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Beaver Control and Removal Services
Northwest Nuisance Wildlife Control traps, removes, manages and
controls most animal species, including beavers.
Trapped Beavers |
Our beaver control services
include the removal and
control of problem beavers from urban, rural and suburban
areas. Here
is North America's largest rodent, and boy do we know it well here at
Northwest Nuisance Wildlife Control. We have caught over 4,000 beavers
in the last 25 years, from the smallest of 5 pounds to the largest of
86 pounds.
The beaver is responsible for hundreds of
thousands, if not millions of dollars in damage around the Puget Sound
Area every year. Beavers have chewed down more trees than we can
imagine.
Beaver dams flood our streets and roads,
costing tax payers millions of dollars in road and culvert
repairs. Dams blocking streams back up septic systems and tanks,
causing major damage to homes. We have also seen beavers dam
creeks and streams causing backed up water to contaminate drinking
wells. The list goes on and we solve these problems on a daily
basis.
Our Beaver Control Programs consist of non-lethal and
lethal trapping, dam removal, habitat modifications, pond and stream
clean outs, tree rapping, fencing, water deceivers and more.
Trapping,
in most situations where beavers are causing damage, is the most
effective, practical and environmentally safe method of control.
Information Beavers (Castor Canadensis) The
beaver is the largest rodent (in the mouse family) with an average
weight of 30 to 50 pounds. Records show some weighing in at over
100 pounds.
Beavers were once the main target of the fur trade
back in the 1800ís. By the turn of the century (1900s) there were few
left. But by the middle of the 20th century beavers have returned
and are found throughout the North America.
The beaver is an
aquatic animal that often leaves the water to eat. Beavers are stocky
animals and dark brown in color. Beavers have a large nose and ears and
small eyes. The animal's back feet are large and webbed for swimming,
and the front feet are much smaller. The beaver's front feet possess
large claws for digging.
Beaver have four large incisor
teeth and their underfur is dense. Guard hair is dark brown with a
red tint. The tail is flat and scaled with some hair. The tail is
often used to warn other beavers of danger and used as a rudder while
swimming.
Beavers breed in December to
mid-January. Gestation period is 128 days and kits are born
between May and July with 1 to 7 in a litter and an average of 3 to 4.
The kits are born fully furred. Life expectancy of beavers is 10
to 12 years in the wild with an average of 7 years, and less in urban
areas.
"Busy as a Beaver" is an appropriate saying because beavers are active approximately 12 hours each night except winter months.
Our
Beaver Control Programs consist of non-lethal and lethal
control methods.
For professional beaver
trapping, removal, control and dam removal services, call the experts at Northwest Nuisance
Wildlife Control.
(360) 794-3535 or Toll Free at
1-888-868-3063
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