany Ga. Afterwards I was able to let the customer know that the noises they’ve been hearing are squirrels. Now headed to another in Macon Ga.
Good morning! Headed to Birmingham to quote a client with a multitude of rodent issues squirrels in the attic and rats in the crawl space. Then off to vestavia for squirrels and raccoons. Then to mccalla for more squirrels.
We're sending a crew from our Birmingham to a Hoover, Alabama flying squirrel removal job. Because of their small size and ability to fly, flying squirrel exclusion can be a challenge even for experienced wildlife-removal companies. Even the tiniest of gaps must be sealed to keep the animals out of the attic.
The wildlife might be out of your house but they probably left something behind - like urine and feces, YUCK! Call us for quote to remove contaminated insulation and blow new back in! We can help!
Extensive droppings and urine were unpleasant evidence of flying squirrels who decided to make the attic of a house in Leeds, Alabama their hangar. We're trapping and removing the pesky flyers and sending them on their way, and sealing the roof to keep flying squirrels and other wildlife out of the attic.
Are you experiencing attic pest wildlife such as squirrels, rats or mice? Ridacritter can help you. We remove those and other animals from attics, walls and crawl spaces. You don't have to share your home with unwelcome furry critters.

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