Iguana Removal
After We Assess your Home Or Business, Our Team Of Professionals Will Implement Strategic Strategies For Effective Iguana Removal Results.
Overview of Iguana Removal
Imagine investing thousands of dollars landscaping your beautiful South Florida home. Life is good, and you cannot wait to relax and enjoy what your local environment offers. You have to go away on business for a few days, but that’s okay, you can chill out when you get home and enjoy your garden oasis. You, too, cannot help but feel ecstatic at the thought of lounging on that luxurious chair in your pool, perhaps with a drink in hand and music enveloping your senses. How exciting is all of this?
You return from your trip and walk into your garden and find out that your heavenly oasis has been destroyed. There is nothing but carnage all around. You look over to your pool and find fecal matter all around. That vision that you held in your mind is now destroyed. What in the hell has happened to your home?
Iguanas Destroyed Your Home and the Environment
What just happened was that your home was invaded by iguanas and this invasive species wreaked havoc on your home. Iguanas cost South Florida homeowners millions of dollars worth of damage every year. Weather.com reports that burrowing iguanas have caused $1.8 million in damage to homes and landscapes in West Palm Beach alone. Think about what that means for you as a homeowner or business owner. Your greatest investment has another invasive invader to consider that it causes damage quicker than a termite infestation. In one homeowner’s case, Iguanas destroyed a landscaped garden in less than a week. That’s a loss of thousands of dollars in landscaping alone. In another case, a sea wall collapsed due to burrowing iguanas. Now here is the big issue. These Iguanas are not native to South Florida. They are in fact, an invasive species that causes an imbalance to native species and serious damage to local areas. One newspaper reported that Iguanas are officially out of control.
The Iguana Removal Solution
The answer to this problem is to remove the Iguanas and reduce the population of this invasive species. Iguana removal is a necessity for every homeowner and business in South Florida. Imagine if we did not remove this species from our environment. The damage would be truly catastrophic when it comes to not only the home environment, but also the local ecosystem. It is therefore imperative that Iguanas are humanely removed to negate this potential disaster.
Wildlife Commander Iguana Removal
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission states that it is necessary to humanely remove and euthanize invasive species like the Iguana. Removing and exterminating these nonnative reptiles is both a legal and ethical obligation, given the risks they pose to the ecosystem. Nonnative reptiles are not protected in Florida except by anti-cruelty law. There are two main considerations that need to be taken into consideration.
- Immediate loss of consciousness. No pain and no suffering for the animal.
- Destruction of the brain by ‘pithing.’ Which destroys the brain in entirety and is humane.
By employing these two techniques, the humane removal of iguanas is guaranteed without causing any harm, while also conforming to both legal regulations and the standards set by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission.
Wildlife Commander Iguana Control specializes in Iguana removal in accordance with all local and state laws and regulations. We ensure that we operate in the most ethical and effective way as possible without disruption of the local environment.
Removal By Trap
We also use humane trapping and due to the uniqueness of every property and its landscape environment. We meticulously devise an effective trapping strategy.
Trapping is utilized on properties where iguanas frequently travel through specific areas, such as swimming pool decks. If iguanas are leaving feces in a specific location around your home or business, we strategically position the trap in that specific area. Our approach involves utilizing a variety of trap types tailored to the specific infestation, including repeating live traps, single traps, and smaller traps designed for smaller iguanas.
Hand Captures
This takes skill and precision, and we find that homeowners love to watch us in action. It can be quite the show when we capture an Iguana by hand. Whether in your home behind the TV or swimming in your pool, it can often be quite the spectacle watching a hand capture. We are very careful and take protective measures as Iguanas are known to whip their tails and scratch with their sharp claws. It is imperative that you use professionals such as Wildlife Commander Iguana Control. We are experts at hand capturing Iguanas and removing them from your property.
Breeding Season
When the breeding season occurs in South Florida, you will definitely know if your property is infested. After female iguanas breed, they dig burrows up to 6 feet deep to lay their eggs, which can be between 20-70. The depth of these burrows can pose a threat to structures like retaining walls and jeopardize the overall structural integrity of your home.
Pole Snare
Some properties require a different strategy due to proximity and home association rules and regulations. Therefore, we also use a Pole snare for iguana removal. To get closer to iguanas without risking their safety or ours, we rely on a remarkable tool – a 20-foot telescopic pole equipped with a snare at its end. This method is humane and does not hurt the iguana while capturing. At times you will find iguana on high places such as trees and roofs, this is when our pole comes in handy. To avoid climbing onto roofs which can cause damage to weak tiles, we simply extended our pole and remove any visible iguanas that may be sunbathing on warm roofs. This method has been very promising especially on properties where certain removal methods are prohibited.
Pellet Rifle
This method is extremely effective where it is allowed throughout South Florida and is used in accordance with local laws and regulations, which state firearms or pre-charged pneumatic (PCP) air guns (muzzle energy of 300 foot-pounds (FPE) recommended)* This is because of the behavior displayed by iguanas who may be very wary of their surroundings and cannot be approached.
During the day you might find iguanas on high tree limbs feasting on fruits, flowers or on palm trees sunbathing. With a pellet rifle, we gain an advantageous position to efficiently shoot down iguanas from a significant distance. Using a pellet rifle in these circumstances would be highly effective, as there are no other viable means to effectively remove them from such elevated positions.
We are very diligent in ensuring safety and use of the rifle at all times. We always strive for accuracy and never compromise anyone’s safety. We only employ these measures when there is no other way to do so. By utilizing this method safely, we can remove iguanas from your home or business.
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Removal Of Iguanas At Night
When the evening arrives, small baby iguanas find shelter on leaves to hide from predators. This is the best time to hand capture these small iguanas since they can be found with flashlights. By removing this new batch of baby iguanas, it can definitely save your tropical plants and avoid an infestation.
Capturing Adult Iguanas At Night
After studying iguana behavior, we decided to use it to our advantage. Iguanas are diurnal meaning they are active during the day and sleep at night on high places. After testing this method, we found iguanas can easily be located at night using bright led head straps on lights. When searching on trees and palm trees, we find iguanas blending into wood and large leaves. But when you shine the light on the iguana, their skin color differs from their surroundings, making them stand out. This method was implemented for properties that have dense vegetation and lots of trees making them harder to locate during the day since they blend in. Once we locate the iguana at night, we remove them by hand capture, snare or pellet rifle. We highly recommend this strategy if your home or business has lots of dense and overgrown trees.