Animals in Your Chimney
At long last, spring has arrived! Not only does spring provide us brighter days and warmer weather, but it also brings us other benefits. Additionally, it gives us guests who enjoy making their homes in your chimneys. The vast majority of the calls we receive about animals come from residents who have either heard weird noises in their house or have reported seeing an animal. Raccoons, chimney swifts, squirrels, and bats are the four species of wildlife that are most likely to make your chimney their home.
Chimneys are becoming popular places for birds, squirrels, raccoons, and other wild creatures to nest as a result of the widespread felling of trees to make way for the construction of residential and commercial real estate. This can result in a number of complications, including injury to chimneys and structural damage to dwellings. Not only are wild animals living in your chimney a nuisance, but they also pose a health risk since they may spread illness. To make matters even worse, one of these animals might become trapped within your chimney and perish there.
Who should I contact if I discover that an animal has made its way into my chimney?
If you suspect that a wild animal has made its way into your chimney, you should get assistance from a pest control firm or a business that specializes in the removal of animals. However, Chimneys.com states that removing animals from a chimney might be difficult because to the limited room that is available to work in a chimney. There is no other type of business that is more knowledgeable about the structure of a chimney than chimney companies. A professional chimney specialist will not only be able to assist you in removing the animal from the chimney, but he will also be able to advise you on how to keep the animal from coming again.
What about the avian species?
When a whole bird family becomes trapped in your chimney, the situation might become more difficult to resolve. It is against the law to remove birds from their nests since the Migratory Bird Treaty Act is a federal statute that protects certain kinds of birds and makes it unlawful to hunt birds. Chimney swifts, which typically make their nests inside chimneys, are protected under this law. We will never remove these birds, but we can provide you some guidance on how to manage with them until the fall, when they will fly away on their own. Once they are gone, we will be able to take down their nest and prevent them from coming back the next year in the spring.
What can I do to prevent wild birds and other animals from entering my chimney?
In order to prevent animals like these from entering your chimney, you absolutely must have a chimney cover installed. We have a large selection of caps available, and we are happy to demonstrate which ones are the most effective in preventing wild animals and birds from entering. You should look for a chimney top that has sides made of metal mesh, since this will discourage animals and birds from nesting within the chimney. When you have decided on a cap, we will expertly install it so that your chimney is afforded the necessary level of defense against any hazards.
Raccoons
Because chimneys are so similar to trees, raccoons find it easy to climb up and down them. Raccoon doe’s give birth in the early spring and, in order to do so in a secure environment, they will enter the tunnel system known as a flue. The smoke shelf is normally where the newborn babies are kept after the litter has been delivered. If you have reason to believe that raccoons have taken up residence in your chimney, one possible solution is to play your radio at an extremely high volume in the hope that this would drive them away. In the event that this does not frighten them away, you should probably call a professional. After the raccoon has been removed from the chimney, it is critical to have it cleaned so that any droppings or nesting materials that the animal may have left behind may be removed.
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