Posts By: Home Defenders Termite and Pest Management

Have you ever wondered what an animal control professional like me does when he crosses paths with a wild animal acting strangely? Most likely you haven’t thought about it. But, if you have a minute, I’ll tell you a story about the large animal I encountered in the forest before the recent storms—and what I… Read more »

Hello, reader, how was your Thanksgiving? I hope yours was great because I spent mine getting mice out of my parent’s crawl space. So, after spending the summer battling pests, I ended up battling pests on my first vacation in months. You can always count on mice to ruin a good time. Speaking of mice,… Read more »

“Hey, look at that,” a gardener said to me, pointing up at a yellow blob of dried foam in the home’s eave where two roof lines met. “That stuff is worthless for keeping rats out of attics.” “Not if you combine it with other materials to produce a greater effect— that’s called synergy,” I said…. Read more »

Boy, birds sure have fun flying in the sky, don’t they? What a life. I’m on vacation in Yosemite National Park, taking a break from catching rats and removing dead raccoons from crawl spaces. I’m sitting on a sandy beach at Mirror Lake, watching two ravens fly high in the sky, riding the thermals. They’re… Read more »

I just received an email from a reader commenting on my recent adventure dragging a dead raccoon from a crawl space. He wanted more stories about my “real man job.” Your wish is my command. Just weeks ago, I had to exterminate a yellow jacket nest in a home’s wall void. My workers usually do… Read more »

Shh, readers, can I please have quiet… I’m hiking on a trail, eyeball to eyeball with a very cute animal and I don’t want to scare her off. She’s perched on a dogwood branch five feet from my face, looking right at me… her eyes are hypnotic… now she’s swiveling her head to the right,… Read more »

What’s it like getting a dead raccoon from a crawl space? Nasty, very nasty.   A customer called me, saying, “Mike, there’s a horrendous odor in my home. Help!” I jumped in my truck, dreading what I’d find. Arriving at the cabin, I saw the crawl space door hanging loosely by one hinge. Well, so… Read more »

(Due to space constraints, we now join this “mind trip” already in progress.) Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Mike Nolan and I’ll be your captain on this journey to the center of creative mind.  We’re almost ready to get going, so please fasten your crash harnesses and put on your oxygen masks. While you’re… Read more »