Wildlife Removal in Augusta, GA
Augusta grew up where the Savannah River drops off the fall line, and the river, the Augusta Canal and a century of in-town housing still decide where animals get in. Bats, squirrels, raccoons, rats, snakes or armadillos anywhere in Richmond County — call us and tell us about the job, and we will confirm the local crew for your county before any work starts.
Why Augusta homes see the wildlife they do
Augusta is a fall-line town. This is the spot where the Savannah River comes down off the hard rock of the Piedmont and spreads out into the flat, sandy Coastal Plain, and the city was built right on that edge. Two strips of water run through the older part of town: the river itself, with its wooded banks and low bottomland, and the Augusta Canal, the 1840s power canal that still parallels it. For raccoons, rats, snakes and the insects bats feed on, those green, damp strips are travel lanes that end at people's back fences.
Then there's the age of the houses. Augusta has a lot of old residential stock: the big homes of the Summerville historic district on "the Hill," the smaller mill-era houses that went up near the canal, and blocks of mid-century ranches in between. Old houses don't fail all at once — a gable vent screen rusts through, a fascia board softens, a crawlspace vent gets knocked loose, a chimney loses its cap. Georgia's building codes never asked for much wildlife-proofing in the first place, so each of those small gaps is an invitation. Farther out, the subdivisions spreading across south and west Richmond County toward Fort Eisenhower (the post long known as Fort Gordon) have the opposite issue: new decks, slab edges and freshly cleared lots right up against pine woods.
Our mild winters mean there's no off-season — squirrels, rats and raccoons will live in an Augusta attic in January as happily as in June. What fixes the problem is the same in every part of the county: find out what's living there, get it out humanely and legally, close every gap with metal or other material an animal can't chew back through, and clean up what it left behind. Trapping without sealing just makes room for the next animal.
Wildlife we remove in Augusta
These are the animals Augusta homeowners call about most, from the old houses on the Hill and near the canal to the newer neighborhoods out toward Fort Eisenhower. A licensed pro serving Richmond County handles all of them.
🦇 Bats
The tall attics and brick chimneys of Augusta's older homes are ideal roosts, and the river and canal supply a steady insect hatch on summer nights. The first clue is usually droppings on a porch, deck or sill directly under where they come and go. Bats are protected, and exclusion is held off during Georgia's maternity season, April 1 through July 31, unless a licensed operator can confirm no flightless young are inside. See our full Augusta bat removal & exclusion guide →
🐿️ Squirrels
Old oaks and pecans on in-town lots drop squirrels right onto the roof, and a rusted vent screen or a soft corner of fascia is all they need. You'll hear light running in the early morning and again near dusk. If there are babies, shutting the mother out backfires — she'll chew a fresh hole to get back to them — so the young have to be confirmed first.
🦝 Raccoons
Raccoons work the riverbanks and canal edges and move into nearby neighborhoods to den, often through a chimney top or a pulled-back soffit. In an attic they sound heavy — people say it's like a dog walking around up there. Georgia treats raccoons as a rabies-vector species, so they're removed rather than relocated, and a pro uses a camera to find any kits before anything is sealed.
🐀 Roof rats & rodents
Roof rats climb — power lines, tree limbs, even brick and siding — and come in high, along the roofline. Norway rats stay low around crawlspace vents and foundations, and older Augusta homes have plenty of both kinds of openings. Bait alone never ends it, because nothing stops the next rat from walking in; the entry points have to be closed.
🐍 Snakes
Snakes follow rodents and cover, so overgrown fence lines, woodpiles and the wooded edges along the river and canal are where they turn up. The great majority are harmless rat snakes, and native non-venomous snakes are protected in Georgia — killing one is illegal. A snake crossing the yard is usually gone within the hour; one inside the house is worth a call right away.
🦔 Armadillos & diggers
Below the fall line the soil turns sandy and loose, which is exactly what an armadillo wants. Expect cone-shaped holes and torn-up beds overnight, and sometimes a burrow under a slab or stoop. Nothing baits an armadillo and repellents don't move them; the catch comes from placing traps on the paths they actually use. Skip the grub treatment — it tends to make them dig harder.
🐾 Opossums & skunks
Many older Augusta houses sit on crawlspaces, and a loose vent cover or a gap under a porch gives opossums and skunks a dry place to den. Opossums leave a mess and sometimes die down there; skunks bring odor and, like raccoons, rabies-vector status. The job is removing the animal and any young, then screening the opening with metal so the spot stays closed.
Animal-specific help in Augusta
Deep, local guides for the problems we get called about most — with our wildlife crew behind every one.
How to get help in Augusta
Tell us what you're hearing
Scratching in the attic, a snake by the porch, holes in the yard — call with your problem and your Augusta address.
We connect you locally
Call us and tell us about the job — we will confirm the local crew for your county before any work starts.
They solve it — for good
Inspection, humane removal, full exclusion and cleanup — handled by our wildlife crew, following Georgia rules.
Common wildlife removal questions in Augusta
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One call to your Augusta wildlife crew
Whether it's squirrels in an older in-town attic or a raccoon in a new subdivision crawlspace, the fastest fix is our wildlife crew, who knows Richmond County wildlife. Call us and tell us about the job — we will confirm the local crew for your county before any work starts.
- Local to Richmond County. Georgia DNR-compliant handling — call to ask about licensing and insurance.
- One company, one call. Call us and tell us about the job.
- Done right. Removal, exclusion and cleanup.