Woodpecker Control in Denver, Colorado

Woodpeckers in the forest are beautiful and unique birds, but at your home their incessant tapping is annoying and the damage costly. Woodpecker control through deterrents and repellents can safely get rid of woodpeckers.

For the last two months, we have heard a rat-a-tat sound coming from our roof.  It sounds like a jack-hammer!  It starts at 6:00 in the morning and goes all day.  Every time we go outside to see what it is, the noise stops.  Finally, last Saturday, my husband called our neighbors and asked them to watch the roof when he came out to see what was going on.  My husband tried to be very quiet and sneak around to the back of the house.  Our neighbors said they saw a bird fly away and it looked like a woodpecker. 

We live in a semi-rural neighborhood and so my husband thought that he could take care of the bird himself. He went downstairs and brought out his shot-gun and tried to shoot it, but it flew off really quickly.

I finally convinced him that we should try to hire a professional to take care of the problem.  (I had to promise him a shoulder rub every night for two weeks!) He finally contacted a local professional wild animal control technician to come out to our place and get rid of the woodpecker. 

Nationwide Woodpecker Control: 1-888-488-7720

The technician chuckled a little when my husband told him about shooting at the woodpecker.

“How did that work out for you?” he teased. “Even if you had shot it, you would probably be sitting in a jail cell right now or paying hefty fees to your local court. Don’t you know that shooting and killing woodpeckers is against the law?”

My husband turned red and looked at his feet. We really had no idea.

The technician said, “Hey, I don’t blame you. If I had to wake up to that every morning, I probably wouldn’t be thinking clearly either. I would just want to get rid of it.”

He said it was a good thing that we finally “woke-up” and called him.  He placed some motion sensitive startle objects, and sight and taste deterrents around our house.

We haven’t seen any woodpeckers since.

Introducing an Allstate Animal Control Wildlife Removal Operator

Raccoon in a chimney trap.

Hello, I am Brandon from Allstate Animal Control.  Allstate Animal Control is a complete pest or nuisance wildlife control and removal service.  Do you have raccoons in your chimney?  We can help.  Do you have bats in your attic?  We can help.  Are woodpeckers driving you crazy drumming on your siding?  We can help.

Wildlife control and removal is a very interesting and rewarding business.  I love animals and really enjoy working with them every day.  I also love helping people and solving their problems.  Again, I get to do that every day.

Wildlife control is a specialty business that is growing as people more and more often come into contact with wild animals in an urban or suburban environment.  People kind of want to see a raccoon wash its food in a stream when they are camping or at the zoo.  Having a raccoon romping through their attic or breaking into their home through the cat door is something quite different.  People want to get rid of pest animals, but they need help doing it. 

There are many animals that become pest or nuisance animals when they access your home or business:  raccoons, bats, squirrels, woodpeckers, voles…These are interesting and often ecologically valuable animals, but they wreak havoc in a building and damage it in many ways. 

Sometimes, just gaining access means damage.  Bats use existing gaps or cracks that are created by poor maintenance of a building.  Other animals are not so polite.  Woodpeckers don’t wait for you to open a door and issue and invitation.  They just drill a hole in the wall and move in. Raccoons will use their strong hands to tear loose soffit or vents to create their own holes. 

Once inside your building, anything goes.  Animals use the toilet anywhere they please, which means all over your home or business.  It stinks, and feces and urine pose significant health risks. Pigeons and their poop, for example, are associated with over 60 diseases and illnesses.

Wild animals will modify your home to suit their personal taste.  They burrow through insulation, rip out vents, chew through wires and break open pipes. They even take into consideration the landscaping and tear up grass, eat bulbs and consume vegetable gardens (something you can expect from moles).

Unfortunately, animals can also die in your building or on your property and their decomposing bodies add additional smell and danger.

The good news is that I can help you prevent or solve all of these problems.  I wake up every day excited to help people get rid of unwanted animals.  I enjoy the feeling of success that comes when a home is once again safe and sanitary.  The people are happy and, in my opinion, the animals are better off, too.  Often, they can be relocated to a natural environment.  If not, they are humanely euthanized. 

Pigeons in a rooftop cage trap.

This business requires a lot of knowledge about animals.  You also need a good understanding of federal, state, county and city laws and regulations regarding wild animals. Many types of special equipment and products are necessary-long ladders, one-way vents and a variety of traps for the wide variety of animals we encounter.  Finally, the hardest part, you need a lot of experience.  Each situation is different and a person needs practice and experience to know what to do and how to help.

Allstate Animal Control is your local pest animal removal company, nationwide.  How can we do that?  We created a network of wildlife control technicians that can service all 50 states, all major cites and even rural or remote areas. Anyone can use our network to find a professional wildlife removal operator in their area, or one who will travel to thier area to work on-site.  We also can provide coaching and will ship trapping products to do-it-yourselfers anywhere in the country.

Anyway, that is a little bit about wildlife control and about Allstate Animal Control, specifically.  If you need help with a critter of just about any kind, give us a call.  To access our directory, or for a list of the most common animals and birds we remove and pictures and information about our business, check out our website at: www.allstateanimalcontrol.com.