Your Wildlife Professionals, Inc. provides river otter removal services in Virginia.
Live trapping a river otter is possible, but can be costly and time consuming. We prefer to use lethal traps when removing river otter because of their effectiveness.
Your Wildlife Professionals, Inc. provides river otter removal, river otter control, can get rid of a river otter, and river otter infestations in the counties, cities and towns of Alexandria, Arlington, Bedford, Blacksburg, Bristol, Charlottesville, Covington, Chesapeake, Danville, Fairfax, Fredericksburg, Hampton, Harrisonburg, Lexington, Lynchburg, Loudon, Manassas, Martinsville, Newport News, Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke, Smith Mountain Lake, Staunton, Virginia Beach, Waynesboro, Williamsburg, Winchester, Wytheville, and Yorktown Virginia.
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River otter damage is very evident in most cases and can be very costly at times. Their burrows in manmade earth dams can drain the pond and require renovation of the dam. Their dens will typically cave in on the banks of rivers, creeks, ponds, and lakes. Floating docks will float unevenly due to the removal of the insulation from the dock to create a den. In and on top of floating docks you will find freshwater clam shells that have been eaten. They will also leave an unsightly scat full of fish scales on boat docks that will leave a stain. The mostly costly damage you will find is the leftover carcasses from stocked grass carp and catfish.
Your Wildlife Professionals, Inc. can help prevent river otter damage by providing river otter removal or get rid of a river otter in your lake or pond in the counties, cities and towns of Alexandria, Arlington, Bedford, Blacksburg, Bristol, Charlottesville, Covington, Chesapeake, Danville, Fairfax, Fredericksburg, Hampton, Harrisonburg, Lexington, Lynchburg, Loudon, Manassas, Martinsville, Newport News, Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke, Smith Mountain Lake, Staunton, Virginia Beach, Waynesboro, Williamsburg, Winchester, Wytheville, and Yorktown Virginia, we are here to help you.
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Your Wildlife Professionals, Inc. provides river otter identification in Virginia. If you need river otter description, river otter body size, river otter average adult length, river otter average adult weight, weight of river otter at birth, river otter fur color, river otter tracks, river otter scat or poop, or river otter voice & sounds in Alexandria, Arlington, Bedford, Blacksburg, Bristol, Charlottesville, Covington, Chesapeake, Danville, Fairfax, Fredericksburg, Hampton, Harrisonburg, Lexington, Lynchburg, Loudon, Manassas, Martinsville, Newport News, Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke, Smith Mountain Lake, Staunton, Virginia Beach, Waynesboro, Williamsburg, Winchester, Wytheville, and Yorktown Virginia, Your Wildlife Professionals, Inc. is available to solve your river otter problem.
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Description:
A moderately sized elongated mammal. The fur color is dark brown, their neck is the same size as their head, and they have a heavy flat tail that is “V” shaped to the end.
Body Size:
Males are bigger than females.
Ave. Length (Adult): 35” – 53” long. Tail: 11” – 18”
Ave. Weight (Adult): 10 - 25 lbs.
Young at Birth: 6 ounces. Blind, toothless, and dark brown.
Young at 10 days: 1 pound
Young at 35 days: Eyes open.
Young at 10 to 12 weeks: Cubs come out of den.
Young at 4 months: Cubs are weaned.
Voice & Sounds:
Chirp, grunt, growl, snarl, whistle, and often scream. They will also loudly blow air through their nose. Chirping is usually communication among family members.
Other:
River otters are a member of the weasel family, which also includes skunks.
They can swim up to 6 miles per hour and can remain submerged for up to 3 – 4 minutes.
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Your Wildlife Professionals, Inc. considers both the time of year river otters breed, when river otters are born, river otter gestation period, the number of river otters born, river otter weaning period, and the average reproductive age of river otters within their respective geographic region of Virginia prior to controlling river otters in your pond or lake in Alexandria, Arlington, Bedford, Blacksburg, Bristol, Charlottesville, Covington, Chesapeake, Danville, Fairfax, Fredericksburg, Hampton, Harrisonburg, Lexington, Lynchburg, Loudon, Manassas, Martinsville, Newport News, Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke, Smith Mountain Lake, Staunton, Virginia Beach, Waynesboro, Williamsburg, Winchester, Wytheville, or Yorktown Virginia.
Time of Year: Once a year. December to early April. Re-mate immediately after young are born.
Gestation: Unknown. Thought to be 9 -12 months.
Young Born: January to May
Number of Young Born: 2 - 4
Average Reproductive Age: Capable at 1 year. Most breed in their second year.
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Your Wildlife Professionals, Inc. provide removal and control of river otters in residential and commercial ponds and lakes in Virginia. It is not always important to know everything about river otters, but often clients need to know other information about river otters in Virginia. Below is some additional information about river otters, such as river otter habitat, where do river otter live, home range of a river otter, river otter food, river otter habits, average life span of a river otter, and river otter health concerns that you may want to know. If you live in Alexandria, Arlington, Bedford, Blacksburg, Bristol, Charlottesville, Covington, Chesapeake, Danville, Fairfax, Fredericksburg, Hampton, Harrisonburg, Lexington, Lynchburg, Loudon, Manassas, Martinsville, Newport News, Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke, Smith Mountain Lake, Staunton, Virginia Beach, Waynesboro, Williamsburg, Winchester, Wytheville, or Yorktown Virginia and would like to know more about river otter, please give us a call.
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Habitat:
They prefer streams, rivers, ponds, and lakes typically bordered by timber. Areas with a lot of aquatic and shoreline vegetation .
Home:
An above water burrow during the warmer months in a bank, under the roots of large trees, beneath rock ledges, thickets of vegetation, and sometimes an abandon den of a beaver, muskrat, or a woodchuck. During the winter around water, their den entrance will typically be below water.
Home Range:
50 to 100 miles of shoreline
Food:
Predominately on animal foods. They will catch and kill most of their food. In the wild fish and crayfish are their favorite food. Typically in manmade ponds they will feed on grass carp and catfish. Other foods may be frogs, snails, muskrats, shorebirds, aquatic insect larvae, and earthworm. People will often find an abundance of freshwater clam shells on/in their dock or fresh water beach area that otters have eaten and left the shells behind.
Habits:
Mostly nocturnal, but will occasionally come out during the day.
Average Life Span:
Relatively long lived mammals. Up to 19 years.
Health Concerns
Parasites : tapeworms
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Your Wildlife Professionals, Inc. provide river otter removal, river otter control, and river otter pest control in Virginia.
The river otter can adapt to aquatic human environments easily and usually by choice. In these environments river otter easily adapt due to the abundance of food, shelter and the lack of predators. Urban landscapes around lakes or manmade ponds offer the ideal food supply and habitat that river otters will favor. Once a river otter has found a prevalent food source it will look for a den site that is relatively close to that food source. Their home or burrow can be found in a high bank of the stream, pond, lake, or in a floating dock. These burrows will have an abundance of grass and twigs that cover the sub-surface entrance, which is typically an abandoned beaver den. Increases in urbanization in river otter inhabited areas and the overpopulation of river otter in these areas will continue to pose a threat to urban landscapes.
If you need river otter control, river otter removal, to get rid of river otter, get rid of river otter in pond, or to get rid of a river otter infestation in the counties, cities and towns of Alexandria, Arlington, Bedford, Blacksburg, Bristol, Charlottesville, Covington, Chesapeake, Danville, Fairfax, Fredericksburg, Hampton, Harrisonburg, Lexington, Lynchburg, Loudon, Manassas, Martinsville, Newport News, Norfolk, Richmond, Roanoke, Smith Mountain Lake, Staunton, Virginia Beach, Waynesboro, Williamsburg, Winchester, Wytheville, and Yorktown Virginia. Your Wildlife Professionals, Inc. is here to help you. Please Contact Us to help solve your river otter problem.
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