Wildlife Removal in Snellville, GA
Most Snellville homes were built between the 1970s and the 1990s, and they have reached the age when the parts nobody thinks about — vent boots, chase covers, fascia boards, vent screens — start to give out. Wildlife finds those failures before the homeowner does. Call us and tell us about the job — we will confirm the local crew for your county before any work starts.
Why Snellville homes see the wildlife they do
Snellville grew up as a commuter town on the southeast side of Gwinnett, filled in one subdivision at a time along US-78 through the 1970s, '80s and '90s. It is still mostly houses — ranches, split-levels and two-story traditionals on quarter- to half-acre lots. For wildlife, the date on those houses matters more than anything else about the town. A home built in 1978 or 1992 is now somewhere between 30 and 50 years old, and that is the stretch when a house's original wear parts reach the end of their service life all at once.
Think of it as a maintenance list nobody kept. The rubber collar around each plumbing vent on the roof dries and splits. The sheet-metal cap on a framed chimney rusts until it has holes in it. Painted wood or hardboard fascia softens where the gutter has dripped for decades. Gable-vent screening tears, crawlspace-vent screens rust out, deck lattice rots at the ground line, and the rubber seal on the garage door goes stiff and curls. None of these is a big repair on its own, but each one is a ready-made entry. Squirrels and roof rats use the roof-level failures, raccoons pry at the weak chimney and deck spots, bats slip into the seams, and snakes and mice use the gaps at ground level.
Because Georgia winters are mild, animals live in attics and crawlspaces here all year, not just in the cold months. The fix doesn't change with the animal. Our wildlife crew identifies what is there, removes it legally and humanely, then walks the whole house and closes every worn opening with metal, not just the one that's in use. Trapping without that sealing step usually just leaves room for the next animal.
Wildlife we remove in Snellville
These are the animals Snellville homeowners call about most, along with the worn part of a 30-to-50-year-old house that each one tends to use.
🐿️ Squirrels
The most common attic call in town. Gray squirrels chew through softened fascia, roof-return corners and torn gable-vent screens, then raise litters on the insulation. They gnaw wiring, and a mother sealed out will chew back in to reach her young. Night-time scurrying usually means flying squirrels instead. See our full Snellville squirrel removal guide →
🦝 Raccoons
A rusted chimney-chase cover, a torn roof vent or a rotted deck skirt is all a raccoon needs. Most attic raccoons are mothers with young, and they sound like a large dog walking overhead. In Georgia they are a rabies-vector species, so the law requires removal rather than relocation, and the latrine has to be cleaned up afterward.
🐀 Roof rats
Roof rats climb brick and siding as easily as trees and come in high, often at a cracked plumbing-vent boot or a loose ridge-vent end. They are active only at night, breed all year, and leave greasy rub marks along beams. Bait alone fails here. Sealing the roofline is what fixes it.
🦇 Bats
Bats need only a finger-width seam. Gaps behind lifted drip edge, open ridge-vent ends and corroded chase covers are typical on houses this age. The first sign is usually droppings piled on the ground below the entry. Bats are protected, so exclusion is timed around the April–July maternity season.
🐍 Snakes
Foundation shrubs that have grown for decades, mulch beds built up year after year, and landscape-timber edging that has rotted out all give snakes cover. Most are harmless rat snakes after rodents. Georgia has 47 native species and seven are venomous. Non-venomous snakes are protected, and killing one is illegal.
🦔 Armadillos & diggers
Lawns and shade beds that have been watered for decades hold plenty of grubs and worms near the surface. Armadillos root them out overnight in cone-shaped pits, and they burrow under decks, stoops and AC pads. Moles leave raised ridges instead. Repellents don't stop either one, and armadillos won't take bait, so trap placement is what works.
🐾 Opossums & skunks
Rotted deck lattice, a crawlspace door that no longer latches and a rusted foundation-vent screen all let these two under the house. Opossums soil crawlspace insulation and sometimes die there. Skunks bring the smell and are a rabies-vector species. A pro removes the animal and any young, then closes the opening with heavy wire mesh.
Animal-specific help in Snellville
Deep, local guides for the problems we get called about most — with our wildlife crew behind every one.
How to get help in Snellville
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 Snellville 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 Snellville
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One call to your Snellville 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 Gwinnett 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 Gwinnett 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.