Squirrels look harmless on a tree branch. In your attic, soffit, or chimney, they're a different animal — chewing wires, ruining insulation, and bringing in litters of young. If you've noticed scampering overhead or chew marks around your roofline, here's what professional squirrel removal in Connecticut actually involves and what to expect when you call ProSource Pest Solutions.

How to Know It's Squirrels (Not Mice or Raccoons)

The clues are usually obvious once you know what to look for:

• Daytime noise — squirrels are active when the sun is up, unlike rats and raccoons
• Light, fast scampering in the attic or walls (heavier thumping usually means raccoon)
• Chew marks on wood, soffit edges, gable vents, and roof shingles
• Small piles of leaves, twigs, or insulation bunched into nests
• Acorns, nutshells, or pinecone fragments in the attic
• Worn paths on the roof or tree limbs leading to the same entry point

Why Squirrels Are More Damaging Than They Look

Squirrels are rodents. That means they have to chew constantly to wear their teeth down. In a Connecticut attic, that chewing happens on wood beams, plastic plumbing pipes, and — most dangerously — electrical wiring. Squirrel-damaged wiring is a documented cause of house fires.

They also use insulation for nesting material, which means a single squirrel family can compact and ruin large sections of attic insulation in weeks. And because they have litters of young, what starts as one squirrel often becomes five or six by spring.

Step 1: The Free Inspection

Every squirrel job starts with a no-cost inspection in our service area. A technician walks the property, identifies entry points (usually gable vents, roof joins, soffits, or chimney caps), checks the attic for nest activity, and looks for signs of young. You'll get a clear written estimate with the recommendation before any work starts.

Step 2: Trapping

Once a plan is in place, we set humane traps at active entry points. Trap checks happen on schedule. Captured squirrels are removed and the population is reduced over a defined period — usually one to two weeks, depending on how many are in the home.

If young are present in a nest, the approach changes. We never seal exits while a mother is inside or while kits remain — that creates a dead-animal problem inside your walls.

Step 3: Exclusion (The Step Most Homeowners Skip)

Trapping alone doesn't solve a squirrel problem. There are more squirrels outside than inside, and they all know the entry point exists. Without exclusion, you're back to step one within months.

Exclusion means sealing every active and potential entry with chew-proof materials: metal flashing on soffit gaps, hardware cloth over vents, repaired or replaced fascia, properly installed chimney caps. This is what actually keeps the problem from coming back, and it's why we treat it as the most important part of the job — not an upsell.

Wildlife Inspection Fee

Most pest inspections in our service area are free. Wildlife inspections carry a $149 fee because of the depth of the assessment involved — but that fee is fully waived when you book service with us. If we identify the issue and you go forward, the inspection costs you nothing.

Don't Wait — Squirrels Multiply Quickly

Spring and fall are peak squirrel intrusion seasons in Connecticut. If you've heard activity, get an inspection scheduled now rather than later — every week adds damage and potential young. For related reading, see How to Handle Wildlife Encounters Around Your Home.

Call ProSource Pest Solutions at (203) 405-9856 or request a free inspection. Serving Southington, Cheshire, Waterbury, Wolcott, Watertown, Farmington, and surrounding CT towns.