Wildlife Removal in Albany, Georgia
What is in your attic, what it costs to get out, and what Georgia law requires. Request a quote and we will pass it to a licensed local operator where one is available.
- Sourced from Georgia DNR published rules
- Independent; we do not perform removals
- We refer only to licensed operators
- You are never charged by us
Start with the animal
Different animals do different damage on different timetables, and the law treats them very differently. Pick what you are dealing with.
Raccoons
Raccoons tear their own way in, which is why they do more damage to a house than most animals that get inside one.
$300 – $600 for removal; far more if the attic needs restoring
Raccoon removal →Squirrels
Squirrels in an attic gnaw constantly, and wiring is among the things they gnaw.
$300 – $550 typical
Squirrel removal →Bats
Bats are the most legally constrained animal in this trade. Getting the timing wrong is not just inhumane, it is often illegal.
$400 – $600 small colony · $500 – $1,200 typical · $5,000 – $8,500 for a large colony
Bat removal →Opossums
Opossums are less destructive than raccoons but they den in the same places, and they are much harder to smell out until the mess is substantial.
$250 – $500 typical
Opossum removal →Armadillos
An armadillo can turn a good lawn over in a single night, and the burrows go under concrete.
$250 – $550 typical
Armadillo removal →Snakes
Most snakes found around Albany homes are harmless and beneficial. A few are not, and the difference matters.
$150 – $400 for removal of a single snake
Snake removal →Skunks
Skunks den under porches, decks and sheds, and you usually know about it before you see one.
$300 – $550 typical
Skunk removal →Birds
Almost every native bird is protected by federal law, active nests included, so what is legal depends on the species.
$200 – $600 depending on access
Bird removal →Dead animals
Unpleasant, urgent, and almost always the consequence of an earlier problem that was sealed up instead of solved.
$200 – $600, more if drywall has to be opened
Dead animal removal →How they actually get in
Almost every job starts at one of the same eight places. Knowing which one matters, because sealing the wrong gap just moves the problem.
The part most people get wrong
An exterminator and a wildlife operator are not the same trade. Nuisance wildlife control requires a separate state licence, and bats and nearly all native birds are protected by law: a general pest company often cannot legally touch them. Nor will animal control: agencies decline this work and refer callers to private operators.
Anyone charging for nuisance wildlife control in Georgia must hold an NWCO permit issued by Georgia DNR, and cannot legally begin work without one. Permit holders must also maintain a valid Georgia trapping licence at all times; if the trapping licence lapses, the NWCO permit is no longer valid. Everything Georgia requires →
- 9animals covered in depth, not listed
- 8towns across Dougherty County and around it
- Georgialaw cited from the published source
- $0charged to you by this site, ever
What Albany is actually like to work in
Albany has been hit twice, hard, inside two years. An EF3 tornado tracked through the city on 22 January 2017 with peak winds around 150 mph, killing five people. Twenty-one months later, in October 2018, Hurricane Michael reached Albany still at Category 3 strength with winds near 100 mph. Two wind events of that size in that little time damaged an enormous number of roofs across Dougherty County.
The second thing Michael did here was to the trees. Dougherty County sits in the centre of Georgia’s pecan belt; it is one of three counties producing about 30% of the state’s crop, and UGA’s pecan team put the loss across southwest Georgia at 741,285 trees over 27,455 acres. Pecan orchards are both food and habitat for a lot of what ends up in an attic, and whatever else that storm did, it removed a very large amount of both from the county in a single day.
The City of Albany Animal Control publishes its remit as dog fighting, inhumane treatment, animals running at large, cruelty, dangerous dogs, bite cases and enforcement of the city animal control ordinance. Wildlife is not on that list at all: the department describes itself as responding to calls concerning domestic animals. There is no municipal service here for an animal in your attic, and no referral published either. City of Albany, Animal Control
Getting the animal out is half the job
By the time most people call, something has been living up there for weeks. The droppings, the flattened and soaked insulation, the chewed wiring and the smell all remain after the animal has gone, and on an insurance claim or a house sale, that is the part that gets inspected. What restoration involves →
Somebody has to look at the property to answer that. How many entry points or burrows there are, how hard they are to get at, and whether young are present is what sets the price, and none of it can be judged from a description. Send us your address and we will pass it to a licensed local operator where one is available. Request a quote →
Common questions
Who actually does wildlife removal: can I just call an exterminator?
Usually not. Nuisance wildlife work requires a state licence that a pesticide applicator’s licence does not cover, and bats and most native birds are protected by law. A general pest control company often cannot legally take the job.
Will the city or animal control come out for free?
The City of Albany Animal Control publishes its remit as dog fighting, inhumane treatment, animals running at large, cruelty, dangerous dogs, bite cases and enforcement of the city animal control ordinance. Wildlife is not on that list at all: the department describes itself as responding to calls concerning domestic animals. There is no municipal service here for an animal in your attic, and no referral published either.
What does it cost?
It depends entirely on the animal. Removing a single snake might be $150; a large bat colony with attic restoration can run past $8,000. The per-animal pages below give honest ranges.
Is it urgent?
Often yes, and not for the reason people expect. The animal itself is rarely the emergency: the damage compounds. Chewed wiring, soaked insulation and young born inside a wall all get worse and more expensive by the week.
Where we cover
Across Albany, Dougherty County and the surrounding towns:
Albany · Leesburg · Sylvester · Camilla · Dawson · Americus · Cordele · Moultrie. Service areas →
Request a quote
We read every request and pass it to a licensed wildlife operator covering Albany where one is available. We are still building our list of operators here, so we cannot promise one is available or say how quickly they will respond.