Raccoon removal is one of the most exciting parts of the wildlife control job in Northern Virginia. Especially when one falls through your ceiling and destroys part of your home, then we get to chase it around the room and catch it. Do not let this happen to you, if you even think you have…
What is killing Chickens? That is a question we always get. Most any predators will kill a chicken but there are ways to determine what is killing chickens by what they leave behind. Possible chicken killing culprits could be foxes, dogs, raccoons, opossums, skunks, mink, weasels, birds of prey, or the wild next door…
Squirrels in Attics are one of Northern Virginia’s greatest wildlife control issues. Jesse James Critter Gitters are professionally trained to effectively remove squirrels from attics. Although Squirrels may look all cute and cuddly when they sit on the park bench and eat your peanuts, squirrels in attics are much more ferocious. Squirrels in attics…
Its that time of year again, we are catching a lot of bats in living rooms. They are on the move and are getting into all kinds of places where people don’t want them. This is mostly due to the fact that the juvenile bats are getting bigger and mobile and are going exploring, but…
Have you ever heard, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, animal proofing will save you a lot of headache in the future. This is especially true with animals that are repeatedly digging under your porch, deck, crawlspace, or shed. Common animals that dig under decks are groundhogs, skunks, foxes and opossums.…
Skunk removal is a very common call in Northern Virginia. We cover everything from trapping and removal of skunks to exclusion of property to keep the skunks out. And if you happen to catch a skunk on your own and need somebody to remove it just give us a call. Jesse James Critter Gitters has…
Its that time of year again and Wanted: are the Sweet Corn Bandits (Raccoons). Somehow as soon as your sweet corn is about to turn ripe these destructive masked outlaws show up. If you have a large patch such as a few acres of corn, raccoons are not really a problem as there will be…
Do you “Got Bats” in your attic? Bats are a great and vital animal to Virginia ecosystem, they can eat almost their body weight in insects each night. But bats are not a very important part of the ecosystem of your attic, in fact you do not want any type of ecosystem in your attic.…
Groundhogs in the garden. 3 culprit groundhogs were caught from a garden in Culpeper yesterday. They were eating the tomatoes and the beans so they had to be stopped. Jesse James Critter Gitters was called on Monday morning after half of the garden had been destroyed by these sneaky critters, they were all caught by Tuesday…
It used to be that having squirrels in your attic was one of the biggest raves; but as humanity got smarter we decided that we didn’t like living with our large rodent friends in our homes. I mean who wants to hear that scratching and snarling all day long when it should be peaceful…