Welcome to NW Nuisance Wildlife Control, your premier destination for professional nutria removal services. We understand the challenges that these semi-aquatic rodents can pose, from property damage to potential health hazards. Our team of trained experts is well-equipped with state-of-the-art techniques, ensuring effective and humane nutria control to protect your home, property, and the local ecosystem.
Nutria, also known as coypu, are semi-aquatic rodents that often get confused with beavers or muskrats due to their similar physical characteristics. Adult nutria typically weigh between 10 and 20 pounds, with their bodies adapted for a life spent both on land and in water. Primarily nocturnal creatures, nutria exhibit most of their activity during the night when they feed extensively on various types of vegetation, including aquatic plants, roots, and bark.
Their habit of burrowing dens into the habitats they inhabit can lead to extensive soil erosion over time. This activity not only alters the natural landscapes but can also potentially destabilize infrastructure such as levees or roads. This, coupled with their ability to strip large areas of vegetation, poses a significant threat to ecosystems, making nutria an invasive species in many regions.
Q: How do I know if I have a nutria problem?
A: If you suspect a nutria problem in your vicinity, there are several signs you can look for to confirm your suspicions. One of the most common indicators is the presence of burrow entrances in the banks of water bodies. These entrances are typically around 6 inches in diameter and often have a slide or worn path leading to the water. You may also notice extensive damage to vegetation in the nearby area, as nutria are known for their voracious appetites. Bark stripped from the base of trees, and large patches of missing aquatic plants could be a telltale sign of nutria. Additionally, nutria droppings, which are cylindrical and about 2 inches long, might be present along the water’s edge. If you come across any of these signs, it is highly likely that you have a nutria problem.
Q: What damage can nutria do?
A: Nutria, or coypu, are semi-aquatic rodents often mistaken for beavers or muskrats due to similar appearances. Generally nocturnal, they feed on a variety of vegetation and their burrowing habits can cause substantial soil erosion, destabilizing infrastructure like levees or roads. If you see signs such as burrow entrances near water bodies, significant vegetation damage, or nutria droppings, you likely have a nutria problem. These creatures can significantly impact ecosystems by depleting flora, causing erosion, and damaging buildings, roads, and crops. To prevent their return, consider habitat modification, regular monitoring and removal, professional pest management, and collaboration with local wildlife agencies.
Q: How can I prevent nutria from coming back?
A: Nutria, or coypu, are semi-aquatic rodents often mistaken for beavers or muskrats due to similar appearances. Generally nocturnal, they feed on a variety of vegetation and their burrowing habits can cause substantial soil erosion, destabilizing infrastructure like levees or roads. If you see signs such as burrow entrances near water bodies, significant vegetation damage, or nutria droppings, you likely have a nutria problem. These creatures can significantly impact ecosystems by depleting flora, causing erosion, and damaging buildings, roads, and crops. To prevent their return, consider habitat modification, regular monitoring and removal, professional pest management, and collaboration with local wildlife agencies.
Q: We have something trapped in our attic/stove vent/fireplace. Can you get it out?
A: More than likely, yes. We commonly remove birds, rats, squirrels, raccoons and other animals from attics, crawlspaces, stove vents, fireplaces and other locations in homes, garages and sheds.
Q: Do you remove dead animals from walls, attics, etc?
A: Yes. We can usually find and remove dead animals from inside structures. Please call for price quote.
Q: Can you pick up a dead animal from my yard or inside the house?
A: Yes. We offer dead animal removal and disposal services. Please call for price quote.
Q: Do you have anything to get rid of the smell from dead animals and skunks?
A: Yes. Please call us regarding the specifics of your odor removal needs.
Q: What is a “Wildlife Control Operator” or “WCO”?
A: A Wildlife Control Operator (or “WCO”) has a license from the Department of Fish and Wildlife that allows them trap, capture, and remove unclassified wildlife or small game from private property.
Q: What are your fees?
A: Service fees vary greatly depending on the task at hand. Please call us to receive a quote over the phone. If the situation requires us to visit the site before offering a quote, we will tell you this during the initial call
Q: Do you trap and remove moles?
A: No, Initiative 713 banned the use of mole traps and our code of ethics prevents us from partaking in illegal activities. Anyone currently trapping moles is breaking the law.
Q: What do you do with the animals that you catch?
A: All nuisance wildlife control operators in the state of Washington are required by law to euthanize the animals caught on private property. Nuisance wildlife cannot be transported and relocated/released.
Q: Do you offer consultation services?
A: Yes. Please call us and we will gladly discuss the situation at hand.
Q: Do you offer consultation services?
A: Yes. Please call us and we will gladly discuss the situation at hand.
Q: Are you licensed by the state?
A: Yes. We are licensed by the State of Washington and by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. We are also bonded and insured.
Q: Do you also control ants, spiders, scorpions, bugs and termites?
A: Yes, please call the pest control division of our company, Willard’s Pest Control at (425) 820-1980.
Q: Do you control problem birds?
A: Yes, please call our “sister company”, Bird Busters
About Us
NNWC, established in 1985 is one of the oldest and most trusted wildlife removal companies serving the PNW. We specialize in live trapping, animal control, exclusion and clean up.
We are licensed by the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to manage a variety of wildlife conflicts that include: raccoons, squirrels, opossums, beavers, nutria, river otters, mountain beavers, bats, skunks, bobcats and coyotes. We specialize in live animal removal. NNWC serves both residential and commercial customers offering solutions tailored to meet your specific nuisance wildlife conflict needs.
Our trappers have Bachelor of Arts degrees from the University of Idaho in Wildlife Resources and University of Southern California in Environmental Science. Collectively we have over 50 year’s wildlife management experience. Whatever the wildlife conflict we have the experience, knowledge and skill to humanely and professionally solve your problem.
Call us at 425 820-7476 to talk about the nutria removal process or you can email us at NNWC1985@willardspestcontrol.com
