Central Michigan Wildlife Services

Our Goal

Our goal is to provide safe, effective, and humane wildlife control solutions that protect your property and restore your peace of mind. We combine detailed property inspections, professional trapping methods, and permanent structural exclusion to solve your wildlife conflicts at the source. Whether we are humanely relocating a family of raccoons or sealing up a home against rodents, our priority is to deliver reliable, long-term results while treating both our customers and the local wildlife with the utmost respect.

Trap Services

We provide professional, species-specific trapping solutions designed to handle everything from minor rodent problems to large nuisance wildlife. By utilizing heavy-duty, enclosed live traps for larger animals like raccoons and skunks, we ensure the process is entirely humane, highly effective, and minimizes the risk of defensive spraying or animal stress. For smaller pests like mice, we deploy high-density, commercial-grade mechanical traps along active runways rather than relying on poisons that can leave pests dying inside your walls. Every trapping strategy we implement is tailored to the specific biology of the target animal, safely removing the threat from your property while setting the stage for permanent structural exclusion.

Bat Doors (One-Way Exclusion)

When bats take up residence in your attic, the most effective and humane solution is a one-way bat door. We install these specialized cone or tube valves over their primary exit points. When the bats leave at night to feed, the door allows them out but completely blocks them from flying back in. Once the colony has safely exited, we permanently seal the structure.

Professional Mouse Trapping

A mouse infestation can scale quickly, which is why we use a strategic, high-density trapping approach rather than relying on messy baits or poisons that can leave rodents dying inside your walls. We place professional-grade mechanical traps precisely along documented mouse runways, utility lines, and feeding areas. This is paired with thorough sealing of entry points as small as a dime to ensure they stay out for good.

Human Wildlife Trapping

For larger nuisance animals like raccoons, skunks, opossums, and groundhogs, we deploy durable, species-specific live traps. Our team carefully places and baits these traps to target only the problem animal while ensuring their safety. We monitor the traps closely, handle the safe removal and relocation in accordance with Michigan DNR regulations, and offer options to fortification-seal the areas they were trying to access.

Raccoon Control Services

Raccoons frequently cause structural problems in Central Michigan by chewing or tearing their way into attics, chimneys, crawlspaces, and vents, especially during the spring birthing season. Central Michigan Wildlife Services addresses these infestations through a comprehensive, multi-step process:
Detailed Property Inspection: Technicians conduct a thorough assessment of your roof, ridge caps, soffit returns, and vents to locate all wildlife entry points and assess structural damage.
Humane Trapping and Exclusion: Using live traps and specialized exclusion tools like one-way doors, the team allows raccoons to leave the structure safely without being able to return. During breeding seasons, specific protocols are followed to safely relocate entire families, keeping mothers and their young kits together in accordance with Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) guidelines.
Property Fortification: Once the animals are successfully removed, all entry holes are permanently sealed using heavy-duty, wildlife-resistant materials such as steel mesh and structural flashing.
Sanitization and Restoration: Because raccoon feces and nesting materials carry health risks (such as roundworm and canine distemper), the company sanitizes the affected areas and offers full attic restoration services to repair torn insulation or chewed wiring.

Skunk Control Services

Skunks are persistent diggers that frequently establish dens underneath low-clearance structures like decks, sheds, porches, and foundations. Central Michigan Wildlife Services provides specialized trapping designed to handle these encounters cleanly and ethically:
Property Inspection and Mapping: Technicians locate active burrows, tracks, and travel routes around your yard or foundation to identify exactly where the skunks are nesting.
Spray-Free Humane Trapping: The company utilizes specialized, enclosed live traps to capture and remove skunks safely. These methods are designed to minimize stress on the animal, effectively preventing them from releasing their defensive spray on your property.
Sub-Structure Exclusion: After clearing the resident skunks, technicians install durable underground exclusion barriers (like steel mesh trenching) around the perimeter of sheds or decks to prevent future animals from burrowing back under.
Odor and Damage Control: If a skunk has already sprayed or left waste behind, the team uses professional-grade deodorizers and sanitizing agents to completely neutralize the scent. They also provide remediation for lawns and landscaping that have been torn up by foraging skunks.

Our Services

We provide a range of services for the rescue and rehabilitation of wildlife.

Wildlife Inspections

We perform thorough property inspections to identify wildlife activity, locate entry points, assess damage, and create a customized removal and prevention plan.

Humane Trapping & Removal

Our team uses safe, humane trapping methods to remove nuisance wildlife from residential and commercial properties while following state regulations.

Animal Relocation Services

When permitted by law, we safely relocate captured wildlife to appropriate habitats, helping protect both your property and the animals.

Chimney Cap & Vent Protection

Prevent birds, raccoons, squirrels, and other wildlife from entering your home by installing durable chimney caps and vent covers designed to keep animals out while maintaining proper airflow.

Ridge Guard & Entry Point Sealing

We install ridge guards and professionally seal roof gaps, soffits, fascia, and other vulnerable entry points to stop wildlife from re-entering your property.

Wildlife Damage Repair & Prevention

After removing unwanted animals, we repair damage caused by nesting, chewing, and contamination, then implement exclusion solutions to help keep your home wildlife-free year-round.