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Now I have seen it all. The town of Orleans (Outer Cape Cod) has installed Ultrasonic Sound emitting devices in parking lots to prevent teenagers from loitering. Don’t believe me? Read it for yourself in this morning’s Cape Cod Times. If it wasn’t bad enough that the Ultrasonic manufacturers are polluting the pest control industry with their phony devices now some clever company is marketing a product that will drive away teenagers? Maybe i’m a bit sensitive to the subject as I remove these foolish devices from attics on a weekly basis. The scenario we usually see goes something like this:

Customer notices that they have an animal problem in their attic. Goes online and finds these wonderful devices that claim to “drive all animals out of their home using ultrasonic sound and not injure a single animal!” Customer then spends anywhere from $60-$200 on these devices and sets them up in their attic. After putting up with the animals for about two weeks they realize that their miracle devices don’t work and then they call us. So the customer is out $60-$200 before they even begin to get their problem solved. After that they usually just throw these things away or ask me to do it. I wish I would have started saving these foolish devices years ago because I would probably have a pile of them the size of a school bus by now and it would make for a pretty cool picture.

Don’t take my word for it. After all I have a vested interest in this situation. Visit this link and see what the Federal Trade Commission has to say about these fraudulent Ultrasonic devices.

I’m truly sorry if this post offends the Ultrasonic Device Community. Hopefully you will still reap enough profits from your “Burn fat while you sleep!” line of products and my little rant won’t effect your bottom line.

Matt Grady

www.BatGuys.com

About a month ago I had a journalist from the Boston Phoenix contact me about an article that he wanted to write. The article would be about a typical “day in the life” of a wildlife removal technician. It would require that he ride along with me for at least a day to conduct some research, to ask me a bunch of questions and most importantly to get a first-hand look at exactly what I do. The journalist’s name was James Parker. After a few emails I agreed to his proposition and we setup a day to get together.
In the days before he came out to work with me I had several ideas on how I would mess with him. Mike and I talked about several different things I could do to scare the crap out of this poor guy that had no idea what he was getting into. First I was going to release several squirrels inside my van so that we’d be driving down the highway and a squirrel would jump up on his lap. Then I thought that I would stack up about two dozen empty beer cans against the passenger side door so that when he opened the door to get in they would all fall at his feet. I was also going to fill up a flask with water and start drinking from it at 7am as we were doing 80mph on rt 128. “Want a swig James?” ;o)

In the end I decided against all my sinister ideas and i’m glad I did. I think that the joke would have been on me as I doubt that James would have been taken back or shocked by any of it. Ya see James isn’t the stereotypical journalist. He is a young guy in his mid 30’s and was not at all what I expected. Would you expect a journalist to stand beside you in a tight crawlspace while you wrestle and angry and violent raccoon into a trap that is only a few feet from him? Well that’s exactly what he did…….twice! James also asked some very intelligent questions and to my surprise he didn’t get on my nerves at all during the course of the day. I enjoyed working with him and he even bought my lunch at The Purple Cactus in Jamaica Plain. What more could I ask for?

When it was all said and done James took in everything that he saw that day and turned it into a great article. I was very impressed with his ability to write. The article can be found here:

http://thephoenix.com/Article.aspx?id=59459&page=1

Matt Grady

www.BatGuys.com

On Wednesday March 26th we encountered our first juvenile raccoons in an attic in Sandwich Ma. It’s nice to see the raccoons in this area making a comeback. The Cape Cod Canal region has been hit very hard with the rabies virus in recent years.

I’m looking forward to more of these jobs in the upcoming months. Raccoons are by far the most challenging animals that we deal with.  Check out our raccoon removal page to see some photos and videos from last spring.

Matt Grady

www.BatGuys.com