Wildlife Removal in Fort Worth, Texas

Most calls we get in Fort Worth fall into one of these.

Not sure which one you have? Start with what is in my attic and work from the sounds.

How the job actually runs

1. You call and describe it. Where you hear it, what time of day, how heavy it sounds, how long it has been going on. That alone usually narrows it to two species.
2. We inspect. Roofline, soffits, fascia, vents, gable ends, chimney, foundation and crawlspace, then the attic itself. We are looking for the entry point, for how many animals are in there, and for whether there are young.
3. We remove. The method depends entirely on the species, and so does the law. Bats get excluded, never trapped in a box. Raccoons and squirrels are handled on site. We explain the plan before we start it.
4. We seal. Every gap that is in use, and every gap that is about to be. This is the step that decides whether you call anyone again next spring.
5. We clean up. Droppings, contaminated insulation, odor, and the damage the animal did on the way in.

Before you pay anyone, check whether you need to

Some of what people call us about is genuinely free, and we would rather tell you that than take the call.

The City of Fort Worth handles reports of dead animals through its Customer Care Center on 817-392-1234, and questions about wildlife rescue and rehabilitation go to the same number. Dead or sick wild birds, particularly where several are involved, are referred to Texas Parks and Wildlife on 512-389-4800.

What the City does not do is trap wildlife for you. Its own guidance states that Animal Care & Control no longer picks up or provides traps for wildlife, and that list specifically includes rabbits, opossums, squirrels, snakes and rats. If the animal is alive and in your house, that part is yours to arrange.

We have written the whole picture up on free wildlife help in Fort Worth, including which cases are worth a phone call to the City first.

Humane, in the way Texas actually allows

Almost every wildlife company says it is humane. It is worth being precise about what that means here, because Texas law is more specific than most of the marketing suggests.

Raccoons, opossums and skunks are fur-bearing animals under Texas Parks and Wildlife rules. A landowner or their agent may take nuisance fur-bearers on their own land without a hunting or trapping licence. Relocating one is not a free choice: it requires authorisation from the department in advance, permission from the owner of the property where the animal would be released, and a monthly report to the department. On top of that, a statewide rabies quarantine makes it a Class C misdemeanour to transport or sell live foxes, coyotes or raccoons from, to, or within Texas.

Put plainly, "we will catch your raccoon and set it free out in the country" is not something that can be offered here as a simple on-request service. That is a summary of what the department publishes, not legal advice, and the detail is set out on our raccoon removal page.

So the humane answer here is not relocation. It is getting the animal out of the building and then making the building impossible to get back into, so that no animal has to be caught at all. That is why exclusion is the part of this we care most about, and the part we will spend the most time explaining when we are on your roof.

Why gaps open in Fort Worth houses

Nothing here is exotic. Ridge vents and turbine vents with failed screens. Soffit and fascia that has separated where the roof meets the wall. Gable vents with a corner pushed in. Dryer and bathroom exhaust vents with the flap missing. Chimneys without a cap. Weep holes and foundation gaps that a skunk or an armadillo will happily widen. Roof edges that were fine until a limb rubbed them through.

Older neighborhoods with mature trees give squirrels and raccoons a road onto the roof. Newer construction is not immune, it just tends to fail at the vents and the fascia rather than at the wood.

Choosing who to call

A fair question, and one people search for. Three things worth asking anyone, including us.

Will they inspect before quoting, or price it over the phone? A number given before anyone has seen the roof is a guess.

Does the price include sealing the entry points, or is that a second job? Removal without exclusion means the space is empty and still open.

Can they tell you what the law actually says about the species you have? If a company tells you it will relocate your raccoon, that is a signal about how carefully they work.

Get it looked at

Call (571) 412-0006. Tell us what you are hearing, roughly when it started, and which part of the house it is coming from. If you would rather write it down, the contact form reaches us the same way, and a short description of the sound is more useful than you would think.

We work across Fort Worth and the surrounding area. The full list is on the service area page.

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