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Welcome to Rid-A-Critter Animal Control

Providing humane, non-chemical animal control throughout our service area.

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Welcome to the North Georgia office of Rid-A-Critter, Inc., one of the most well-established and best-equipped regional wildlife management companies in the region.

Rid-A-Critter was founded in 2001 to bring a fresh, environmentally enlightened, and scientific approach to nuisance animal control and wildlife management. We have grown to become one of the region's largest wildlife management companies.

We have built our reputation by providing high quality, professional, environmentally sound, and humane animal control, along with business practices that have earned us the Better Business Bureau's highest rating.

We also employ technicians who live in and know the regions that they service, but who also have plenty of backup available from the rest of the crew for those really big jobs. We service both residential and commercial accounts. No job is too big or too small, and we pride ourselves on treating every customer with the same high standards of respect and appreciation.

Rid-A-Critter services portions of Georgia, Alabama, and Tennessee through our Regional Offices. You can click on the links below for more specific information about animal control in each region:

North Georgia (this site)
Metro Atlanta Region
Athens, Georgia Region
Macon, Georgia Region
Birmingham, Alabama Region

 

Our Services

With local animal-control specialists located throughout the region, we can handle any animal control job, no matter how big or how small, including:

Please contact us if the critter you need controlled isn't listed. We're a full-service animal control company and can help solve wildlife problems that don't occur frequently enough to warrant their own pages on this site.

 

The Need for Humane Wildlife Control in The South

Our region is growing. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Georgia's population is one of the fastest-growing in the country. But as the human population increases, so do conflicts between humans and wildlife.

Rapid development is causing wild animals to be displaced from their natural homes. More and more wild animals are being forced to live near human-occupied areas, creating an increased need for humane animal removal.

At Rid-A-Critter, our emphasis is on humane and ethical wildlife management. The animals were here first, after all, and they're just trying to survive by adapting to the ever-growing number of humans moving into their neighborhoods.

But it's also true that when animals and humans live closer and closer to each other, incidents of property damage and animal attacks upon humans, domestic animals and livestock increase. So, unfortunately, does the risk of zoonotic diseases like rabies, mange and other parasitic diseases, and histoplasmosis. That means that it often becomes necessary to humanely remove and relocate animals both for their benefit, as well as our own.

 

Animal Damage to Buildings

In addition to the health risks, animals and pests often cause physical damage to buildings, which ranges from nuisance-grade (such as the holes drilled by carpenter bees), to potentially devastating (such as the risk of fire created when squirrels, rats, or mice gnaw on the insulation of electrical wiring). Animal damage also can result in secondary moisture damage when animals damage shingles and flashing, allowing rain and moisture to get in to a home.

To reduce these risks and live in harmony with urbanized wildlife, we need humane, earth-friendly, professional animal control. At Rid-A-Critter, we know that wildlife management and environmental stewardship go hand in hand. We were providing "green" animal control services long before "green" became a buzz word.

Our crew of animal control professionals can humanely trap, remove, or relocate almost any nuisance animal from your home, commercial office building, church, barn, or anywhere else on your property, in accordance with all relevant federal and state laws and industry best practices.

 

About Us

Rid-A-Critter is licensed by the states of Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, and Tennessee to provide animal control services. We also are fully insured to protect you and your property. We provide high-quality service at reasonable cost.

Our professional technicians are carefully screened, drug-free, receive continuous, ongoing training, and live in the areas that they service. We serve both residential and commercial accounts.

Our repair check field supervisors perform unannounced Quality Assurance Inspections on active jobs to assure that our high standards are being maintained, and our employees work with the finest equipment and materials available.

We will continue to pursue perfection in all we do, and your business will be greatly appreciated and rewarded with our total efforts. We know you have choices and sincerely hope you will choose us for your animal control needs.

On behalf of our entire crew, thanks for choosing Rid-A-Critter.

 

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Good morning, glad to back, was out 2 1/2 months cause I broke my leg, time to quote some houses
by Chris Collender
Mar 20, 2023 09:48:34 am.

On my way this rainy morning to talledega Alabama to seal up a metal roof won’t be able to screen the ridge vents today but I will be able to mount the traps and do as much work as I can. It’s builds character and a trust worthy relationship with our customer rainy or not we may not finish but we will get started then come back on a dry day to finish the job. Today I am removing and reallocating grey squirrels and mice
by Landon K.
Mar 17, 2023 02:23:54 pm.

On my way this rainy morning to talledega Alabama to seal up a metal roof won’t be able to screen the ridge vents today but I will be able to mount the traps and do as much work as I can. It’s builds character and a trust worthy relationship with our customer rainy or not we may not finish but we will get started then come back on a dry day to finish the job. Today I am removing and reallocating grey squirrels and mice
by Landon K.
Mar 17, 2023 09:11:39 am.

We’re treating a house for Carpenter Bees this morning in Marietta!
by Brandon C.
Mar 17, 2023 08:52:39 am.

On my way this rainy morning to talledega Alabama to seal up a metal roof won’t be able to screen the ridge vents today but I will be able to mount the traps and do as much work as I can. It’s builds character and a trust worthy relationship with our customer rainy or not we may not finish but we will get started then come back on a dry day to finish the job. Today I am removing and reallocating grey squirrels and mice
by Landon K.
Mar 17, 2023 08:32:16 am.

Happy Friday! First up in today's double feature is this video of an Alpharetta, Georgia Squirrel Removal Job
by Webmaster
Mar 17, 2023 08:29:04 am.

This morning we're bat-proofing the roof of a house in Ranger, Georgia. Bat removal and bat proofing are really two ways of saying the same thing because bat removal is accomplished by exclusion. We don't actively remove the bats from the attic. We just seal them out so they can't get back in when they return from feeding.
by Webmaster
Mar 16, 2023 10:11:32 am.

A wooden slat missing from the bottom of a triangular gable vent created a gap of almost three inches that allowed gray squirrels into the attic of a house in Dalton, Georgia. The crew trapping and removing the squirrels from the attic will also screen the gable vent to animal-proof the house.
by Webmaster
Mar 16, 2023 09:49:37 am.

A clothes dryer vent that was missing two out of its three louvers made it easy for Norway rats to get into a house in Alpharetta, Georgia. Rat-control technicians from our North Georgia office are replacing the vent with a rodent-proof one, and using traps to get the existing rats out of the house without using pesticides.
by Webmaster
Mar 16, 2023 09:43:14 am.

Our Wildlife-Exclusion Experts Just Finished Installing an Animal-Proof Roof Vent Cover at a Flower Branch, Georgia Bat-Removal Job
by Webmaster
Mar 16, 2023 09:31:54 am.

This morning we're installing Ridge Guard animal barriers along the roof ridges as the finishing touch to a Carrollton, Georgia squirrel-removal and wildlife-exclusion job. Squirrels can chew through cheap, plastic roof ridge vents, but Ridge Guard is guaranteed to keep them out.
by Webmaster
Mar 16, 2023 09:18:27 am.

There were no animals in the traps at a Hiram, Georgia squirrel-removal job this morning. Now that all the squirrels have been removed and relocated from the attic, our wildlife-exclusion technicians will finalize the animal-proofing part of the job.
by Webmaster
Mar 16, 2023 09:13:01 am.

Technicians from our North Georgia office are heading out to a squirrel-removal job in Temple. They're setting traps in the attic and on the roof to humanely remove the squirrels so they can be relocated before we animal-proof the house.
by Webmaster
Mar 16, 2023 09:09:43 am.

We're installing a Ridge Guard wildlife barrier as part of a Cumming, Georgia bat-removal and wildlife-exclusion job. The tough steel barrier will keep nuisance animals and rodent pests of all kind out of the attic.
by Webmaster
Mar 16, 2023 09:05:42 am.

Today a crew from our North Georgia office is starting a bat-removal job in Hiram, Georgia. The first step will be installing check valve traps to allow the bats to get out of the attic so we can bat-proof the house. It's important not to seal wildlife into buildings.
by Webmaster
Mar 16, 2023 09:03:13 am.

We should be done with a Temple, Georgia bat-removal and wildlife-proofing job some time this afternoon. There are no more bats in the attic this morning, so our animal-exclusion experts are permanently sealing the gaps to bat-proof the roof.
by Webmaster
Mar 16, 2023 08:58:38 am.

Squirrels in Lilburn Ga. Headed to Atlanta to solve a rat problem
by Chad W.
Mar 15, 2023 10:46:33 am.

We are over here in Conyers GA doing an exclusion job for Grey Squirrels. Customer has been seeing them pop in and out of their gutters for a few weeks now. Won’t be an issues anymore after today.
by Mason B.
Mar 15, 2023 10:12:23 am.

Squirrels in Lilburn Ga. Headed to Atlanta to solve a rat problem
by Chad W.
Mar 15, 2023 09:58:04 am.

All it took was a gap of about three quarters of an inch between the brick wall and the frieze board for bats to get into the attic of a house in Acworth, Georgia. Bat-removal specialists from our North Georgia office are sealing the gap to bat-proof the house.
by Webmaster
Mar 15, 2023 09:47:08 am.

Gray squirrels gnawed away about an inch of the top edge of a wooden fascia board to enlarge the existing gap in the edge of the roof and get into the attic of a house in Acworth, Georgia. Our squirrel-removal experts are working in the cold covering the gap with an animal barrier to keep squirrels and other wildlife out of the house.
by Webmaster
Mar 15, 2023 09:28:40 am.

A gap of about three quarters of an inch at the edge of the roof sheathing right behind the metal rain gutter allowed bats into the attic of a house in Jasper, Georgia. The bat-removal team is covering the gap with a metal animal barrier to prevent bats and other nuisance wildlife from getting into the attic.
by Webmaster
Mar 14, 2023 09:24:07 am.

A gap of about five eighths of an inch between the roof flashing and the wooden trim allowed bats into the attic of a house in Hiawassee, Georgia. Our bat removal and exclusion experts will install a metal wildlife barrier along the edges of the roof to bat-proof the house.
by Webmaster
Mar 14, 2023 09:17:59 am.

Gray squirrels tore through the outer covering of an insulated flexible heating duct in the attic of a house in Dawsonville, Georgia, exposing the fiberglass insulation inside the duct. Our squirrel-removal crew is inspecting the duct with a borescope to determine whether the squirrels actually got into the heating system. As cold as it is today, this was not good timing.
by Webmaster
Mar 14, 2023 08:54:55 am.

One of Our North Georgia Wildlife-Management Crews is Heading Out to Repair Water and Raccoon Damage to the Soffit of a House in Dawsonville, Georgia
by Webmaster
Mar 14, 2023 08:51:24 am.

Rodent Pest Control Technicians from our North Georgia Office are Braving the Cold Weather to Install Ridge Guard to Replace a Damaged Roof Ridge Vent at a Young Harris, Georgia Roof Rat Control Job
by Webmaster
Mar 14, 2023 08:38:42 am.

In Tifton Ga giving a quote for a commercial building for squirrels and then headed to another commercial building in Americus Ga for bats. Ending the day in Macon Ga for a residential quote for Rats. Have a good day!
by Jason Arruda
Mar 13, 2023 11:57:15 am.

We're heading out to retrieve two squirrels caught in a trap attached to the roof of a house in Big Canoe, Georgia. Once we're sure that all the squirrels have been removed from the attic, we'll permanently seal up the roof to animal-proof the house.
by Webmaster
Mar 13, 2023 09:45:34 am.

One of Our Non-Chemical Rodent-Control Crews is Fixing a Handyman's Attempt at Rat-Proofing a House in Roswell, Georgia
by Webmaster
Mar 13, 2023 09:12:20 am.

A gap about five eighths of an inch high between the roof sheathing and the top of the metal rain gutter was an irresistible invitation for bats to get into the attic of a house in Rome, Georgia. Our North Georgia bat-removal crew is installing a wildlife barrier over the gap to keep bats and other critters out of the attic.
by Webmaster
Mar 13, 2023 09:01:30 am.

The gap around a two-inch metal pipe where it passes through a rectangular hole in the soffit panel is the reason our technicians are in the attic doing bat removal at a Roswell, Georgia home. Bats are very slender animals with their wings pulled in, and the gap was all the space they needed to get into the attic.
by Webmaster
Mar 13, 2023 08:54:16 am.

A drip edge that isn't properly secured to the fascia created a gap behind it that allowed bats into the attic of a house in Alpharetta, Georgia. The bat-removal job will begin with properly securing the drip edge to cover the gap and keep bats out of the attic.
by Webmaster
Mar 13, 2023 08:44:47 am.

We are working on sealing a house and giving a couple quotes in the Fayetteville/Newnan area today. Critters must have been busy over the weekend!
by Brandon C.
Mar 13, 2023 08:41:59 am.

Raccoon Quote in Roswell Ga this morning then off to seal a metal roof in Dawsonville Ga
by Chad W.
Mar 13, 2023 08:28:57 am.

Out here in Elijah in an attic at a customers house with flying squirrels on the loose aka CHARLEY! Caught 6 flying squirrels in less than 24 hours. Call me turtle man because we got some LIVE ACTION out here in the mountains!
by Mason B.
Mar 10, 2023 11:59:01 am.

We have a crew heading out to remove a snake from under the porch of a house in Roswell, Georgia. It looks like an Eastern Brown Snake judging by the picture the customer sent. They're harmless, and even beneficial because they eat mice; but the customer wants it gone. We'll release the snake into the woods where it won't feel so unloved.
by Webmaster
Mar 10, 2023 10:14:02 am.

We have a busy day of checking traps and relocating squirrels today. We will be traveling from Barnesville ,Ga all the way to Ball Ground, Ga
by Brandon C.
Mar 10, 2023 10:10:29 am.

Our North Georgia wildlife-control technicians just removed the last of the raccoons from the attic of a Roswell, Georgia home. The damage has also been repaired and the house has been made animal-proof. All that's left to be done is replacing the fouled attic insulation.
by Webmaster
Mar 10, 2023 10:05:12 am.

We just got done installing a Ridge Guard wildlife barrier on the peak of the roof as part of a Roswell, Georgia bat-removal and animal-proofing job. That's the end of the outside work. The rest will all be inside the attic, cleaning up the guano and replacing the contaminated insulation.
by Webmaster
Mar 10, 2023 10:00:20 am.

Here's a Short Video of a Squirrel Removal Job at a House in Roswell, Georgia
by Webmaster
Mar 10, 2023 09:50:34 am.

Scurrying in the attic, scratching in the walls sounds like you may have critters. Going to some homes today hearing these noises.
by Jason Arruda
Mar 10, 2023 09:34:34 am.

We have a busy day of checking traps and relocating squirrels today. We will be traveling from Barnesville ,Ga all the way to Ball Ground, Ga
by Brandon C.
Mar 10, 2023 09:02:27 am.

On route this morning heading over to Elijah and Blairsville GA for a couple of trap checks. Roof rats and flying squirrels have been going crazy on these customers houses until we sealed them up. Charley will be defeated!
by Mason B.
Mar 10, 2023 09:01:11 am.

Wildlife exclusions for Bats, rats and squirrels are keeping us busy in Barnesville, Macon and Albany Ga.
by Jason Arruda
Mar 09, 2023 10:44:54 am.

Exclusion and insulation quote in Habersham Ga
by Chad W.
Mar 09, 2023 10:13:14 am.

A triangular gap in the overlapping soffit panel at a roof junction allowed raccoons to get into the attic of a house in Suwanee, Georgia. The crew that's trapping and removing the raccoons is also patching that hole and repairing the rest of the damage that the raccoons did while they were up there.
by Webmaster
Mar 09, 2023 09:45:01 am.

Exclusion and insulation quote in Habersham Ga
by Chad W.
Mar 09, 2023 09:11:05 am.

Headed to Vienna Ga after a customer referred they’re neighbors to us.
by Jason Arruda
Mar 08, 2023 10:35:37 am.

All the squirrels have been removed from the attic of a house in Alpharetta, Georgia. The traps were empty for the third day in a row this morning, and there was no sign of any activity in the attic. The next step will be replacing the attic insulation, after which we'll call the job done.
by Webmaster
Mar 08, 2023 10:18:33 am.

One of Our North Georgia Crews is Busy Doing an Early-Season Snake-Removal Job at a House in Alpharetta, Georgia
by Webmaster
Mar 08, 2023 10:15:23 am.

About three feet of the soffit panel is bowed and sagging down about two inches because it collapsed under the weight of raccoons living in the attic of a house in Rome, Georgia. The team trapping and removing the raccoons from the attic will also repair the damage and animal-proof the house.
by Webmaster
Mar 08, 2023 10:10:11 am.

Headed to do a flying squirrel quote in Dawsonville Ga
by Chad W.
Mar 07, 2023 01:22:11 pm.

Today we have a crew installing screens over the wooden slats of the gable vents as part of an Alpharetta, Georgia bat-removal and wildlife-exclusion job. the screens will keep all manner of pesky animals, including bats, out of the attic.
by Webmaster
Mar 07, 2023 11:17:20 am.

A wildlife-exclusion crew from our North Georgia office is re-flashing the roof as part of a bat-removal job in Young Harris, Georgia. The original flashing had many gaps that had to be eliminated to keep bats from getting back into the attic.
by Webmaster
Mar 07, 2023 11:13:24 am.

Helping the technicians today with a Bat Exclusion on Lake Jackson Ga.
by Jason Arruda
Mar 07, 2023 10:47:30 am.

On the way to quote a house in Powder Springs that has a Bat problem, then off to seal two houses with Rat/Mice problems in Atlanta. It’s going to be a busy day!
by Brandon C.
Mar 07, 2023 08:28:02 am.

We just removed the last of the raccoons from the attic of a house in Carrollton, Georgia. This afternoon we'll replace the insulation, which is badly contaminated with raccoon scat.
by Webmaster
Mar 06, 2023 12:02:12 pm.

One of our North Georgia animal-exclusion crews will be finishing up a bat-removal job in Carrollton this afternoon. All that's left is replacing the attic insulation. The bats are gone, and all the guano and contaminated insulation have been removed.
by Webmaster
Mar 06, 2023 11:56:01 am.

A gap between the rounded log of a cabin and the soffit trim allowed bats into the attic of a log cabin in Big Canoe, Georgia. Our North Georgia squirrel-removal crew is sealing all the gaps to exclude bats and other nuisance wildlife out of the house.
by Webmaster
Mar 06, 2023 11:46:44 am.

Gray squirrels trampled down the insulation between the joists and tore it down from the walls about a foot high in the attic of a house in Acworth, Georgia. Our squirrel-removal crew will replace the attic insulation as soon as the last of the squirrels have been caught, removed, and relocated.
by Webmaster
Mar 06, 2023 11:41:23 am.

The reason we have wildlife-management technicians doing bat removal in Suwanee, Georgia today is because a sloppy job of roof flashing left a gap of more than an inch between the flashing and the edge of the roof, which allowed bats into the attic. Our bat-removal crew is re-flashing the roof to animal-proof the attic.
by Webmaster
Mar 06, 2023 11:32:46 am.

Sloppy workmanship left gaps between the roof trim and the shingles at a roof junction point that allowed bats into the attic of a house in Flowery Branch, Georgia. Our bat-removal team is installing one-way traps over the gaps to keep the bats from getting back into the attic when they return from dinner.
by Webmaster
Mar 06, 2023 11:27:43 am.

A fingertip-high gap between the top of the brick wall and the wooden sheathing allowed bats into the attic of a house in Rome, Georgia. Our bat-removal crew is installing a check valve trap over the gap to prevent the bats from getting back into the attic when they return from feeding. Once they're all out of the attic, we'll permanently animal-proof the house.
by Webmaster
Mar 06, 2023 11:15:01 am.

A gap of about an inch between the fascia and rain gutter and the adjacent shingles at a roof junction point allowed bats into the attic of a house in Canton, Georgia. We're sealing that gap and all the rest of them to keep bats and other nuisance animals out of the attic.
by Webmaster
Mar 06, 2023 11:09:27 am.

Rid-A-Critter provides animal removal and animal damage repair in all of North Georgia, including Athens, Atlanta, Alpharetta, Canton, Carrollton, Cartersville, Cumming, Dacula, Doraville, Ellijay, Flowery Branch, Gainesville, Jasper, Lawrenceville, Loganville, Macon, Milton, Norcross, Rome, Roswell, Suwanee, Villa Rica, Winston, Woodstock, Young Harris, and everywhere in between.

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