Wildlife Removal in Savannah, GA
In Savannah, wildlife lives where people do — under the live oaks and Spanish moss of the historic squares, inside old brick and wood-frame houses, and along the salt marsh at the edge of town. If you have bats in a cornice, rats in the walls or a raccoon in the chimney anywhere in Chatham County, call us and tell us about the job — we will confirm the local crew for your county before any work starts.
Why Savannah homes see the wildlife they do
Savannah was laid out around its squares, and nearly three centuries on, those squares and the streets between them sit under huge live oaks hung with Spanish moss. That canopy is the city's signature, and for wildlife it is also a bridge. Squirrels and roof rats can travel limb to limb across a whole block and step onto a roof without ever touching the ground. Branches resting on cornices, porch roofs and dormers turn each tree into a ramp, so on a Savannah job the first question is often simply what the oaks are touching.
The buildings tell the rest. Downtown and in the older neighborhoods, many homes are brick, stucco over brick, or wood frame, put up long before screened vents and modern flashing. Over decades mortar softens, cornice returns pull apart, wooden louvers rot and chimney crowns crack, and each of those becomes an opening sized for a bat, a rat or a squirrel. Restoration closes some of them but rarely every one, and owners of historic properties also have to weigh how a repair will look and which materials suit the house.
Then there is the water. Savannah sits on its river a short way from the Atlantic, and salt marsh and tidal creeks wrap much of eastern Chatham County. The marsh edge feeds raccoons, hides snakes and produces the insects bats hunt over the islands and neighborhoods after dark, while the damp coastal air keeps droppings and nesting debris in an attic wet and smelling worse. Call us and tell us about the job — we will confirm the local crew for your county before any work starts. A licensed operator removes the animal lawfully, seals the building properly and cleans up.
Wildlife we remove in Savannah
From townhouses on the squares to ranch homes near the marsh, these are the animals Savannah property owners most often need help with, and how a licensed operator deals with each.
🦇 Bats
Cornices, parapets, louvered attic vents and the tops of old chimneys give bats plenty of roosting spots in Savannah's older buildings, and the marshes keep insects in the air for most of the year. Guano collects below a roost, stays damp in the coastal air and can harbor the fungus behind histoplasmosis. Bats are protected, and Georgia's maternity window runs April 1 through July 31, so any exclusion is planned around the pups. Our Savannah bat removal & exclusion guide →
🐀 Roof rats & rodents
Roof rats are the classic Savannah pest. They run the oak limbs and utility lines, climb brick and stucco, and slip in high — at cornice gaps, vent louvers and the seam where a porch roof meets the wall. In the Southeast they are associated with flea-borne (murine) typhus. Bait alone leaves every door open; sealing the building with metal is what ends the problem.
🐿️ Squirrels
Gray squirrels cross the canopy over the squares, drop onto rooftops, and push through a rotted louver or loose trim board to nest. In old houses they also find the hollows between plaster walls and framing, and they chew wiring wherever they settle. Shut a mother out and she will gnaw back in to her litter, so the family has to come out before the opening is closed.
🦝 Raccoons
Old masonry chimneys without caps are favorite raccoon dens, along with the voids behind porches and above rear additions. What you hear is heavy, and people often describe it as a dog walking in the attic. Raccoons are a Georgia rabies-vector species, so they are removed rather than relocated, and every kit has to be found before an opening is sealed. Their latrines can carry raccoon roundworm.
🐍 Snakes
Marsh edges, tidal creeks, retention ponds and wooded lots put snakes into Chatham County yards, sheds and crawlspaces. Most are harmless, and every non-venomous native species in Georgia is protected, so killing one breaks the law. On the coast, cottonmouths do live around water, and copperheads and rattlesnakes are possible in wooded areas, which is why identification is the first step. A snake just passing through usually leaves on its own within an hour.
🦔 Armadillos & diggers
Sandy coastal soil and watered lawns in the newer parts of Chatham County bring armadillos out digging at night — shallow cone-shaped holes, scattered mulch and burrows under slabs and decks. Repellents won't move them and they can't be baited; trapping only works when traps sit on the trails they use. Skip the grub treatment, since it can make the digging worse.
🐾 Opossums & skunks
Raised foundations, porches and the brick piers under older Savannah houses leave open space beneath the floor, and opossums and skunks move into it. An opossum that dies down there can smell for about two weeks. Skunks are a rabies-vector animal and are removed, not relocated. Once the animal is out, the pro screens the gaps between the piers so nothing else moves in.
Animal-specific help in Savannah
Deep, local guides for the problems we get called about most — with our wildlife crew behind every one.
How to get help in Savannah
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 Savannah 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 Savannah
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One call to your Savannah 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 Chatham 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 Chatham 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.