Wildlife Removal in Dothan, Alabama
What is in your attic, what it costs to get out, and what Alabama law requires. Request a quote and we will pass it to a licensed local operator where one is available.
- Sourced from Alabama WFF published rules
- Independent; we do not perform removals
- We refer only to licensed operators
- You are never charged by us
Start with the animal
Different animals do different damage on different timetables, and the law treats them very differently. Pick what you are dealing with.
Raccoons
Raccoons tear their own way in, which is why they do more damage to a house than most animals that get inside one.
$300 – $600 for removal; far more if the attic needs restoring
Raccoon removal →Squirrels
Squirrels in an attic gnaw constantly, and wiring is among the things they gnaw.
$300 – $550 typical
Squirrel removal →Bats
Bats are the most legally constrained animal in this trade. Getting the timing wrong is not just inhumane, it is often illegal.
$400 – $600 small colony · $500 – $1,200 typical · $5,000 – $8,500 for a large colony
Bat removal →Opossums
Opossums are less destructive than raccoons but they den in the same places, and they are much harder to smell out until the mess is substantial.
$250 – $500 typical
Opossum removal →Armadillos
An armadillo can turn a good lawn over in a single night, and the burrows go under concrete.
$250 – $550 typical
Armadillo removal →Snakes
Most snakes found around Dothan homes are harmless and beneficial. A few are not, and the difference matters.
$150 – $400 for removal of a single snake
Snake removal →Skunks
Skunks den under porches, decks and sheds, and you usually know about it before you see one.
$300 – $550 typical
Skunk removal →Birds
Almost every native bird is protected by federal law, active nests included, so what is legal depends on the species.
$200 – $600 depending on access
Bird removal →Dead animals
Unpleasant, urgent, and almost always the consequence of an earlier problem that was sealed up instead of solved.
$200 – $600, more if drywall has to be opened
Dead animal removal →How they actually get in
Almost every job starts at one of the same eight places. Knowing which one matters, because sealing the wrong gap just moves the problem.
The part most people get wrong
An exterminator and a wildlife operator are not the same trade. Nuisance wildlife control requires a separate state licence, and bats and nearly all native birds are protected by law: a general pest company often cannot legally touch them. Nor will animal control: agencies decline this work and refer callers to private operators.
Nuisance Wildlife Control Operators are permitted by the Alabama Division of Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries to remove nuisance wildlife at the landowner or tenant's expense. Alabama game and fish regulation 220-2-.27 provides for permits to take protected wildlife causing crop damage, property damage, or raising concern for human safety. Everything Alabama requires →
- 9animals covered in depth, not listed
- 8towns across Houston County and around it
- Alabamalaw cited from the published source
- $0charged to you by this site, ever
What Dothan is actually like to work in
Dothan sits in the Wiregrass, the farming corner where Alabama, Georgia and Florida meet, and it is peanut country; the crop the city is best known for. That agricultural setting shapes the work. Town runs into field with very little transition, there are outbuildings everywhere, and the soil is light and sandy rather than the heavy clay further north.
Sandy soil is the detail that matters most. It is easy to dig, which is why armadillos do so well here and why burrowing damage under slabs, steps and shallow footings is a bigger share of the local work than it would be in middle Alabama. It also drains fast, so the crawlspaces under older Wiregrass houses stay usable to an animal year-round.
Most cities refuse this work outright. Dothan Animal Services appears on Alabama’s own published list of Permitted Nuisance Wildlife Control Operators for Houston County, covering raccoon, squirrels, opossums, bats, snakes, fox, bobcat, beaver, coyote, moles, voles and rats. The state notes that services vary between operators and may involve fees, so it is worth asking exactly what is and is not included; a permit to remove an animal is not the same thing as sealing the building afterwards. Outdoor Alabama, Permitted Nuisance Wildlife Control Operators
Getting the animal out is half the job
By the time most people call, something has been living up there for weeks. The droppings, the flattened and soaked insulation, the chewed wiring and the smell all remain after the animal has gone, and on an insurance claim or a house sale, that is the part that gets inspected. What restoration involves →
Somebody has to look at the property to answer that. How many entry points or burrows there are, how hard they are to get at, and whether young are present is what sets the price, and none of it can be judged from a description. Send us your address and we will pass it to a licensed local operator where one is available. Request a quote →
Common questions
Who actually does wildlife removal: can I just call an exterminator?
Usually not. Nuisance wildlife work requires a state licence that a pesticide applicator’s licence does not cover, and bats and most native birds are protected by law. A general pest control company often cannot legally take the job.
Will the city or animal control come out for free?
Most cities refuse this work outright. Dothan Animal Services appears on Alabama’s own published list of Permitted Nuisance Wildlife Control Operators for Houston County, covering raccoon, squirrels, opossums, bats, snakes, fox, bobcat, beaver, coyote, moles, voles and rats. The state notes that services vary between operators and may involve fees, so it is worth asking exactly what is and is not included; a permit to remove an animal is not the same thing as sealing the building afterwards.
What does it cost?
It depends entirely on the animal. Removing a single snake might be $150; a large bat colony with attic restoration can run past $8,000. The per-animal pages below give honest ranges.
Is it urgent?
Often yes, and not for the reason people expect. The animal itself is rarely the emergency: the damage compounds. Chewed wiring, soaked insulation and young born inside a wall all get worse and more expensive by the week.
Where we cover
Across Dothan, Houston County and the surrounding towns:
Dothan · Enterprise · Ozark · Headland · Abbeville · Slocomb · Hartford · Daleville. Service areas →
Request a quote
We read every request and pass it to a licensed wildlife operator covering Dothan where one is available. We are still building our list of operators here, so we cannot promise one is available or say how quickly they will respond.