Frequently Asked Questions

No. We are a privately owned company. There is a fee for wildlife services rendered.

We generally operate in the Central Virginia area. Our service areas include Charlottesville and Richmond, as well as the counties of Goochland, Chesterfield, Louisa, Fluvanna, Powhatan, Albemarle, Henrico, Orange, Nelson and Hanover.

We will sometimes travel to other areas depending on the job.

No, but we will gladly direct you to the agency that handles these types of problems.

Yes we are. Animal Removal Services Of Virginia offers residential and commercial pest control services for mice, rats, wasps, hornets, yellow jackets, ants, roaches, centipedes, earwigs, millipedes, flies, spiders, mosquitoes, silverfish, fleas, ticks, crickets and moths.

Every job is unique. Prices may vary depending upon the length of service, the degree of difficulty, species being controlled and the element of danger involved. For example, the cost of a one-time animal removal job would be much less than a trapping job lasting several weeks. An inspection is often required to give an accurate estimate.

Nuisance Wildlife Control is a specialty business. It requires a unique set of skills and more knowledge than most people realize. It is also a field with unique risks. Nuisance wildlife control operators take care of difficult problems that few people can properly or safely handle. Many people have the mindset that wild animal problems should be taken care of for free. This stems from the time when state and county agencies provided this service free of charge–this is no longer the case. Because of growth of the nuisance wildlife problem, localities stopped providing this service, and is now handled by private businesses – the nuisance wildlife trapper. As with most businesses, there are costs for vehicles, traps, specialty equipment, insurance, phone service, advertising, and other expenses necessary to run a professional business.

Call for quotes on quality animal removal–you’ll find us to be fair and professional.

Whatever enters a dwelling, or is creating a nuisance on your property–(Our Services) in short, most species of wildlife. This basically involves the following animals: Bats, Birds, Deer, Raccoons, Foxes, Coyotes, Squirrels, Opossums, Beavers, Bobcats, Skunks, Snakes, Groundhogs (Woodchucks), Moles, Voles, Muskrats and dead animals. Some endangered species cannot be captured, or may require a special permit. Since we specialize in solving wildlife problems, we will do whatever the job requires to deter the animal, or get approval to remove it. Allow us to deal with the regulatory agencies of the Federal or State Wildlife Division to get an exemption. Laws are written to protect wildlife and people; however, when it comes to your home or property, we believe people’s needs take top priority.

Yes! If you hire Animal Removal Services of Virginia, we can guarantee the control of many nuisance wildlife conflicts. We do the job right the first time. However, if re-entry occurs within 30 days from the date of service, we will remove the species at no cost to you. We want happy customers! Allow us an opportunity to serve you. Call us today at (804) 457-2883.

Yes, we have a Commercial Nuisance Animal permit issued through the Virginia Department of Game & Inland Fisheries.

Yes. We carry commercial general liability insurance with coverage up to $2,000,000. We will provide a certificate of insurance upon request.

No, we are not licensed to do so. We will be glad to refer you to someone that can if chemicals or pesticides are needed.

Yes, we have a network of companies throughout Virginia.

Yes. In order to protect you and our company a contract must be signed. Our contracts spell out the services to be provided, as well as our guarantee and warranties.

Yes. We will give you a free phone estimate for our trapping services. If we have to come out to your home, we do charge a trip fee.

This fee covers a full exterior inspection of your home and/or property. Also, the interior if necessary. It also covers setting the traps, and keeping them baited as long as it takes to catch the target animal(s). The reason we charge for this, is that we explain what needs to be done in complete detail and put it in writing for you to see.

We use species specific paste baits, but they do not always work the way they should. We try our best to set the traps in the area where the target animal is traveling.

Yes. Attic and crawl space inspections are only necessary with certain species or situations. Additional charges over our standard service fee may be incurred.

Once the target animal(s) have been captured and we have not had any captures or you have not seen any activity in a week we will pull the traps. Leaving the traps set will only increase the chances of capturing a non-target animal. If needed, we will re-set the traps inside your contracted service period at no additional cost.

Yes. We will inspect the entire structure to find the current problem area(s), as well as any potential problems areas that should be repaired. We will give you an itemized estimate of these repairs and prices in your contract. You have the option to do what repairs you feel comfortable with. We will only recommend repairs that we feel are important to prevent future problems. Trapping and removal of the problem animal only solves part of the problem. Exclusion work should be done to prevent the problem from reoccurring.

It is a technique where damaged areas or possible penetration points are made uninhabitable or impenetrable to the nuisance animal.

We re-bait as needed depending on the time of year and weather. We like to keep the bait as fresh as possible.

We will call you or leave a note on your door that we picked up an animal.

We use specialty baits designed by professionals in our industry that are formulated for the target animal.

We set a minimum of two traps, more if we feel additional traps are needed.

As close to the damaged or problem area as possible.

The customer is responsible for the trap. If the trap is set in an area that you feel like it will get stolen, please let us know so that we can move it or anchor it to the ground. The customer is responsible for the cost of replacing stolen or damaged traps.

No. There is a chance that the animal could turn and bite you.

Yes, for a one-time service fee we will come to the property, remove the dead animal, and dispose of the carcass in an acceptable manner.

We set professional traps specific for the nuisance wildlife and the area being utilized.

We will typically set the traps the day you call. Of course, this varies depending on our schedule.

Virginia law requires that the traps be checked daily in most situations. We will occasionally ask you as the customer to check the traps and notify us when we have an animal in the trap. By the customer checking the traps, this will eliminate additional costs to the customer and it will also speed up the removal process. In many cases we can use an electronic trap monitoring system for an additional fee.

By calling us at (804) 729-9103.

Yes. 

We will make every effort we can to pick up the animal and re-set a trap as soon as possible.

By law, most animals cannot be legally relocated in Virginia. Our permit only allows us to relocate squirrels.

Our permit allows us to transport the live animals to another location to be euthanized. Squirrels are the only animal that we can relocate.

There are several ways to euthanize an animal. We use the most humane methods approved by the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA).

We accept checks and cash. We can also accept all major credit cards including Visa, Mastercard, Discover, & American Express.