Wildlife Removal Before & After Photos

After seeing his neighbor deal with a raccoon ripping apart their gable vents, this customer in East Brunswick, NJ didn't want that to his home! So he contacted Little Rascals for assistance and we were sent out.

Although the homeowner didn't have any past or present wildlife issues, he still wanted his gable vents to be protected! So he agreed to have us install a louvered vent guard over the gable vent. The louvered vent guard is made out of heavy-duty Galvannealed steel, which means that not only is it durable, but it also won't rust. Additionally, it is customized to accommodate vents of all shapes and sizes and properly secures the area from not just raccoons, but all nuisance wildlife, bats, and birds too.

This house in Pennington had a piece of fascia that had blown off during a recent storm. The fascia is the vertical finishing edge that caps the end of the rafters.When we arrived at the home and inspected the needed repair, the missing fascia board reminded me of a missing tooth. To me, the gap in the fascia made the home look sad.  

The Cowleys home improvement crew did its own version of a “dental implant” and replaced the missing piece. After we were done, the house looked as good as new and, even better, the homeowner was all smiles when admiring the completed job!  

These homeowners in Hopewell, NJ. found themselves with a raccoon infestation on their property. While the raccoons did not make their way inside the home, it is stressful even to see these large animals scavenging around your property. Here, they were crawling in and out of storm drains around because the grates had a gap that was large enough for the raccoons to gain access. 

Wildlife has a way of exploiting weaknesses in a structure in order to gain entry. Often, its water-saturated, rotting fascia, soffit boards, or roof shingles. Other times, the weakness is a structural opening like chimneys or storm drains that do not have an adequate protective covering to block access. For this homeowner, I installed six storm grate covers that would keep out raccoons and other larger wildlife from entering the drains. I’m confident that by blocking these gaps, the raccoons will move off the property to find another home.

Unfortunately, we weren't able to get a good before image, so here we show a typical open storm drain.

Previously, a raccoon had broken into this homeowners attic via the gable vent. Each of the gable vents were dry rotted, which made it easier for the raccoon to break into the home. After we safely removed and relocated the raccoon to a new, humane environment, we disinfected the attic area and removed the old, broken gable vents and replaced them with a new, sturdy one and screened them off to prevent any nuisance wildlife from gaining access into the home.

Now the home is properly protected from all nuisance wildlife!

Flying squirrels had made their way into this home in Gladstone, NJ and were making a mess in the customer's attic. After a thorough inspection of the home, we determined that the flying squirrels were squeezing through the eave of the home. We setup a one-way device over the entrance point, temporarily enclosed the area with hardware cloth, and installed several baited devices. The one-way device is going to allow the flying squirrels to leave the area safely but prevent them from getting back in. After a short period of time, we successfully retrieved all of the flying squirrels and took them to a safer and more humane environment.

We then disinfected the attic and, to prevent any future wildlife intrusions, we installed sturdy, metal flashing over the access point.