Catching Critters Taking Cover in Your Attic

Oct 22, 2009, 20:13 PM by User Not Found

It happens every year. When the temperatures drop, wild animals look for warmth--sometimes in your attic. When the great outdoors comes indoors, Gino Theobald goes to work.

Posted: 6:13 PM Oct 21, 2009
Reporter: Will Nunley
Email Address: will.nunley@wrdw.com

AUGUSTA---It happens every year. When the temperatures drop, wild animals look for warmth--sometimes in your attic. When the great outdoors comes indoors, Gino Theobald of Advanced Services for Pest Control goes to work. News 12 went along with Gino as he repaired critter damage to a home damaged by woodpeckers, bats, and squirrels.

"It's getting cold out, and the animals want in your home," Gino said. "Squirrels do a lot of damage. Bats are about the worst. Bats are great to have, but they're not great to have in your house. They carry a lot of disease, and the guano's just so toxic, it's--especially if you have kids--it's terrible."

With some special foam insulation and some good old fashioned carpentry work, Gino sealed up gaps left by animals and returned the habitat to the humans.

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