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Humane Capture and Removal of Nuisance Wildlife

The Critter Guy offers capture and removal of wild animals from your property. In most cases, this is done with live cage traps in the most humane and efficient manner possible. Many animals can be "excluded" (kicked out) from your home instead of being trapped and removed. This is usually done by temporarily installing special equipment that lets the animals leave but doesn't let them come back in. We have a dedicated page with more information about The Critter Guy's nuisance wildlife exclusion services.

The Critter Guy will gladly take eligible critters to a licensed wildlife rehabilitator for an additional fee. Not all animals are eligible for rehabilitation or relocation under Virginia law. Please feel free to ask the Critter Guy about specific wildlife species ineligible for relocation. If we catch an animal we weren't trying to catch, which we typically call "non-targets" for short, they will be released unharmed or they can be removed at the discretion of the customer.

Wildlife We Offer Services for

The Critter Guy offers capture, removal, control, and exclusion services for the following nuisance wildlife.

In addition to being able to deal with these, The Critter Guy can also pick up and remove dead deer and other dead animals.

Additional Wildlife

We also offer services for these types of wildlife, subject to special permitting and time constraints. Feel free to contact The Critter Guy if you want to know more about these constraints.

Other Pictures

A wire cage jutting off of a gable vent
This might look like a trap, but it's actually a one-way raccoon escape that is often crucial for The Critter Guy's humane raccoon removal and exclusion services. This setup allows the raccoons to easily vacate the attic, but doesn't let them back in. They don't have as much trouble getting down from this as you would think, since raccoons are great climbers.
The Critter Guy holds a small black-colored snake, cutting it free from some netting it got caught in
The Critter Guy sometimes has to do things like untangle Eastern ratsnakes from nets.
The Critter Guy, in a bee suit, vacuums bees out of a hole in the ceiling that exposes multiple rows of honeycomb
The Critter Guy offers humane honey bee removal services, which frequently involves using a special vacuum to suck them out of structures. Bees like these are taken to new hives in less inconvenient locations.
The Critter Guy holds a cage trap with multiple baby red foxes inside
The Critter Guy takes certain juvenile animals to be rehabilitated at a local wildlife rehabilitator, such as these juvenile red foxes.
A cage trap with several young skunks inside
These juvenile skunks also got taken to a wildlife rehabilitator.

If you have any questions about The Critter Guy's nuisance wildlife removal services in Roanoke, VA, feel free to talk to The Critter Guy.