# Armadillo Control in Orlando, FL Source: https://drcritter.com/armadillo-control/orlando-fl/ Type: Local service page Service: Armadillo Control Area served: Orlando, FL --- Professional Armadillo Control services in Orlando, FL. Dr. Critter specializes in the yard, foundation, and irrigation damage nine-banded armadillos cause when they dig for grubs and provides expert wildlife control throughout Central Florida. **Armadillo Control in Orlando, FL — key facts:** Dr. Critter has been Florida's licensed wildlife specialist since 1996 — nearly three decades of armadillo control work across Central Florida. Our team holds the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) Nuisance Wildlife Trapper credential required to legally trap, exclude, and relocate armadillos in Florida. We serve Orlando and the surrounding area with same-day response, lifetime warranty on structural exclusion work, and a 4.8-star rating across 363 Google reviews. Armadillos damage the ground rather than the structure, so the work is trapping the animal and collapsing and backfilling the burrows before they undermine a slab, walkway, or pool deck — we handle it as part of a single quoted job rather than billing the cleanup as a surprise second invoice. **Wildlife in Orlando (Orange County):** Orlando runs from the downtown chain of lakes east to the Econlockhatchee River, and the calls change with the neighborhood. In the older canopied districts like College Park, Colonialtown and Delaney Park, mature live oaks put limbs over rooflines and squirrels and roof rats use them as a bridge. Those two account for most of the attic work inside the city. Roof rats are the harder of the pair to finish: the streets planted with citrus and other fruit trees decades ago still feed them, and one unsealed soffit gap is enough to keep a population going. Water sets the other pattern. The lake-district streets around Lake Eola, Lake Ivanhoe and Lake Underhill, plus the retention ponds that came with every subdivision built since, keep raccoons and opossums moving through yards after dark. Snakes follow the same edges: the Little Econ greenway, Shingle Creek on the south side, and the conservation land around Moss Park and Split Oak Forest out toward Lake Nona. Most of what a homeowner asks us to identify beside a pool cage turns out to be harmless. Opossums get blamed for a lot of damage they did not do, since the hole they walked through was almost always opened by a squirrel or a rat first. Bats are a downtown and near-downtown problem, concentrated in the older masonry buildings, and they change what is legally possible rather than just what is difficult. Every native bat species in Florida is protected, and exclusion is illegal from April 16 through August 14 under Florida Administrative Code 68A-9.010. A June bat call in Orlando gets a written plan and an August date rather than a same-week exclusion. One thing worth knowing before you call anyone: county animal services in Florida deal with domestic animals. An animal in your attic is the property owner's responsibility under FWC rules, handled either by the owner or by a nuisance wildlife control operator working under FAC 68A-9.010. **Florida wildlife facts & law:** According to the [Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission](https://myfwc.com/conservation/you-conserve/wildlife/bats/bats-in-buildings/), all 13 of the state's native bat species are protected, bat maternity season runs April 16 through August 14, and Florida Administrative Code 68A-9.010 makes exclusion during that window illegal. April 15 is the last day a building can be cleared without a permit, and the work cannot resume until August 15. The same rule governs how: FWC requires an exclusion device to stay up a minimum of four nights, and the work to be done when overnight temperatures are forecast to reach at least 50°F, so the colony can actually leave. According to [University of Florida IFAS Extension](https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/topics/rodents), a roof rat female produces litters of five to eight pups after a gestation of only 21 to 23 days and can raise four or five litters a year, which is how one unsealed roofline gap becomes 20 to 40 rats inside twelve months. UF/IFAS also reports that the nine-banded armadillo, the only armadillo species in Florida, gives birth to four genetically identical young per litter, so one breeding pair is enough to leave an entire yard pocked with digging. On snakes, UF/IFAS puts Florida at roughly 50 native species of which only six are venomous, and records that just four of those six occur in central and southern Florida: the eastern diamondback rattlesnake, the pygmy rattlesnake, the cottonmouth, and the harlequin coral snake. So most of what turns up beside a pool deck here is harmless, and under FAC 68A-4.001 it is protected too. Because raccoons and bats are the state's principal rabies-vector species, FWC requires nuisance wildlife to be handled by the property owner or a licensed trapper and, under rule 68A-9.010, released on the capture property, taken to a licensed facility, or euthanized humanely rather than relocated. Sources: [Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission](https://myfwc.com/conservation/you-conserve/wildlife/bats/bats-in-buildings/); [UF/IFAS Extension (rodents)](https://ask.ifas.ufl.edu/topics/rodents); [UF/IFAS WEC220 (snakes)](https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/uw258); [CDC](https://www.cdc.gov/leprosy/causes/). ## Why Choose Dr. Critter for Armadillo Control in Orlando? - **Emergency Response 7 AM–11 PM** - Seven days a week, including weekends and holidays - **Licensed & Insured** - Professional service you can trust - **Lifetime Warranty** - We guarantee our work - **Humane Methods** - Safe for animals and your family - **Local Expertise** - We know Orlando and its wildlife challenges ### Emergency Armadillo Problems? Don't wait if you're experiencing: - Burrowing under a foundation or pool deck - Collapsed ground near a walkway - Repeat overnight lawn damage **Call 800-932-7287 immediately for emergency service!** ### Our Control Process in Orlando - **Free Inspection** - Complete property assessment - **Humane Removal** - Safe extraction of all animals - **Entry Point Sealing** - Prevent future intrusions - **Cleanup & Restoration** - Remove contamination and odors - **Lifetime Warranty** - Guaranteed protection ### Common Armadillo Issues in Orlando Our experienced technicians regularly address these problems: - Lawn and flower bed digging - Burrows under slabs and driveways - Damaged irrigation lines ### Get Professional Help Today Don't let armadillos damage your Orlando property. Contact Dr. Critter for immediate, professional assistance. **Call 800-932-7287 now for your free estimate!** **Reviewed by:** Steve DeMoor ("Dr. Critter"), founder, Dr. Critter Wildlife Control. Florida wildlife control professional since 1996. [About Steve DeMoor →](https://drcritter.com/about/) --- Dr. Critter Wildlife Control, FWC-registered Florida nuisance wildlife control operator since 1996. Sanford, FL, serving Orlando and Central Florida. Phone: 800-932-7287.