Greater Charleston Squirrel Removal You Can Count On

Squirrels have to chew. Your wiring pays the price.

A squirrel's incisors grow continuously throughout its life, roughly 6 inches per year. To keep them from growing too long, squirrels must chew constantly. When they take up residence in your attic, they chew whatever is available: wooden beams, insulation, and most dangerously, electrical wiring.

Squirrel-chewed wiring is a leading cause of attic fires. Exposed copper conductors can arc against each other or ignite adjacent insulation. Because the damage is hidden inside the attic, it often goes undetected until something short-circuits or a breaker trips. If you have squirrels in your attic, have an electrician inspect the wiring after removal.

Gray squirrels breed twice a year, peaking in January through February and again in July through August. A single female can raise two litters of three to four pups per year. Ignore the problem and you may have twice as many animals by the following season.

Exclusion first. Every time.

The most effective way to remove squirrels from an attic is one-way exclusion. We install a one-way door over the primary entry point and seal all secondary entries. Squirrels exit to forage during the day and can't get back in. Within a few days, the attic is empty.

When pups are present and not yet mobile, we use live-capture trapping alongside exclusion so no animals get left behind. Every job is assessed individually.