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Rock Squirrels
Healthy Rock Squirrels in live traps. Grey, bushy-tailed ground dwelling cousins of the big grey squirrels up north.
Rock squirrel damage. A rock squirrel chewed through the bird board/trim to gain access to the attic space. Rock squirrels are now in the “top 5” animal in the attic calls we get here in Tucson.
Rock squirrel side profile of face. This rock squirrel came out of Tucson attic. Open roof vents are entrances for many rodents.
Diseased rock squirrel. Disease is more prevalent the higher the population density is of an animal. Overpopulated areas often have a few of these very rough looking ones around.
An adult female rock squirrel avoiding traps and showing why squirrels on the roof are trickier. Squirrels get into Tucson roofs often, and these T-top vents are the usual mode of entry.
Raccoons
Juvenile raccoon in live trap. The most majestic raccoon Quinn has ever trapped.
Approximately 1-week-old raccoon. Part of a family removed from an attic.
Approximately 2-week-old raccoon. Found abandoned.
Approximately 4-5-week-old raccoons. Part of a family relocated from a Tucson attic.
Approximately 6–7-week-old raccoon. Orphan raccoon hand removed from a Tucson attic.
Adult raccoon in live trap. Raccoon’s are extremely curious and show it often.
A one-way door preventing raccoons from re-entering the soffit of a Tucson home. One way doors allow the raccoons to be removed without having to trap and relocate them.
A homemade one-way door box for evicting a raccoon family. Here the young raccoons return to try and reenter this flat roof Tucson home.
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Skunks
Hog nosed skunk. The most ancient hognose skunk that Quinn has ever removed
Striped skunk in a live trap.
Striped skunks are our most commonly seen skunk on the valley floor.
Striped skunk. The patterns on skunks vary from individual to individual (with relatives sharing similar hairstyles). Making it possible to identify individuals on camera or when reported from clients.
Spotted skunk. Of our four local skunk species, spotted skunks are the smallest.
Spotted skunk. Because of their cavity dwelling nature, spotted skunks are adept climbers. Our other 3 species of skunk cannot climb well at all.
Just a striped skunk with an underbite because it was cute. Didn’t appear to be the result of any previous injury and the animal was quite healthy despite his special face.
Striped skunk.
Skunks under shed’s are probably our most frequent complaint. Under a shed is insulated, safe, and we (humans) typically don’t go into them all that often.
Spotted skunks are mostly found in riparian areas and rocky foothills. A call for a skunk in Tucson Foothills always gets us excited that it might be a spotted.
Spotted skunk warning stomps. They might be small, but they pack just as much stink as their larger cousins. A skunk stomping at you means you’re too close, and you’re about to be sprayed.
Striped skunk in a live trap doing warning feet stomps. All species of skunk share the same warning displays including stomping. Ignoring these displays will result in you being sprayed.
We receive many calls for skunks in garages around Tucson. Usually it’s just as simple as having the garage door open around dusk, or all night. Garages are just cool, dark safe caves for all manner of wildlife.
Striped skunk under shelves.
Skunks are a lot more common in neighborhoods where people feed feral cats. Skunks like to live as close to the food as possible
A young striped skunk, not yet old enough to be away from its mother. Its siblings were caught, and released to die, by another local company. This one was taken to Tucson Wildlife Center.
Spotted skunks are cavity dwellers, they make their homes in little caves in rocks, or in a hole in a tree for example.
Spotted skunk under a toolchest in an Arizona room. About the size of a rock squirrel, spotted skunks are small enough to get into, and under, all sorts of things.
Striped skunk in a standoff after being released from the trap. Most skunks removed simply run for the hills so to speak.
Ringtails (aka Ringtail cat, Miner’s cat)
Ringtails, aka “Ringtail cats” aren’t related to cats at all, and officially had cat removed from their name several years ago.
While ringtails are omnivorous, rodents are a favorite. Often the presence of a ringtail, and the rolling ball sound, mean that there are also rodents in the attic.
Ringtails can be found in reverse-insulated attics in Tucson year-round, but the majority of ringtail calls come during the cooler months.
A ringtail on a Tucson roof. It turns out that this ringtail wasn’t entering the roof. Only using the roof nightly for ringtail reasons.
Client after client have reported the sound of a ball rolling around in the attic when a ringtail is involved.
Ringtail at a bait tray. This ringtail was in a Tucson attic along with some raccoons.