Varment Guard Wildlife Services

Did a great quick job and were much cheaper than the other company.

Do not use this scam company. Ask questions as to what they do to captured animals. They kill them all. Let them tell you how they do it too. If you are ok with that, by all means use their service but I just want to warn people like myself. I am a member of HOA board and I could have voted against hiring them, if they had disclosed the truth of them “taking care of the squirrel situation “ for 5 days we endured traumatic experience seeing poor mom and babies trying to free themselves from their nasty traps, waiting in wind and rain for 24 hours to their next trip. They need to remove “humane” from their website and be upfront with what they do. Inhumane 100%

They were great...knowledgeable, efficient and everything worked exactly like they said it would. Squirrels are gone!

They were very prompt, professional and thorough on their assessment. We were very pleased with the caovers they installed and would definitely recommend and use their services again.

Hired to remove squirrels from our attic. Left specific instructions with Norm about location of the traps location as our house has 2 distinct unconnected attics. The traps were set on the wrong side of the house and after calling several times they came out to move them. While on the wrong side of the house there was a squirrel captured. When they arrived at the house my wife again mentioned to them that the traps were on the wrong side of the house and she was met with derision and rudeness. When moved to the right side of the house they captured two more and after 2 days said they wouldn't be catching anymore. They quoted me on the phone $50 to repair each of the three dormers on the correct side of the house. While I clearly wanted all three dormers repaired and had told them to proceed, I noticed they had only repaired one. Received a bill for $440 which included $165 to set the traps $75 four each of the squirrels captured and $50 to repair the dormer. Since they only fixed one I elected to pay the bill less $75 for the squirrel caught on the wrong side of the house (There was no attic entry on that side). . I remitted the payment in a timely manner with a written explanation as to why I deducted the $75. Received a follow up bill with a finance charge and an increase in the charge for dormer repair to $155! I called today to again explain the reason for my payment being less than the now increased bill and was told you pay the entire amount anyway. So this is a business that is disorganized, I think dishonest, and willing to increase charges for services by 300% without any communication. While I'm sure this is a difficult service to provide I would most certainly suggest you find someone other than animal control specialists to provide it.

Went very well, trap installled promptly. Captured 2 raccoons and one opossum. Felt very comfortable that the skunks we saw had moved on.

They arrived on time, assessed where the skunks were transiting, and set a trap. A second trap was set after we found skunks getting out from a different location. Services were completed in approximately 2 weeks time (mama + 8 babies). The technicians were prompt, professional, good communicators with us. We thank them for what they did. We were a little confused about the pricing and later confirmed after getting the bill. We called and they agreed perhaps they could have been clearer with the fee structure. No debate over the price, just a simple misunderstanding. We're cool, they're cool. Be cool.

Ryan came at the appointed time & professionally explained the procedure and pricing. Performed an all-sides-of-house inspection to confirm only one animal access point. Secured several humane traps on roof near access. I chose to call Ryan each morning to report on the contents of the traps rather than have him make a daily trip. Caught 4 squirrels in 3 days. Traps were removed & access sealed up after 3 days of no further activity. Very professionally done. Definitely I would hire Animal Control Specialists again. Recommend them highly.

He put down some bait and caught one mouse, though there were probably others. More importantly, the person helping us saw some ways the mice were probably getting into our kitchen, and he closed that access off. We haven't been bothered by the mice return after that. Great work! Larry Weinstein

After a week of trying to catch raccoons, they removed the trap and closed the holes. In past tries over the years, they sometimes did trap and humanely removed raccoons. They are very responsive to calls for help.

The process went smoothly from first contact to the end. I have used ACS in the past and would do so again.

We have a very large deck. We had been getting animals under it for a few years and got tired of spending money to have them removed. The final straw was when a possum died under it. Robert came out and dug the trench around the deck and put screening in to prevent any more animals from moving in under the deck. It worked! He was prompt, polite and did a great job. He cleaned up afterwards too.

On another review, I explained what a great job Robert did screening our very large back deck. Well, since the animals could no longer live there, they decided to move in under our front stoop. They had never done this before. Robert came back out a put screening in to prevent any animals from getting in under our front stoop. It worked! As always, he was polite, prompt, did a great job and cleaned up afterwards.

Missed the skunk but caught an opossum. Gave us suggestions on how to plug up the holes so the critters would not get in.

never did I think I would have this problem and called the township and several other governmental groups looking for the answer of who to call. Finally got in contact with John Hagan. When I mentioned "floater", he immediately knew the problem was a deer as there is some disease going around the deer population. He was very knowledgeable and explained what he would do and the price. He gave me a price range since it would depend on the location.

They did a good job of finding the gap in the roof and trapped a couple of squirrels. I'm not sure that the squirrels were the animals I heard in the house, but I no longer hear noises in the house. I have found mouse droppings in the garage, so I'm not sure if there may be another place where they are coming in, aside from the gap in the roof. Still don't know if there are any animals in the attic, but again I'm not hearing any noises. I would have liked for them to come out to look at the attic but they said they'd only come out if I were hearing noises. I just don't want to be in a situation where an animal dies in the walls or attic because it now doesn't have a way to escape out. Cleaning out the mess of a dead animal may be even worse than hearing the noises. While they did a good job, I thought their prices were extremely high. I cost me over $500 to fix the gap, and put screens on the attic and fan.

John came the same day we called him and took care of the problem right away. All wasps were gone immediately. Haven't seen any since his treatment.

Very responsive, Steve their tech arrived on time and determined i had a dead skunk under my deck. He located the skunk and removed it with out a problem. I had a follow up call with him and he explained the circumstances etc. Great job - no surprises.

The technician came to our house and removed a dead squirrel from the chimney. After he left, we noticied several maggots in the fireplace. Disposed of the maggots that fell off from the dead squirrel. About 7 days later, started seeing 10 flys a day on our inside of patio window. Lit a fire in the fireplace and about 150 more flys came out into our townhouse. Called the company and was told that probably there were maggots up in the chimney and they have now turned into flys. Not to worry because once they turn into flys, they will die within a day or two. We lit another fire for 6 more hours and about 100 flys came into our townhouse. Could not sleep in our townhouse because of the amount of flys. Called the company again and was told they could send someone out but we would be charged!! The maggots in the chimeny should have been cleaned up in the first place by animal control. If this was not there job, the customer should have been INFORMED that this could happen and instructed to call a chimney cleaning company. Poor communication on the part of the technician and an unacceptable response.

They were prompt in coming out to set trap, and collected the $135 fee for setting up the trap. Norm, the employee, was professional in setting it up and the receipt that we recieved for the trap set-up, did specify the $65 per animal, which was different than we understood. It was our confusion in hiring ACS, rather than the cheaper competitor who did charge same set-up fee and only $35 for each animal removal, that led to what we feel was an excessively high bill. The only other issue-and it is very much debatable- is that Norm advised continuing the trapping after the male skunk was trapped as he claimed that there was a good possibility of a female skunk also under the deck. I don't know if that was a legitimate concern or simply "milking the client". I have read that it is unlikely that a male and female adult will inhabit same place except during the actual mating act itself. But it is of course easy to "Monday morning quarterback". I would certainly advise others to compare prices before beginning the service. Lesson learned.

The service provided by Animal Control Specialists, Inc. was wonderful, at a much higher level and MUCH LESS expensive than another company we have used over the past 10-15 years, ABC Humane Wildlife Control & Prevention. Animal Control Specialists charged $135 for an initial inspection and for installation and baiting of TWO traps on the roof of our house. They came every day to inspect the traps themselves, at no additional charge. They would have charged $60 to pick up a trapped animal, but no animals were caught. As noted above, the company representative felt there was no evidence that the animals actually had gotten all the way into our attic. Therefore, after four days without apparent animal activity, they removed the traps and charged an additional $95.00 to seal the hole with a metal barrier, bringing the total cost to only $230.00. In contrast, our previous vendor, ABC Humane Wildlife Control charged $150 for an initial instillation of one trap, required me to check the trap myself every day, and charged $75 each time they came for any reason (to remove an animal, re-bait a trap, etc). They did not provide the service of closing the hole to keep animals from re-entering the attic. In the end, a MUCH LOWER level of service than provided by Animal Control Specialists cost us MUCH MORE money, specifically more than $700. It was because of a feeling of being "milked" by our previous vendor (ABC Humane Wildlife Control) that I looked for an alternative on Angie's list and found Animal Control Specialists. The effort saved me hundreds of dollars, and so I will never go back to ABC. The representative of Animal Control Specialists, Inc. was very professional, very polite, and very punctual. The charges were very reasonable, especially in comparison with their major competitor. We have had problems with animals (skunks, squirrels) in the past, so I suppose we will again. I definitely will call Animal Control Specialists, Inc. any time we have additional problems of this type.

Very thorough and polite. They did everything I asked of them and have no complaints.

No animals were caught but the traps may keep animals out of the attic. Norma, the tech, was very professional and displayed a very strong concern to check for entry points and animal proofing the roof. He was punctual, and called to let me know when he would arrive.I would feel very comfortable to recommend your service to my friends and your new customers. This was the second time I used your service. Very satisfied customer, Richard C

Very professional and good at explaining the whole process

We called Animal Control Specialists to take care of a skunk that we saw go under our front porch. We had used them in the past and were very happy with their work. Mike came out and checked all around our house and set a trap at the front of the bushes in front of the porch. After 5 day we still had not caught anything, so we tied the bushes back and were able to get the trap right up against the porch. The next morning we had trapped the skunk. Mike left the trap in place for another two days. He filled the hole under the porch and put some bricks over it. We have had no further problems. The service was straight forward and worth the cost.