Wildlife Removal in Austell, GA
Austell sits on Sweetwater Creek, with the woods of Sweetwater Creek State Park just to the south and an old railroad-town core of modest, older homes. The creek woods raise the animals; the older homes let them in. Call us and tell us about the job — we will confirm the local crew for your county before any work starts.
Why Austell homes see the wildlife they do
Two things explain nearly every wildlife call in Austell. The first is Sweetwater Creek. It winds through town inside a strip of hardwoods, and just south of the county line it widens into the forest of Sweetwater Creek State Park. Raccoons, opossums, squirrels, snakes and bats all live along that creek, and they wander out of it into the yards and streets close by.
The second is the houses. Austell began as a railroad stop, so the oldest part of town is full of small, plainly built homes, many sitting over a crawlspace, that have been through a lot of Georgia summers. Our crew says the three most common ways in are gable vents, foundation (ground) vents, and construction gaps. An older Austell house usually has all three somewhere: a louver with torn screen, a crawl vent with a missing cover, a seam at the eave that opened as the wood dried out.
So the fix is the same no matter which animal it is. Get it out the legal way, close every opening with metal, and clean up what it left behind. Our winters are mild, so animals use attics all year and there is no "off season" to wait for. Our wildlife crew inspects first, explains the plan in writing, and quotes it before any work starts.
Wildlife we remove in Austell
What the creek woods send toward Austell homes, and where each one usually gets in.
🐿️ Squirrels
The most common attic call in town. Squirrels come off the creek-side hardwoods and big yard oaks, then chew through a soft fascia corner or a gable louver. They have young in spring and again in fall, and they chew wiring. See our full Austell squirrel removal guide →
🦝 Raccoons
Sweetwater Creek is ideal raccoon habitat, and an older house with a loose crawlspace door makes an easy den nearby. A raccoon is a Georgia rabies-vector species, so it is removed, not released somewhere else, and any kits are found before a single hole is closed.
🐀 Roof rats
Roof rats come in near the top of the house through vent and eave gaps. Mice come in at the bottom through foundation vents. Both breed most of the year here, and roof rats are linked to murine (flea-borne) typhus in the Southeast. Sealing does more than bait.
🦇 Bats
A creek gives bats bugs to eat every night, and an older roof gives them a gap to sleep in. Bats are protected. No exclusion from April 1 through July 31, while the pups can't fly, unless a licensed Nuisance Wildlife Control Operator does it under Georgia DNR rules. Their droppings carry a histoplasmosis risk.
🐍 Snakes
Creek-bank woods, rock and brush piles bring snakes to the edge of the yard. Georgia has 47 native species and 7 are venomous. Around Austell the copperhead is the one you're realistically likely to meet. It is illegal to kill a non-venomous snake.
🦔 Armadillos & diggers
Lawns near the creek stay damp and full of grubs, so armadillos dig cone-shaped holes there overnight. Repellents don't work on them, and grub treatment just makes them dig harder. A pro traps them by setting boxes on the paths they already use.
🐾 Opossums & skunks
A crawlspace with a missing vent cover is a ready-made den for either one. Skunks are a rabies-vector species. A pro removes the animal and any young, then puts a metal screen over the opening so the next one can't move in.
Animal-specific help in Austell
Deep, local guides for the problems we get called about most — with our wildlife crew behind every one.
How to get help in Austell
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 Austell 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 Austell
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One call to your Austell 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 Cobb 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 Cobb 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.