Canada Wildlife Control: How to keep animals from entering your home

Whether it is a cute and cuddly animal or a savage and dangerous one, wild animals don’t belong at home or near one’s house. Some wild animals frequently seen around homes include squirrels, raccoons, foxes, snakes, bats, birds, and even bears, especially if you live close to a wooded area.

Ever since the coronavirus lockdown began, more sightings of wild animals have been witnessed in areas such as Montreal and Ottawa. These animals, no matter how adorable they seem, are capable of damaging our properties or infecting our home with zoonotic diseases. This is why they should never be around us.

Are wild animals disturbing you? Read on for ways to keep them from entering your home.

How To Keep Wild Animals Away From Your Home And Property

If wild animals have already gained access to your home and you want to get them out, you can seek out wildlife control service providers, such as wildlife removal in Canada, to help you out. The following are ways to help keep wild animals away from your Canadian home.

1. Don’t Feed Or Play With The Animals

Refusing to feed wild animals is one of the most effective ways you can keep them away from your home. Just like humans, animals get drawn to people and places where they feel welcome.

Try not to feed or play with the animals because this would only encourage them to keep coming back. Most times, the animals tend to come back with their families, hoping to get more food or cuddles.

2. Keep Your Trash Sealed Or Hidden

This is a bit similar to the first tip. Endeavour to keep your trash tightly sealed in trash cans. Trash bags are not secure enough as the animals could still cut their way through to get to the inner contents.

You could also try keeping your trash indoors until you are ready to dispose of it. This is because the animals could come back seeking food in the dumpster left outside by you.

If they get regular access to food through a trash bag close to your house, they could come back for more along with large families and friends. What else? They could decide to cross over to your home if no food is in the trash like before. Most wild animals have incredible smell-sensors, and this could work against you if the waste is close to your home and property.

In case you need help managing the wildlife around your property, you can call on services like Heritage Wildlife Management. Such services are better equipped to deal with wild animals, than you attempting to manage them yourself.

3. Keep Your Environment Neat And Tidy

Always try to keep your home and surroundings neat and tidy at all times. This is effective in keeping wild animals away because they get deterred by a clean environment. Most wild animals are used to untidy-looking environments and would most likely stay away from homes that don’t fit that description.

Keep your lawn mowed and your flowers and trees well-trimmed. A clean environment leaves no hiding place for animals like snakes, chipmunks, rabbits, etc. Also, clear away food, snacks, and food bowls left behind by kids or pets. These could also attract wild animals. 

4. Locate And Seal Animal-Entry Points

If you live in an old house, start by reconstructing your home’s foundation and repairing points around your attic. These two areas are the easiest hideouts for wild animals, and through these points, they could gain access to your home.

After fixing those, seek out possible animal hideouts and entry points such as your roofs, doors, windows, chimney, or treehouse. Repair areas that seem damaged and affix obstruction nets on areas such as your chimney, treehouse, and open-end roofs to block the entry of snakes, rats, or frogs.

5. Put A Fence Around Your Home

A fence is also a useful measure for keeping wild animals out. For effectiveness, it should be a fence with little or no holes, anchored about five feet above the ground and deep-rooted.

This way, both animals that can jump and those that can burrow under the ground are kept out. It might not effectively keep out animals that climb, so you should endeavor to put spikes around the fence to keep climbing animals out as well.

6. Get A Pet Dog Or Cat

In addition to the other measures given above, you could get a dog or cat, especially if you are a pet lover. Cats might only chase out rats and mice, but dogs are your best bets.

Dogs are highly sensitive animals, so they would know when an intruding animal is close. Usually, their bark is enough to scare away most wild animals that are lurking around. So, there you have it – your dog is both a companion and a protector.

Conclusion

The measures highlighted above, such as keeping your environment clean, building a fence around your home, sealing animal entry points, and getting a pet are quite useful for keeping wild animals away from your Canadian home. However, if things get complicated, it is advisable to reach out to a Canada wildlife and pest control specialist to help you move the wild animals out. Also, keep in mind not to harm the animals while trying to keep them out of your home because they also have families and feel pain, too.