Join Gates Wildlife Control technicians Brad, Cassandra and Spencer on a heartwarming mission! In this video, witness a mother squirrel's instinctive love as she relocates her adorable baby from a balcony.
The squirrel nest on the balcony may seem harmless, but if left, it could lead to significant structural issues over time. The nest's presence blocked the natural water drainage path, causing rainwater to accumulate and pool in the affected area. If neglected, this can compromise the integrity of the balcony's structure, potentially causing costly damage to the surrounding roofing materials and even the foundation.
To prevent such issues, our team at Gates Wildlife Control carefully removes squirrel nests, ensuring the area is cleared and secured to maintain the property's structural integrity and prevent future problems. By addressing this issue proactively, homeowners can avoid costly repairs and safeguard their property's value.
Our expert team was on site to ensure a safe and stress-free relocation process for both the squirrel family and the homeowner.
Watch as the mother squirrel takes matters into her own paws, carefully moving her baby to a new den site!
Okay, we have a squirrel nest on the balcony.
There's lots of branches here.
They even used a mask as part of their nest in plastic, but there's probably an adult
squirrel in here unless it's out getting food and potentially babies.
So we are going to open up this nest.
We just tap the nest.
We're just gonna tap it.
Can I do that?
See if anybody's home.
Yeah.
Okay.
It doesn't seem like they don't want to hurt the babies if they're under there, so just...
They're probably in this spot, like they usually make this middle, the softer part, but they've
put so many branches up here.
So we're just gonna get approval for the job before we disturb this, and then we will open
it up.
The babies are probably right down the middle there, but I think you would hear the mother
making noise if she wasn't there.
So as you saw in that nest, a lot of these twigs were on the outside of the nest, and
these are some of the bushes out front, but this bush is the bush that the squirrels absolutely
destroyed using the branches.
So it used to look like that, and then if you come to this side, they've done the same
to that bush, that bush, that one, and that one.
So this is another unit a couple doors down, and as I was climbing up, mom actually did
run out of here, and you can see, pretty cool, this is her tunnel on how she gets into her
nest.
So we're gonna remove, pull this back, there's probably babies in this one that she was in
here during the day.
Okay, I hear noise.
We're just gonna start removing all this, and see if there's babies.
Her tunnel goes this way, so I'm gonna start here, and go down to where she would be laying.
Oh, big babies, wow!
Okay so, I just want to watch for mom, because when this guy makes noise, she's gonna come
running.
This is a pretty big baby.
Is there only one?
Only one again.
And this morning we had a job where there was only one baby as well.
This is so strange.
There we go, big baby squirrel.
Come on, let go.
Move the plastic and stuff.
Only one baby, but maybe we can get him to cry, and get mom to come back and get him.
Hey buddy, being quiet.
That's cool, this morning we had a little baby that was still newborn, and now we have
a baby squirrel that has all his hair.
He probably is, he's starting to learn how to climb, but her eyes are still closed.
Oh my gosh, your hand scared me so much.
Sorry.
As long as mom, you gotta be careful.
She would run at us if she saw us with her baby, or heard him.
So let's just bag this quickly, and we'll bring him to the ground and see if we can
get mom to come.
I'm filming.
Turn it on.
He's gonna come up in a hurry.
Here she comes.
Coming up the wall, coming up the ladder, by the ladder.
Oh gosh.
Don't play this noise, she'll do it on her own.
I gotta move.
Baby's crawling out of the scene.
Don't worry about it, let her get the baby.
We'll get it from down here.
She's coming up again, Cassandra.
Straight below ya.
Now he's crying, he's crying.
Go mom, not at me.
Go, she's chasing me, she thinks I have it.
Go, go, go.
There she is, look at that.
Now she's coming along.
She's got a little highway to get over there.
It's the safest way for her to get there, that's cool.
She didn't want to go near.
She probably smells us up there.
Just making sure that the coast is clear and it's safe to get the baby.
What are you doing, though?
It's the mother squirrel.
I'm just gonna put this right to the corner.
She's being cautious, but at the same time she's driven to get back to where the baby is.
A little freaked out by our camera up there.
Has she got him?
I think so.
Yep, she got him.
Good job, mom.
We saw the mom go up, get her baby.
We followed her down the side and she'll take the baby to a new den site.
She already knows where she's going, so he's safe.
He's with his mom.
We took the nest apart, so that's gone.
We're on to our next job.
That baby is back with its mom.
