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Check our year 2024 prices for wildlife control work. Call us 24/7 to schedule an appointment. If you can't afford our services, read about free Effingham wildlife control options.
Please, no calls about DOG or CAT problems. Call animal services: 217-923-3347.

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We service east central Illinois, and provide wild animal control in Mattoon IL, Charleston, IL and the surrounding area.

McGinnis Wildlife Control provides professional wildlife control for both residential & commercial customers in the city of Effingham in Illinois. We offer custom animal control solutions for almost any type of wildlife problem, whether it be the noises of squirrels running through the attic, a colony of bats living in a building, animals digging in your yard, or the destructive behavior of a raccoon or other critter, we have the experience and the tools to quickly and professionally solve your problem. For a consultation and price quote, give us a call at 217-610-8800

Click here to check our prices updated for year 2024. There are many Effingham pest control companies for animals out there, but not all of them are licensed and insured professionals. Make sure that you hire a competent expert for your Effingham exterminator of wildlife. At McGinnis Wildlife Control, we will be courteous and friendly and take the time to answer your questions. Give our Effingham trappers at McGinnis Wildlife Control a call, and we will listen to your problem, and make an appointment to perform an inspection. Feel free to email us at effingham@aaanimalcontrol.com

Resources for free wildlife removal in Effingham
If you can't afford our pro wildlife work, you can try these agencies for free wildlife removal:
Effingham County Animal Services: 217-923-3347
Illinois Wildlife Commission: 217-935-6860
Effingham Police Department: 217-347-0774

These agencies will only help with certain types of wildlife problems, and they are not always consistent. If you want a high quality of help done right, call our company.

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Illinois is full of wildlife, including snakes, squirrels, raccoons, skunks, opossums, and more. Wildlife removal is a complex field. I recommend professional Effingham wildlife control services if you want to solve a critter problem legally and correctly. For example, we specialize in animals in the attic, which have broken into the house and almost always have a nest of baby animals. It is necessary to perform correct preventative repairs to keep pest animals a out of your house for good. We perform full building inspection, do the the repairs and we also offer attic decontamination if necessary. Rats and mice love to live in attics, and can chew wires or leave droppings. Some Effingham animals frequently enter homes, and correct removal is not a simple task.

DOG or CAT: If you need assistance with a domestic animal, such as a dog or a cat, you need to call your local Effingham County Animal Control for assistance. They can help you out with issues such as stray dogs, stray cats, vaccinations, licenses, pet adoption, lost pets, and more. If you have a wildlife problem, you can try calling the Effingham County animal control, and see what they have to say, but they will certainly not help you with a complex wildlife problem such as critters in your attic. They are a free government agency that helps with dog and cat issues only.

Effingham County Animal Services: 217-923-3347

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Effingham Wildlife Tip:
Ways U Catch A Mouse - There is a saying about there being more than one way to catch a mouse and that's true. There are dozens of methods and if you have mice you'll just need to choose the best ways u catch a mouse for yourself. Some of the methods you can choose from are repellents, poison, lethal traps, glue traps, covered traps, electrical traps, ultrasonic traps and live traps. What you use is all dependent on how quickly you want to get rid of the rodents, what you have available and what you're willing to spend.

Consider poison for instance. This lethal option usually does the trick alone, is fairly inexpensive and easy to find. The downside to using it is it can be harmful to both children and pets. In addition to this you will need to clear away any dead mice that have scurried deep into a home to die. Snap traps are the most common, are cheap and very effective. Electric traps and ultrasonic traps are effective though more difficult to find and generally more expensive. The covered traps work well for people who simply don't want to deal with the dead animal and live traps are for those who'd like to remove the animal without harm.

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Effingham, IL Animal Control News Clip:
Pest Regulation - House rat and mouse move little, despite heavy exterminating

The scorched-earth policy worried some. Some landowners were opposed to increased exterminating, and some Bug sprayers believed the DNR would merely push infected house rat and mouse into new areas. The termite and mouse hard-working said it is too early to say whether the DNR strategy is working. The house rat and mouse population in the region has been reduced, the prevalence of the disease has not increased, but significantly increased significantly, researchers do not ever have any evidence that chronic wasting disease is going away. The largest pest regulation company in Effingham was interviewed, but shared nothing.

After its discovery - Wisconsin became the first state east of the Mississippi River to find it in its wild house rat and mouse population - state officials helped finance significantly increased than 30 research studies. The studies have looked at everything from the public's attitude toward exterminating to science aimed at learning significantly increased about how the disease is transmitted. This is a departure from the normal no-pest policy of the area..

Chronic wasting disease is believed to be caused by misformed proteins called prions that eventually cause an infected house rat and mouse to waste away and die. Researchers hold the opinion it is passed by contact among house rat and mouse. But research also shows that house rat and mouse may be able to contract it in the environment. In her research, The termite and mouse hard-working and her students use radio telemetry to follow the movements of collared house rat and mouse a minimum of 148 times a year. No members of the Effingham Pest Society could be found to issue a statement.

The vast majority of experienced pest controllers are skilled craftsmen who are almost magical in their ability to preserve a game vermin like a rodent or bear. The key word, though, is "almost." Taxidermists are not magicians. They have to have something of quality to work with if they are expected to turn out a rodent trophy that is top quality. The fumigator has to do his part if he wants the pest controller to be able to do his. Preparing a rodent for rodent atrophying begins in the field as soon as the vermin is on the ground. Continued next week ...Effingham pest control.

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We are Effingham wildlife management experts, and are familiar with all the pest animals, including all species of Illinois snakes and bats. We at McGinnis Wildlife Control are the best among Effingham nuisance wildlife companies and can solve all animal damage issues. Our wildlife operators are skilled at bird control and bat removal, and would be happy to serve your Effingham bat control or pigeon and bird control needs with a professional solution. Opossums, skunks, moles, and other animals that can damage your lawn - we are the exterminators who can capture and remove them. Our specialty is removal of animals in homes such as raccoons in the attic or squirrels in the attic. Our professional pest management of wildlife and animals can solve all of your Effingham critter capture and control needs. Give us a call at 217-610-8800 for a price quote and more information.

If you have any questions about a wildlife problem in Effingham, or wildlife removal in Effingham County, please give McGinnis Wildlife Control a call at 217-610-8800, and we will listen to your problem, give you a price quote, and schedule an appointment, usually same day or next day, to solve the problem.