Wildlife Removal in Marietta, GA
Marietta has a little of every era of Georgia house — old homes near the Square, block after block of mid-century ranches, and newer subdivisions — and each one lets animals in a different way. Call us and tell us about the job — we will confirm the local crew for your county before any work starts.
Why Marietta homes see the wildlife they do
As the Cobb County seat, Marietta has been building houses for a long time, and that history is the most useful thing to know about its wildlife. Ask a pro how a squirrel or a rat got into a Marietta home and the honest answer usually starts with "what year was it built?" The city layers three generations side by side: older in-town homes around the historic Marietta Square, a deep stock of mid-century ranch houses, and the later subdivisions that filled in around them.
Each generation has its own weak spots. The oldest homes have wood trim, soffits and masonry chimneys that have had decades to loosen. The ranches sit low on crawlspaces, with a gable vent at each end of the roof and screened vents in the foundation wall — the two openings animals exploit most. Newer houses look tight, but their stacked rooflines and garage-to-house joints leave construction gaps nobody ever sealed, because Georgia building codes don't ask for it. Add the mature trees across town and the protected woods of Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park on the city's edge, and there's no shortage of animals looking for those gaps.
Because winters here are mild, nothing hibernates out of your attic — animals live in Marietta homes year-round, and the only real seasonal swing is bats in summer. The fix doesn't change with the calendar: one licensed Cobb County pro identifies the animal, removes it the way Georgia law requires, seals every opening with metal so it lasts, and cleans up what was left behind.
Wildlife we remove in Marietta
Our wildlife crew handles every nuisance animal a Marietta house of any age runs into. These are the calls that come in most.
🐿️ Squirrels
The most common attic call in town. Squirrels walk in through a ranch's gable vent or a loose board on an older home, then chew wiring, insulation and roof edges. Litters usually come in spring and fall, and sealing a mother out while her young are inside just makes her chew back in. Flying squirrels show up too. See our full Marietta squirrel removal guide →
🦝 Raccoons
Sounds like a dog in the attic. A female raccoon will pull open a soffit or move into an old chimney to raise kits from late winter into spring. Georgia lists raccoons as a rabies-vector species, so the legal outcome is removal, not relocation — and the kits have to be located before any opening is closed.
🐀 Roof rats
Night-time scratching high in the walls. Roof rats climb trees, wires, brick and siding with equal ease, so they reach the gable vents and roof seams on every style of Marietta house. They breed through our mild winters and are linked to flea-borne typhus in the Southeast.
🦇 Bats
The first clue is usually droppings on the ground under a gable vent. Bats are protected, so exclusion waits out the maternity season — April 1 through July 31 — unless a licensed operator works inside DNR's allowance. Guano can carry the fungus behind histoplasmosis. An inspection can happen any month.
🐍 Snakes
Most snakes around Marietta homes are harmless rat snakes after rodents. Georgia has 47 native species and seven venomous ones; the copperhead is the one realistically found in local yards. Non-venomous snakes are protected by state law — killing them is illegal. One outside usually moves on within the hour.
🦔 Armadillos & diggers
Cone-shaped holes across the lawn overnight, as if something rooted the yard. Armadillos dig for grubs and burrow under decks and slabs. Nothing on a store shelf repels them and they can't be baited, so the fix is a trap placed on the path they already use. Moles ridge the turf from below.
🐾 Opossums & skunks
A ranch crawlspace with a pushed-in foundation vent is a ready-made den. Opossums foul the space and sometimes die there; skunks bring spray and are a rabies-vector species. A pro removes the animal and any young, then screens the vent with metal so the next one can't move in.
Animal-specific help in Marietta
Deep, local guides for the problems we get called about most — with our wildlife crew 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
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 Marietta
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One call to your Marietta 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.