SCRAM! Wildlife Control

I consulted with Scram about a raccoon problem. They don't trap wildlife; instead they repair wildlife damage and help you to encourage wildlife to move along to a new home. This might be a great strategy if you live in a rural or exurban area, not so much if you live in a central city location where the problem wildlife would probably just move along to a neighbor's home on the same block. For that reason alone, I didn't hire them.

Perfect. Adam was very professional. A cannot recommend highly enough.

Squirrels gone

Scram inspected my entire house for all possible entry by squirrels including crawling all around my attic. Screens were installed over the hole the squirrels made and a fan vent. They used a camera to view inside the hole in the siding. Luckily there were no babies or squirrels present at the time. scram was half the price of other service providers.

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I found SCRAM on the Wildlife Rehabilitation website and they were exactly what I was looking for. They inspected my house and attic and discovered a raccoon living there. They installed a one-way door at the point of entry so that when the raccoon left, she couldn't return. Then they returned about a week or two later and installed a permanent fix so that other wildlife could not get into my attic. They were so awesome and I was thrilled that I could sleep peacefully again without harming the raccoon.

Fast scheduling and I didn't even need to be there since the bats weren't in the attic - just an exterior vent. Adam called to keep me posted on what he found and his plan for eviction. Very thorough and cleaned up all bat feces from garage roof & driveway. Would hire again!

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We called about a strange animal noise in the chimney.  Ben came out the same day.  He was very thorough, searched the flue, climbed to the top of our (high) chimney, checked the cap, sealed some flashing, but didn't find an animal.
The next morning, noise was back, turned out it was a woodpecker on top of the chimney cap.
Very responsive, economical and professional company.

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I called three companies and decided to go with this one.  This company had the most reasonable approach, in my opinion.
I called all companies on Saturday October 31.  SCRAM was not open and I left a message.  They returned my call first thing Monday morning 11/2/15.  The company was able to send out a technician (Ben) that afternoon.  He was extremely knowledgeable.  He assessed the perimeter of the home and the suspected spot of the potential habitat.  He did not think a skunk was using the spot as a residence but a possible hide out as needed.  He provided me a quote that included creating a perimeter barrier around the spot and a one way door. 
I decided to hold off on the perimeter barrier based upon his information.  The inspection was $89.00.  Well worth it.
He was VERY knowledgeable about skunk behavior and assessing the situation.  SCRAM doesn't kill/trap  - it ensures the animal does not create a habitat near/in your house.  I liked this approach.
Other companies may use traps - Ben advised that if a company traps a wild animal, by law it must be euthanized. 
Highly recommend them. 

He was on time, professional and answered all my questions. Nice guy, did not push me to do the permanent solution, which I thought was a very good solution, but too good for an old shed. He left a pamphlet and said to call if I had any future problems.

Came out to the house, was on time, and went through steps to prevent wild animals from taking up residency under our deck.  One option was to add heavy gauge fencing along the bottom of our deck, but we plan to expand our deck and didn't proceed.  He gave us other options we can do on our own and grateful for the knowledge he shared.

Although there was no evidence of animal intrusion, the inspector did note that one of the attic vents was not secure.  This had come up in the home inspection when I bought the house, so I knew that this was an issue.  He said that eventually something (mostly likely birds) would find their way in.  I elected to have him install a metal screen on the inside so future problems would be prevented.  The inspection was $89 and the screen installation was $50.  I was satisfied with the service especially considering getting into my attics is difficult because the entries are through small openings inside closets.  I was happy to support SCRAM the Ohio Wildlife Center with which they are affiliated.

We've had a problem with groundhogs digging against the foundation of the back of the house for several years.  When I called SCRAM! to request inspection, Adam said that he and his helper were actually leaving a job in the area and could come right over.  They were at the house within 20 minutes.  They inspected the area and Adam wrote up a proposal.  We accepted the proposal, and we scheduled a date for SCRAM! to come and install wire mesh along the foundation to expel any resident groundhogs and prevent their return.  They came the very next week and completed 95% of the work over the course of 2 days.  The last step was finished the week after, when the one-way escape door was removed and the area filled in.  We are very pleased with the work that was done.  Adam and crew were professional and courteous, as well as competent and efficient.  They were quiet, and they left the area clean and neat.  They were a pleasure to work with, and we would definitely use them again should the need arise.

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Did a great job.  Installed a special cover over the vent line to prevent this from occurring again.

I hired SCRAM! to help get rid of a family of squirrels that had gotten into my attic through a missing board on a dormer.  SCRAM! came out to inspected my property by looking in the attic.  They told me that I do indeed have squirrels but didn't see anything out of the ordinary.  I then asked what their next steps were for removing the squirrels now that the babies were mobile and running around on the roof.  Their response was that I should just wait a few weeks to see if the babies leave on their own.  Then, if after several weeks of waiting, with additional damage to my house, if the squirrels don't leave, SCRAM! would come back and install a one way door.  I wish I would have thought of that on my own.