Dr. Critter Blog — Florida Wildlife Removal Insights

Field-tested guidance on identifying, removing, and excluding Central Florida wildlife — from an operator listed in the FWC nuisance wildlife control directory.

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Armadillo Holes in Your Florida Yard: How to Tell, What They Mean, and What to Do
October 6, 2026Animal Removal
Armadillo Holes in Your Florida Yard: How to Tell, What They Mean, and What to Do

You walk out in the morning and the lawn looks like someone went over it with an apple corer. Dozens of small, cone-shaped holes, chunks of sod flipped over, a flower bed half dug out. In Central…

Who to Call for Wildlife in Central Florida: County Animal Services, FWC, or a Nuisance Wildlife Control Operator
September 22, 2026Animal Removal
Who to Call for Wildlife in Central Florida: County Animal Services, FWC, or a Nuisance Wildlife Control Operator

Your county animal services department will not come and take the raccoon out of your attic. In most of Central Florida it says so on its own website, and in the rest it simply does not offer the…

Florida Rabies Cases by County and Species, 2022 to 2025: Central Florida's Numbers From the Department of Health
September 15, 2026Animal Removal
Florida Rabies Cases by County and Species, 2022 to 2025: Central Florida's Numbers From the Department of Health

Every year the Florida Department of Health publishes a table of laboratory-confirmed animal rabies cases for each of the state's 67 counties, broken down by species. This page pulls out the seven…

Wildlife Removal Cost in Central Florida (2026): How Every Job Is Priced
September 15, 2026Animal Removal
Wildlife Removal Cost in Central Florida (2026): How Every Job Is Priced

Dr. Critter does not publish a price list, and this page will not invent one. What it does is set out, animal by animal and stage by stage, exactly how each wildlife job in Central Florida is priced:…

Florida Nuisance Wildlife Trapping Law, Species by Species
August 18, 2026Animal Removal
Florida Nuisance Wildlife Trapping Law, Species by Species

Almost every wildlife company in Florida, this one included until recently, has told customers it holds a state trapper license. It does not, because no such license exists. That is not a…