Acworth Homeowners Should Avoid Dealing With Squirrel Infestations and Instead Seek Help from Squirrel Control

One of the most common mistakes made by homeowners in Acworth who have squirrels in their attic is blocking off the hole the squirrel is using.

When you do this two things can happen.

First, the squirrel may be inside your home in Acworth and become trapped in your attic, walls or ceiling.

Second, the squirrel can be outdoors and cannot reenter your attic space.

Let’s take a look at these two scenarios and how they can affect your home and your wallet.

Trapped Squirrels in the Attic

When a squirrel is trapped inside your house, they will chew on anything trying to get outside.

This can include the material you use to block their access hole, wiring, insulation, and sheetrock.

If the squirrels do not find a way to escape your home within a couple of days, the squirrel may chew its way inside the living areas of your home.

Squirrels have been known to chew through ceilings in an effort to get outdoors.

If they are unable to find a way outside, they will end up dying inside your attic or walls. After they die, you will begin to smell an odor.

Trying to find the origin of the odor can be almost impossible.

Most of the time, homeowners in Acworth, GA will need to cut into their ceilings and walls to look for the dead squirrel.

This scenario can be avoided by not blocking the squirrel’s access hole to your attic or calling our professional squirrel removal team in Acworth, GA.

Here is an example of what can happen if you try to close a hole and a squirrel is still in your attic.

A homeowner removed a gable vent that squirrels had chewed through to gain access to his attic. A new vent was installed and a heavy duty screen was placed over the new vent.

There were three squirrels in the man’s attic when he installed the new gable vent. Within 24 hours, the squirrels ate through his new gable vent to escape the attic.

The homeowner still had a squirrel infestation and a destroyed new gable vent that would need to be replaced again.

Squirrels Trapped Outside of the Attic

If the squirrel is outside feeding when you block their access hole, they will be unable to enter your attic through the hole. When this occurs, they can become very angry.

So, they immediately begin making a new hole to enter your attic in either your roofline or the exterior of your home.

They will either begin chewing away at the repair you made or if you did a good job sealing up the hole, they will go to another corner of your home and begin creating a new hole.

They will chew several areas of the roof and exterior of your home looking for a weak spot. This can go on for several days as they chew different areas looking for a way into their “home.”

Within a few days, the squirrel has regained access to your attic and you will be left with a new hole and still have a family of squirrels in your attic.

Here is another reason that you do not want to block an access point in your home.

If there is a litter of baby squirrels in your attic and you block off the entry point when the mother is outdoors foraging for food she will be unable to reach her young and feed them.

When the mother returns to the hole and finds her access blocked, she will become very, very angry and frantic.

Believe it or not, an angry female squirrel can do significant damage to your home quickly.

In fact, female squirrels are ranked second in the amount of damage that can be done to a home.

Only a female raccoon can do more damage than a female squirrel. When the female squirrel is trying to reach her young, she will chew through your roof and the exterior of your home very quickly.

In addition to the damage caused by the mother squirrel, the litter of baby squirrels can die. If they die, you will be left with a very smelly situation.

Then you will need to find the deceased baby squirrels and remove them. The smell will continue to permeate your home for many weeks or months.

How to Remove Squirrels from the Attic Correctly

Most homeowners believe they can solve their squirrel problems themselves. Their do-it-yourself attitude can actually cause more damage to the home instead of seeking help from a squirrel control.

The removal of squirrels from the attic will cost a few hundred dollars.

This money will pay for the trapping and removal of squirrels and the sealing of the entry point once all squirrels have been removed and relocated away from the house.

If you decide to do it yourself, it can end up costing thousands of dollars in repairs, the stench of dead squirrels in your walls and the destruction of sheetrock, roofing materials, and exterior surfaces.

The best way to deal with squirrel infestations in the attic is to remove the squirrels from the attic, relocate them away from the house and ensure all squirrels are gone before closing up the entry point.

So calling a squirrel control in Acworth is worth your time and money.

Our service offers a method that successfully ensures the squirrels are removed from your home. This method solves 99 percent of all squirrel control problems within three days without the worry of trapping a squirrel inside the attic.

Visit our squirrel removal page or contact us to discuss your squirrel control situation and leave the removal to the experts.