Wildlife has particular seasons and times of activity, below is a general idea of when wildlife problems may occur.
January
- Cold weather and lack of food will have most animals just going about their daily business trying to make a living
February
- Skunk mating season, males are roaming the countryside looking for girlfriends. If a female is nearby she will attract every male in the near vicinity.
March
- Mating season for most other wildlife that has their kits/cubs in the spring
- Female raccoons may be exploring attics looking for a good nesting place
April
- Moles and gophers may reappear with warmer weather
- Female raccoons still looking for attic nests or may have already found them
May
- Females start having their offspring, if in your attic you may start hearing noises, this includes bats
- Moles and gopher activity is picking up and will continue thru Oct/Nov
June
- Newly born wildlife starting to move around more; noise in attics may really pickup
- Bat maternity season is in full swing; messing with bats at this time is highly discouraged because the young will die without mom’s support
July
- Bat maternity season coming to an end, exclusions can begin towards the end of the month
- Most other wildlife slowing down a bit due to hot weather, except moles and gophers
- Long days give animals plenty of time to sleep, nocturnal animals only have 6-8 hrs to find food and water after dark
August
- Still hot and animals going about their daily business
- Bat activity may pick up due to young being able to leave with the rest of the colony at night
- Attics are very hot. Bats like the heat, raccoons don’t mind it if they can find a cool spot near fresh air, squirrels will usually vacate to a tree by now
September
- Teenage beavers are kicked out of the house to go upstream or downstream and find a home and mate
- Animals sense that fall is coming so activity may pick up a bit
October
- Animals know winter is near and activity may pickup for fattening up and finding good shelter
- Mole and gopher activity coming to a close
November
- Mole and gopher activity shuts down with freezing weather and food source going deeper underground
- Beaver activity really picks up with caching a supply of food for winter
- Freezing weather may kick the squirrels in gear to realize that attics are a warmer place to be
December
- Most animals should be set for winter shelter by now and are going about their daily business of finding food and water