OFWC can remove dead animals from your yard, under the house, in the attic, or anywhere else on your property and get rid of that awful sight and smell.

A few examples of how animals can die on the property are:

• hit by a car and dies in the yard in plain view
• no one knows it's living under the house and it gets injured by a car or other animal and goes back under the house to die
• a worker or someone accidentally leaves a crawl space door open, an animal finds it that night, then someone innocently closes the door shut the next day so the animal cannot get back out for food and water

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Old Fort Wildlife Control can remove opossums and repair any damage they may have caused.

Identification

The opossum is a small-medium-sized marsupial with white/gray/black fur, a white face, and a naked tail. It's usually 2ft long, 8-12 inches tall and weighs 6-10 lbs. Opossums are nocturnal, climbs trees, and can hang by its tail. It eats mostly dead matter but will kill smaller birds/animals. It is generally harmless although will stand its ground and shows its teeth when threatened. If an opossum feels very threatened it may "play dead" for 20 minutes or so.

Removal Method

Old Fort Wildlife Control will locate entry/exits and place cage traps in the best location. As animals are caught and removed, the traps may be moved. After a few days of no catches and no sightings or damage, the traps are removed. Entry/exits are then blocked or repaired to discourage other uninvited guests in the future.

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Old Fort Wildlife Control can safely trap the skunks and remove them from the property.

Identification

A striped skunk is a house-cat-sized mammal with black fur and an unmistakable white strip or V from head to tail. The skunk uses an extremely noxious odor as a defense mechanism. Skunks are nocturnal rarely seen during the daytime. Skunks are burrowing animals so drawn to crawl spaces and under outbuildings. It is common for several skunks to den together which contributes to the higher rate of rabies than other animals.

Skunk mating season starts mid-late February so males are roaming around looking for females. If a female is living on or close to your property, she will attract all the males in the vicinity.

Removal Method

OFWC uses cage traps to safely catch and remove skunks without additional odor. Once they are all removed, repairs can be done to make sure another skunk doesn't move in.

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