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Beaver,Coyote and all household pest animals in the southern USA including bats, squirrels, flying squirrels, rats, raccoon etc

Experience in the area

I have 50 years trapping experience from fur trapping to wildlife trapping in homes in the Atlanta area including exclusion to prevent further intrusion after animals are caught

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Creative Loafing Magazine

Education/Credentials

I am a licensed wildlife trapper with commercial trapping license in the state of Georgia and have been for 21 years

Past/Present Clients

I have several hundred customers in the metro Atlanta area, residential and commercial. All clients are either referrals or previous. We are the professionals and are here to help

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Recent Answers from Robert Blades

2012-05-23 baby rabbit who ate chemical lawn:

Absolutely nothing. If it is dieing, it probably isnt from eating the chemical on the grass. The concentrate is so low, it wont hurt an animal. That is state and federal mandated.  Sometime they are wounded

2012-05-12 Little brown bat:

Bats dont have to eat every day like us. When they do eat, they eat as many as 2,000 insects a night in as little as 4 to 5 hours.  It is the cold nights that keep them from flying. Give it time and you

2012-05-12 Little brown bat:

Depending on where you are located,it might just be hibernated. If the nights are below 50 degrees Fahrenheit, it will not need to fly of eat. The guano shouldn't hurt your pet. Pets usually wouldn't ingest

2012-05-11 household finch nest:

I am so sorry, nature has its ways, and we all must go.Next spring, things will start over again. You did good. Children need to learn to accept death and you have helped them to understand that nothing

2012-05-07 household finch nest:

Any time the parents are gone for an extended period of time, the babies are taught to be extremely still. It is the only protection they have from predators. It is extremely rare for both parents to die

 

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