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Nuisance Wildlife Control

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Alpine Animal Control is a family-owned business in Colorado Springs, CO. We offer a variety of animal control services including consulting, capture, removal, trapping, relocation, bait applications, repellents, deterrents, eviction, prevention, and much more. We pride ourselves on being experts at what we do. Call us today.

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Insects and Spiders

Ants
Flickers are rather large (bigger than a robin), gray and brown birds covered with black speckles. They also have a distinctive black bib, white rump patch and reddish-orange wing and tail feathers. Males have a bright red mustache. Flickers regularly feed on the ground for ants and other insects. They have several very distinctive vocalizations.
Fleas
The salt ‘n’ pepper-colored gray fox is native to the rocky foothills along the Front Range, but they are no longer common due to parvovirus in the past and competition with the invasive red fox. Swift foxes are short-grass prairie animals native to eastern El Paso County. They are common in places. Neither gray foxes or swift foxes are much of a nuisance.
Flies
(holes under concrete, holes in siding, animal droppings, presence of flies or unusual bugs, etc.). Or the family pet may be acting strange or paying lots of attention to the fireplace or a furnace vent.
Mites
Many species of birds can be a nuisance to people. Damage from birds comes in many forms and in varying degrees. Typical complaints in urban/suburban areas usually involve: messy accumulations of droppings; various noise disturbances; birds nesting or living in or on human structures; birds getting trapped inside structures; and physical damage to property. Birds in close proximity to people also can pose serious health risks. Accumulations of droppings (feces) can harbor a variety of bacterial, fungal, viral and protozoal diseases. And the birds themselves are often hosts for mites and various ectoparasites.

Bats
Rabies is a viral disease of mammals that is most often transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal. Being a Zoonotic disease, it is transmittable to humans. Although it has been present in bats in Colorado for many years, it was rarely found in terrestrial mammals from the late 1960’s until 2007. In 2007 rabies began showing up in skunks along the eastern edge of the state and began spreading westward.
Moles
. Almost always, gophers plug the holes with dirt. Gophers are active year-round. After snow melt in the spring, tube-like soil ridges (casts or “eskers”) indicate where gophers have filled snow tunnels with excess soil. Unlike moles, which are insectivores, pocket gophers are plant eaters or herbivores. Typically they clip small plants (e.g., grasses, annuals, perennials) and pull them into the burrow system for food. They also feed heavily on roots of shrubs and trees, especially in winter. In addition to those unsightly dirt piles, serious damage can occur to sod/turf, flower beds, vegetable gardens, retaining walls, septic leach fields, pastures/hay fields and roots of shrubs/small trees.
Raccoons
), with their distinctive black mask and ringed tail, are one of the most familiar and common North American mammals. Primarily an eastern and southern animal in Colonial times, raccoons have greatly expanded their range. They are now common to abundant in Colorado, especially along waterways
Snakes
A variety of reptiles (snakes, lizards and turtles) are found locally. However, compared to the wetter, warmer regions of the country (East and South), we have relatively few.
Wildlife
Alpine Wildlife Control is owned and operated by Ted and Irene Schmid. Ted manages the field work and Irene helps in the office as much as she can. They have a 9 year old daughter, a 39 year old daughter and 2 grandchildren.
Muskrats
Coyotes
With great reproductive potential. Household cats that occasionally go outdoors are not generally a serious threat to wildlife, although some will take an occasional small bird or rodent. In fact, in suburban/urban areas they are just as apt to become prey for red foxes or coyotes.
Porcupines
Badgers
Bobcats
Historically, a secretive, rarely seen animal of rocky ledges and heavy cover, bobcats are now readily adapting to human development and seem right at home around
Weasels
Most calls we receive about weasels are more like inquiries than complaints. People don’t know what they are or what damage they do.

Birds
Introduced pest birds like pigeons, starlings and English sparrows are not protected and can be removed by lethal means (shooting and trapping/euthanasia). Songbirds and migratory native birds are protected at the state or federal level. However, they, too, can be removed by lethal means in certain situations by special permit.
Woodpeckers
Several smaller birds, though not woodpeckers, can be a real nuisance enlarging knotholes in wood siding and making holes in styrofoam-backed stucco. These include several species of
Sparrows
Other local birds that commonly become a nuisance include: European starlings, English sparrows, house finches, grackles, magpies, great blue herons and resident Canada geese. Birds can have any or all of four levels of commitment to a given site: feeding, staging (or loafing), roosting (sleeping) and nesting. The level of commitment usually dictates the best method of control.
Starlings
To siding, including wood, fiberboard or even stucco. Unrepaired holes are a “welcome mat” to woodpeckers to do further damage. Or, other species may utilize this ready-made housing: starlings, nuthatches or tree squirrels. Whatever your unfinished repairs...
House Finches
Magpies
Pigeons
Can include: 1) cultural changes (remove food, water or shelter), 2) frightening/harassing, 3) use of repellents (chemical, sonic or visual), 4) dispersal methods, 5) obstruction/exclusion and 6) lethal measures or population reduction. Pigeons, an introduced pest species, are not protected and can be controlled by lethal means (shooting and trapping/euthanasia). Depending on the situation we may use any of these methods or a combination of several. Pigeons can have any or all of four levels of commitment to a site: feeding, staging (or loafing), roosting (sleeping) and nesting (reproducing). Level of commitment usually dictates the best method of control.

Rodents
Are rather small, chunky rodents that feed above ground. They tend to be shaggy and charcoal gray in color.
Mice
. The impact can be very significant. Even when fed daily by people, they continue to hunt wildlife. In some cases this can be beneficial, especially around warehouses and barnyards where free-ranging cats prey heavily on commensal rats and mice.
Rats
(Old World rats and mice) and is therefore a bit of a misnomer. The relatively new field of nuisance wildlife control targets distinctly different species and is technically a separate discipline. Nonetheless...
Squirrels
Even wildlife. Examples of pets include: cat stuck in a tree or ceiling/floor, escaped pet bird, dog trapped under a building or low deck, escaped pet snake, etc. Wildlife can include: birds or squirrels in
Voles
) being most common. Like mice, voles are very prolific, producing multiple litters from March to September. They are active year-round.
Gophers
However, if gophers are on adjacent properties, immigration may occur within weeks or months, requiring additional treatments. Often neighbors will go in together to get a longer reprieve.
Chipmunks
Ground squirrels can be effectively controlled with the use of EPA registered poison baits or by live-trapping/relocation. Chipmunks can be live-trapped and relocated.

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