Ohio Animal Removal Services, Sorted by Problem
Pick the animal if you know it, or the situation if you do not. Each page says what the sources say about that animal in Ohio, then gives you the phone line and the form.
This site does no removal work. A request goes to an independent operator when one works at your address; where none does, it comes to Local Core Group, which runs the site. Send a request instead.
By animal
Bats, raccoons, squirrels, mice and rats, and birds, one page each.
Raccoon removal
Raccoons denning above the ceiling or inside a chimney, and what to tell the operator on the call.
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Bat removal
A colony in the attic or roofline, the pup season that decides the timing, and who does the work.
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Squirrel removal
Gray, fox, red and southern flying squirrels, the openings they use, and what the job covers.
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Mice and rats
House mice and Norway rats: the gap sizes they fit through and the sealing that keeps them out.
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Bird removal
Starlings and sparrows in a vent, a woodpecker in the siding, and what federal law says about each.
Read the page →By situation
A bat loose indoors, or a noise you cannot put a name to.
Bat in the House
A bat loose in a room: the exposure check first, then which health department to call and who captures the bat.
Read the page →Animals in the Attic
Not sure what is up there. The season narrows the animal, with the Ohio source for each clue.
Read the page →Animals in the Chimney
Scratching or chirping in the flue. Raccoons with young, protected chimney swifts, and what waits until the birds have gone.
Read the page →After the animal is out
Droppings, nests and what the sources say about cleaning them up.
If you cannot tell which animal it is, start with the attic animal page and match the time of day and the season. This site does no removal work and publishes no prices. It passes Ohio wildlife removal requests to an independent operator when one works at the address, and that operator does the work and sets the price.
Talk it through by phone
Say what you hear, which part of the house it comes from, and your ZIP code. The request goes to an independent wildlife operator when one works at that address, and the visit is arranged between the two of you. Where none does, the call comes to Local Core Group, which runs this site.