Wildlife Removal in Matthews, NC

Wildlife removal in Matthews, NC

Matthews is in southeastern Mecklenburg County, between Mint Hill and Stallings. Much of the town was built from the 1970s through the 1990s, and neighborhoods off Sardis Road, Weddington Road, and around downtown Matthews are full of brick and wood-frame ranch and two-story homes on crawl spaces. Four Mile Creek and the Matthews greenways run through the middle of town, connecting backyards to wooded stream corridors.

Crawl spaces are the focus of most Matthews work. Norway rats burrow along foundations and come up through gaps around plumbing, AC lines, and rusted foundation vents. Once inside, they nest in fallen insulation and chew ductwork. We trap the rats, then seal and screen every opening with heavy wire, and replace torn or missing vapor barriers. Where the crawl space is in poor shape, we can encapsulate it, which closes the space up and makes future problems much easier to spot.

Skunks and opossums also use crawl spaces and the space under porches, stoops, and decks. Skunks den there in late winter during mating season, and the smell often comes through the floor. We remove them humanely, confirm no young are left behind, and bury wire barriers along the edges so they can't dig back under. Raccoons and gray squirrels are the usual roof-level calls, especially on homes beside the creek greenways.

When an animal dies in a crawl space or wall, the odor can make a room unusable. We trace the source, remove the carcass, and deodorize the area. Every Matthews job starts with a free inspection of the crawl space, roof line, and attic, with photos and a written plan and price before work begins.

Stallings and the edges of Mint Hill and Indian Trail share the same crawl-space housing stock, and we see the same problems there. Rats are busiest in crawl spaces from fall through winter, when they move closer to warm ductwork, while skunk calls cluster in February and March. Older Matthews homes also tend to have softened wooden trim, aging gable vent screens, and chimneys without caps, which let raccoons and squirrels into the attic. We repair those with metal-backed materials painted to match, so the house looks the same from the street but stays closed to animals for years.

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