Help - 5k for Squirrel removal and fixing where squirrel enters
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Anonymous
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Please help. I can hear a squirrel above me in a crawlspace between ceiling and attic. It was in the same spot a few months ago, so we got an estimate from a wildlife company for $4700 to remove the squirrel by a "one-way door" and repair the area where the squirrel is getting in. The squirrel noise went away so we didn't do anything. I started hearing it again yesterday and all day today. Is this really a $4700 repair?? Any thoughts or guidance is much appreciated.
Signed - going crazy while working from home listening to the squirrel above me |
Anonymous
| And if this is helpful, we are in DC and have tall trees all around us so this problem of squirrels getting into house won't be going away |
Anonymous
| How much of that was removal and how much was repair? If you need something repointed to prevent access that might be a good price. |
Anonymous
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Squirrel removal estimate is about $250
Here's the proposed repair -- Wildlife Products: Pest Armor 173 23.00 3,979.00 Install Pest Armor (TM) Gutter Protection System per LF General Repairs:Soffit Corners 2 125.00 250.00 |
Anonymous
| Call a pest control removal company and see if they can remove but that doesn’t solve how they are getting in… contractor ? |
Anonymous
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That is insanity OP! Wait until it's gone again, then call a handyman to board it up. Or call a pest control company + handyman.
You're not going to pay the same amount as a trip to Italy, to get rid of a squirrel! Stop it. |
Anonymous
| Are you in the DC area? Call Adcock’s to remove the squirrel. Then get a handyman to assess how to patch the entry point. |
Anonymous
| For that much, I would bring the squirrel a basket of acorns and make peace with the squatter upstairs. |
Anonymous
| I love squirrels, but it's super easy to stick a trap up there, grab him and then relocate him yourself. Just make sure to drive a few miles, because they CAN and WILL return right to your house. |
Anonymous
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When we had a squirrel, we figured out where it was getting in and then, after we knew it was out, sealed it with a can of spray foam.
It took some observation on our part and a few days.... |
Anonymous
That pest armour stuff is $100/ foot, how much are they installing lol https://www.homedepot.com/p/PEST-ARMOR-1-4-in-Woven-Steel-Exclusion-L-Mesh-Pest-Protection-RAML350/323870147 |
Anonymous
| I got rid of a squirrel in my ceiling with cottonballs soaked in peppermint oil. It's a deterrent and they will move out on their own. |
Anonymous
| They do not serve DC itself, but you might get some good advice and a cheaper referral if you call Jesse James Critter Gitters. They know what they are doing and are super nice. |
Anonymous
| That's insane. |
Anonymous
| Try Jake the master trapper |