Crickie's New Jersey Pest Control Tips

We all laugh at those funny squirrel videos on YouTube. These wily backyard acrobats seem capable of performing the most incredible contortions to get to the birdseed in your feeder. Nothing keeps a determined squirrel from achieving his goal. An admirable characteristic until his goal is to make a toasty nest in your attic. When [...]

The heat may make it hard to believe, but fall is right around the corner. Mice are already starting to look for warm places to spend the winter and breed. If you don’t take precautions to keep mice out, they’re likely to find your toasty northern New Jersey home the perfect place to raise a family.
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Gnawing squirrels have become a serious problem in northern New Jersey communities in Bergen, Passaic, West Essex and Morris counties. Homeowners are complaining of squirrels gnawing on wood siding, chewing holes in cedar shake roofs, chomping the tips off evergreens and deciduous trees, and stripping the bark from the trunks and branches of landscape plants. [...]

As you planted your vegetable garden this weekend, visions of succulent lettuce leaves and delicious vitamin-rich vegetables danced through your head. Your mind was on the coming harvest, not on the threat of hungry wildlife. Especially in spring while food sources are still scarce, newly planted northern New Jersey vegetable and flower gardens offer a [...]

Raccoon activity has increased in northern New Jersey. The nocturnal bandits can be seen scurrying along roadways and backyard fences at night. Opportune feeders, raccoons will scavenge through trashcans and feast on kibble meant for your dog or cat. If you have a pet door, you might want to start securing it at night. Raccoons [...]

Have you heard strange thumpings in the night? You could have squirrels in the attic, a raccoon in the chimney or an opossum under the porch. In northern New Jersey, March is when wildlife moms seek out protected nesting sites to give birth and raise their broods. Your home provides just what nuisance wildlife are [...]

Those hand-print shaped tracks you see in the snow mean raccoons and possums are exploring your yard. Humans aren’t the only critters whose thoughts turn to love around Valentine’s Day. Raccoons, possums, squirrels and other nuisance wildlife are preparing to continue the cycle of life. March begins birthing season for these animals and wildlife moms are busy scouting [...]

Santa isn’t the only one who may be coming down your chimney this month. Raccoons find chimneys ideal places to build their dens. Northern New Jersey chimneys provide cozy spots for raccoons to wait out the cold winter months, and they make ideal nurseries come spring.
Raccoons favor tall structures like hollow trees that can be entered [...]