Shaniqua Nance
Owner and wildlife trapper
Walks the property, writes the scope and sets the first traps.
Wildlife control, Columbus and central Ohio
Wildlife on your property? Start with what you saw.
Groundhogs, raccoons, skunks, opossums, squirrels and snakes, on lots from a quarter acre to ten. We do not take dogs and cats.
Pick the one that sounds like yours
Before you call
Where our work stops
We say it first, so nobody waits on a call for a job we cannot take.
Dogs and cats
We do not take dogs or cats, strays or pets. Call your county dog warden or a local humane society.
Protected animals
Most birds, and some mammals, are protected by the state. We do not trap them, and we tell you who to call.
Poison
We do not use poison baits for wildlife. A trap, a door or a closed hole does the job where it can.
Hurt or orphaned animals
We hand them to a wildlife rehabilitator rather than treat them ourselves.
Small acreages
A walk of the whole property, not just the hole you found
A groundhog does not stay where you saw it. On a few acres the burrow may have three doors, and a raccoon may have been using the barn loft for a month before it reached the chimney. We walk every building, fence line and garden bed before we set a thing.
What we look at
Barns, sheds, decks and crawlspaces
Fence lines and garden beds
Chimneys, eaves, soffits and attic vents
Under porches, steps and foundations
How a job runs
Four steps on every job
- 01
Walk it
One of us walks the property with you and photographs every opening, burrow and track.
- 02
Set it
Traps go where the animal travels, not where it was last seen, and we tell you where they are.
- 03
Check it
We check every trap on every day it is set, Sundays included.
- 04
Close it
Once the animal is gone, we close the way in with metal, wire or concrete, not foam.
Callback terms: if an animal gets back in through an opening we closed, we return at no charge within 60 days. It does not cover a new opening, a different animal or damage already done.
How pricing works
What decides the price
Wildlife jobs are priced by how many animals and doors there are, not by the species name.
How many animals, and whether there are young
How many openings, and where they are
How much land the traps have to cover
How many days of trap checks the job needs
What the estimate includes, and what it doesn't
A written scope: each opening we found, where the traps go, the number of check days and the closing work.
Included: the walk-through photos and the scope
Included: every trap check while a trap is set
Not included: structural repairs beyond closing the entry
Not included: cleanup of insulation or stained materials
What happens at the visit
We walk the property with you or without you, and send the photos the same day. When you book, we tell you whether the walk-through has a fee and whether we credit it to the job.
After hours
An animal inside the living space gets a call back as soon as we are on the road. Before we come, we tell you whether an evening or weekend visit costs more.
If the job changes
A second animal, or an opening we could not see until the first one was closed, changes the scope. We tell you before we do the extra work, and we write the new number down.
When you get the number
In writing, before any trap is set. We do not quote a job by phone or text, because we have not seen the property.
Who comes to the property
Four people, one trapper at the lead
Shaniqua Nance, an Army veteran, walks every property herself on the first visit and writes the scope.
Uwe Lehmann
Field technician
Runs the daily trap checks and the closing work.
Volodymyr Melnyk
Repair carpenter
Rebuilds soffit, fascia and vent frames after the animal is gone.
Meena Dhillon
Scheduling and scopes
Answers the phone and the text line, and sends your written scope.
What customers wrote about the work
“A groundhog had three doors under our barn. She found all three, and the photos she sent made it easy to see why the first fix hadn't held.”
Jason W.Barn owner, Delaware County
“They would not guess over the phone what was in the chimney. They came, looked, and wrote down exactly what they would close.”
Pushpa G.Homeowner, Heath
“I called about a stray cat that had gotten into my shed. They said they don't take cats and gave me the county number. A straight answer, and no wasted trip.”
Noah L.Homeowner, Hebron
Sample reviews.
Where we go
Columbus and the farm towns around it
Type your ZIP code to see whether we come out. Most of our calls are on lots with a barn, a pond or a tree line.
- Franklin County: Columbus, Galloway, Darbydale
- Delaware County: Ostrander, Ashley, Radnor, Shawnee Hills · Mostly wooded lots and horse farms
- Fairfield County: Carroll, Millersport
- Licking County: Hebron, Alexandria, Heath, Kirkersville
- Madison County: London, West Jefferson, Mount Sterling
- Pickaway County: Ashville, Commercial Point, Circleville, Orient · Open farmland and creek bottoms
We do not take jobs in Cleveland, Cincinnati or Dayton, or east of Newark.
Before you call
Do you take dogs or cats?
No. We do not take dogs or cats, strays or pets. Call your county dog warden or a local humane society.
How much does it cost?
It depends on how many animals and openings there are and how many days of trap checks the job needs. We write the scope and the number before any trap is set. How pricing works, above, goes through what changes it.
What happens to the animal?
That depends on Ohio's wildlife rules for the species. We explain what the rules allow before we set the first trap, and we do not release an animal where the rules say we cannot.
Where do the traps go, with kids and dogs around?
We tell you where each trap is and which areas to keep children and pets away from while it is set. Ask us anything about a trap's location before the visit.
How long will it take?
Most jobs run a few days of trap checks, then the closing work. A burrow under a barn or an attic with young can take longer, and we say so when we write the scope.
What if it comes back?
If an animal gets back in through an opening we closed, we return at no charge within 60 days. It does not cover a new opening, a different animal or damage already done.
Do I need to be home?
Not for the walk-through. We need access to the barn, shed, attic or crawlspace, and we text you when we arrive and when we leave.
Do you repair damage?
We close the way in. Structural repairs, insulation and cleanup are quoted separately, and we tell you when a roofer or a carpenter is the better call.
Book a walk-through
Tell us what you saw
We call back on the next working day to book the walk-through.
Phone(614) 555-0104
Hours
- Monday – FridayToday
- 7 a.m. – 5 p.m.
- SaturdayToday
- 8 a.m. – noon
- SundayToday
- Closed
We check every trap we set on every day it is set, Sundays included.