Wildlife Removal in Monroe, Louisiana
What is in your attic, what it costs to get out, and what Louisiana law requires. Request a quote and we will pass it to a licensed local operator where one is available.
- Sourced from LDWF 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 →Nutria
Nutria are an invasive rodent, and their burrowing collapses the banks they live in.
Varies with site access and water level
Nutria removal →Snakes
Most snakes found around Monroe 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.
Louisiana runs the most demanding regime of the states we cover. Every NWCO must carry a valid LDWF permit while working, and permits are issued to individuals only: each person doing the work needs one in their own name, so a company permit does not cover an unlicensed employee. Operators must be 18 or over, must hold both a valid Louisiana trapping licence and a valid Louisiana basic hunting licence while working, and must score at least 80 percent on the LDWF NWCO examination covering wildlife biology and behaviour, control methods, and the law. Permits run on a calendar year and must be renewed annually. Everything Louisiana requires →
- 10animals covered in depth, not listed
- 8towns across Ouachita Parish and around it
- Louisianalaw cited from the published source
- $0charged to you by this site, ever
What Monroe is actually like to work in
Monroe is built around water. The Ouachita River runs between Monroe and West Monroe, Bayou DeSiard threads through the north of the city, and the parish beyond is a network of bayous, oxbows and low ground. Very little of Ouachita Parish is far from water, and almost nothing about wildlife work here makes sense without starting from that.
Water does two things to this job. It gives semi-aquatic animals: nutria, raccoons, opossums, water snakes: continuous corridors that run straight into residential neighbourhoods, so removing one animal from one property is rarely the end of it. And it keeps the ground soft, which is why burrowing damage to banks, bulkheads, pond dams and slab edges is a much larger share of the work here than it is anywhere else on this list.
Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries does not remove nuisance wildlife. It permits operators to do it for a fee, and the permit deliberately excludes four things: deer, bears, migratory birds and alligators. Those need a different route entirely. LDWF also does not lend or rent traps, though some parish animal control offices do keep them, which is worth knowing before you buy one and discover Louisiana requires a licence to use it. LDWF, Nuisance Wildlife Control and Removal
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?
Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries does not remove nuisance wildlife. It permits operators to do it for a fee, and the permit deliberately excludes four things: deer, bears, migratory birds and alligators. Those need a different route entirely. LDWF also does not lend or rent traps, though some parish animal control offices do keep them, which is worth knowing before you buy one and discover Louisiana requires a licence to use it.
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 Monroe, Ouachita Parish and the surrounding towns:
Monroe · West Monroe · Ruston · Bastrop · Sterlington · Farmerville · Rayville · Calhoun. Service areas →
Request a quote
We read every request and pass it to a licensed wildlife operator covering Monroe 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.