Honey Removal from ceiling of a Columbia residence.

We recently removed 3-4 trash bags full of honey, comb, bees and debris from a local resident's ceiling where honeybees had taken up residence. The bees had been there for at least five years and deposited comb in two separate areas. We tore into approximately 1/3 of the ceiling and removed the drywall to extract the honey. We then cleaned the area thoroughly and sprayed it with a rubberized coating to seal the wood. The entire process, along with exterminating the colony, took 3 separate trips totaling 8-10 man hours. more »

Litter of skunks removed from Columbia barn.

We recently received a call for an 'unknown' animal digging and possibly nesting under some hay in a local barn. The homeowner had had skunks in the barn in previous years, so we set traps for skunks. Within two days the mother was trapped and a litter of seven baby skunks were removed from under a pallet of hay. The babies were placed in a tree hollow on the ground and the mother skunk was released on top of them. Once the mother came inside the hollow the babies stopped crying and it appears that they will all take to their new home. more »

Cleanup, Repairs Begin After Bats Removed From Attic at Price James

Critter Control of Central Missouri removed bats from the Price James Library and performed an attic clean-out. more »

Mice removed from kitchen pantry in Columbia, MO home.

I recently was approached for rodent control by a neighbor of a current mole customer. While doing the inspection I removed two mice from a pantry by hand. I baited both attic spaces and the crawlspace for rodents and will return to seal the entry sites. more »

Garter snake spring 'mating ball' in Columbia, MO.

While setting mole traps in a customers yard, Ben (my technician) and I noticed some garter snakes coming out of the ground from a hole under a rotten tree stump. After setting traps in the yard (taking no more than 15 minutes), we returned to find this writhing ball of snakes. This is commonly called a 'mating ball', consisting of multiple males competeing to mate with a female. Garter snakes will give birth to anywhere from 5 to 85 live young in late summer or early fall. more »