Now is typically the best time to start the process of removing animals and limiting damage to your house and in your home. There are very few exceptions to the rule. The longer they remain the more damage and the 'deeper' they get into your home.

Probably nothing. Animals are opportunists and will take advantage of a weakness on your home in order to enter. These entry issues can be at ground level to on top of the roof and all areas in between. Remember your house is just a "big hollow thing" on the landscape to an animal. If you are actively feeding any kind of animals at your home, you are not helping the situation. Enticing things close to home only provides more incentive to investigate and live there. Shelter is all that is required, and the food makes it even more desirable.

Sometimes animals need removed - just excluding them out is not enough. This is "their" home, and many can get back in using the equipment God endowed them with- claws, teeth, ability to climb, and strength. When thinking of a gray squirrel just remember "fuzzy tailed chainsaw" - you get the picture.

The best time is before this happens, but you don't always know until it happens. Additional effort may be required to remove them but not always, it often depends on the animal species.

Within the structure damaged/soiled insulation from urine and fecal matter, relocation of insulation causing immediate heating and cooling issues, chewed wiring creating electrical faults and fire hazards, damaged drywall from stains and chewing, damage to your living space from animals entering that space. In addition to the physical damage the noises at night make for bad sleep.

Sometimes the work is substantial, and costs rise with it. Clean up of attic and basement voids often can cost more than the actual repairs to the structure. Another reason not to wait on correcting an issue.

Yes, some structures require more work than others. Two things are equally important- removing the animals that call your house or building home and repairing the structure in a way that fixes immediate entry issues while addressing areas of interest or areas that could easily allow animals back in.

If a repellant does at all it is only temporary - will not provide long term relief. We do not see repellants providing any effective deterrent. The cheap "magic in a can" is often going to cost you more long term.

Not in residential situations. Where are they going to die? Possibly within the skin of your home and then you have another problem of permeating odor and perhaps even more expensive to solve.

Wrong, animals have plenty of quiet time and once settled in you may not hear them because of the location chosen. The noise may have just be caused by the 'moving company' that helped move them in.

Not necessarily. Little guys against the drywall will sound much louder than you would expect.

Yes, but costs can vary widely based on the age of the home and the building and foundation materials used to construct it.

Because it provides the necessary mix elements for their survival. These elements include shelter, temperature, humidity, air flow and access.

Bats do not attack humans but like any animal that responds to possible harm, biting is a defense mechanism. Never pick up a bat, cover it with a bucket and call a professional.

Bats can be rabies vectors (carriers). Though few have the disease, the possibility of a bat having rabies exists. If you have concerns about a contact you have had with a bat call your County Health Department.

All bat species enjoy protection. Proper removal from homes is permitted during certain times of the year.

Bats are a part of the neighborhood ecosystem, devouring large quantities of insects. Yes they are good to have around but not in your house.

That is a question only a homeowner can answer. Allowing bats to continue to dwell in a structure may result in damage to the interior structure due to guano and urine deposits. Selling a home with bats can be difficult.

Bats actually hibernaculate, a state that is similar to hibernation, but not as heavy. Hibernaculating bats over wintering in a house can be awaken by sudden temperature changes. This is often the reason bats appear in a home during the winter.