Wildlife Removal in Marietta, GA
From historic homes around Marietta Square shaded by old hardwoods to the newer subdivisions of East Cobb, Marietta's wildlife follows its trees and its rooflines. We connect you with the licensed pro assigned to Cobb County.
Why Marietta homes see the wildlife they do
Marietta is the seat of Cobb County, built around the historic Marietta Square, and its oldest neighborhoods sit under some of the heaviest tree canopy in the metro. That canopy is the key to its wildlife. Decades-old oaks and hardwoods arch over the rooflines of the in-town homes near the Square, and those mature limbs are a highway: squirrels and roof rats travel them straight onto the roof, where the aging gable vents, fascia and soffits of older houses give them the openings they need to get into an attic.
The contrast across town is East Cobb, with its newer, more affluent subdivisions. The housing is younger there, but younger isn't sealed — fresh construction leaves finish gaps at the eaves and soffits — and many of those neighborhoods are themselves heavily wooded, tucked into the rolling, tree-covered terrain north and east of the city. So whether the house dates to the era of the Square or to a recent subdivision, the common thread in Marietta is trees against rooflines, and the animals that use them.
There's also the ground-level side of a wooded, watered suburb: raccoons working the wood edges and storm drains, armadillos digging the soft, shaded soil, and snakes hunting the rodents both habitats support. Wherever your problem sits, the answer is one licensed Cobb County pro who identifies the species, removes it humanely and within Georgia law, finds and seals every entry point, and cleans up after — so the problem is closed, not just quieted for a while.
Wildlife we remove in Marietta
The pro assigned to Cobb County handles every nuisance species a Marietta home runs into, from the Square to East Cobb. These are the calls that come in most.
🐿️ Squirrels
Under Marietta's deep tree cover, squirrels lead every attic count. They breed twice a year and grind their ever-growing teeth on anything handy — wiring included, a documented fire hazard — reaching the roof along overhanging limbs and dropping in at gable vents and tired soffits. A dusk-to-dawn version, the flying squirrel, glides in too. See our full Marietta squirrel removal guide →
🦝 Raccoons
A mother raccoon will force a soffit, roof edge or old chimney to make a nursery, usually from late winter on. Georgia treats raccoons as a rabies-vector species: the lawful outcome is removal, not relocation, and a pro must account for every kit before closing a single gap — otherwise the litter dies sealed in the wall.
🐀 Roof rats
Few places suit roof rats like canopy-shaded Marietta. They commute along branches and wires, slip in high at vents and eave seams, then multiply in the attic and chew as they go. The worn openings of the older Square-area homes are easiest, but the wooded lots of East Cobb get them as well.
🦇 Bats
A bat needs only a finger-wide gap to reach an attic, soffit or flue, and a colony leaves caustic, spore-bearing guano behind. Because they're protected, exclusion has to dodge the maternity months — April 1 through July 31 — when grounded pups would be trapped if the exits were closed. Inspection works any season.
🐍 Snakes
Shaded, well-watered Cobb yards keep snakes near houses all summer. Of Georgia's 47 native species just six are venomous, and the copperhead is the only one Marietta homeowners are apt to meet. The non-venomous ones are protected by state law — killing them is illegal. A pro identifies the snake, removes it safely, and traces what attracted it.
🦔 Armadillos & diggers
Marietta's soft, shaded, watered ground is a grub buffet that pulls armadillos in — overnight cone-shaped holes, beds rooted out, and tunnels dug beneath decks, slabs and AC pads. Moles push the turf up into ridges from underneath. Both shrug off store-bought repellents and call for targeted trapping.
🐾 Opossums & skunks
Wooded Cobb lots offer endless den space under decks, sheds and crawlspaces. An opossum fouls a crawlspace and may die there; a skunk brings spray and counts as a rabies-vector species. A pro takes the animal out, clears any young, and screens the opening so the next one can't settle in.
Animal-specific help in Marietta
Deep, local guides for the problems we get called about most — with the same licensed Cobb County pro behind every one.
How to get help in Marietta
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 Marietta address.
We connect you locally
Your call reaches the licensed pro assigned to Cobb County. Where none is assigned, our 24/7 dispatch routes you to the best local pro.
They solve it — for good
Inspection, humane removal, full exclusion and cleanup — handled by pros who follow Georgia code and stand behind their work.
Common wildlife removal questions in Marietta
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One call connects you with your Marietta wildlife pro
Whether it's squirrels in an older in-town attic or a raccoon in a new subdivision crawlspace, the fastest fix is the licensed local pro who covers Cobb County. Call and we'll connect you.
- Local to Cobb County. Georgia DNR-compliant, insured pros.
- Honest directory. In covered areas your first call reaches the assigned pro directly.
- Done right. Removal, exclusion and cleanup from pros who stand behind their work.