Raccoons and their increasing numbers in urban areas have resulted in diverse reactions in humans, ranging from outrage at their presence to deliberate feeding. Some wildlife experts and most public authorities caution against feeding wild animals because they might become increasingly obtrusive and dependant on humans as a food source. Raccoons usually do not prey on domestic cats and dogs, but individual cases of killings have been reported. While overturned waste containers and raided fruit trees are just a nuisance to homeowners, it can cost several thousand dollars to repair damage caused by the use of attic space as dens. Relocating or killing raccoons without a permit is forbidden in many urban areas on grounds of animal welfare. These methods usually only solve problems with particularly wild or aggressive individuals, since adequate dens are either known to several raccoons or will quickly be rediscovered. Typically, though, only precautionary measures to restrict access to food waste and denning sites are effective in the long term.

Opossums are usually solitary and nomadic, staying in one area as long as food and water are easily available. Some families will group together in ready-made burrows or even under houses. As nocturnal animals, they favor dark, secure areas. These areas may be below ground or above. When threatened or harmed, they will "play possum", mimicking the appearance and smell of a sick or dead animal. The lips are drawn back, teeth are bared, saliva foams around the mouth, and a foul-smelling fluid is secreted from the anal glands. The physiological response is involuntary, rather than a conscious act. The animal will regain consciousness after a period of minutes or hours and escape. Adult opossums do not hang from trees by their tails, though babies may dangle temporarily. Instead, the opossum uses its tail as a brace and a fifth limb when climbing. The tail is occasionally used as a grip to carry bunches of leaves or bedding materials to the nest. A mother will sometimes carry her young on her back, where they will cling tightly even when she is climbing or running. Threatened opossums (especially males) will growl deeply, raising their pitch as the threat becomes more urgent. When separated or distressed, baby opossums will make a sneezing noise to signal their mother. If threatened, the baby will open its mouth and quietly hiss until the threat is gone.

Behind their neck are small scales which resemble spikes, known as tuberculate scales. They also have a large round scale on their cheek known as a subtympanic shield. Iguanas have excellent vision and are able to see shapes, shadows, color and movement at long distances. Iguanas use their eyes to navigate through crowded forests, as well as for finding food. They also use visual signals to communicate with members of the same species. They respond to visual stimulus of colors such as orange, yellow, pink, and in rare cases blue as food substances. An iguana's ear is known as the tympanum. It is the iguana's ear drum, and is located right above the subtympanic shield and behind the eye. The color green helps as a mode of hiding. Iguanas carry the salmonella virus< and spreads it to children and pets by defecating on lawns, side walks, and sea walls. Iguanas love fruits and vegetables and can become a big nuisance to farmers and home gardeners.

Armadillos have short legs but can move quite quickly, and have the ability to remain underwater for as long as six minutes. Because of the density of its armor, an armadillo will sink in water unless it inflates its stomach and intestines with air, which often doubles its size and allows it to swim across narrow bodies of water. Armadillos are prolific diggers. Many species use their sharp claws to dig for food, such as grubs, and to dig dens. The Nine-banded Armadillo prefers to build burrows in moist soil near the creeks, streams, and arroyos around which it lives and feeds. The diet of different armadillo species varies, but consists mainly of insects, grubs, and other invertebrates. Some species, however, are almost entirely formicivorous (feeding mainly on ants).Armadillos have poor vision. The armor is formed by plates of dermal bone covered in relatively small, overlapping epidermal scales called "scutes", composed of bone with a covering of horn. In most species, there are rigid shields over the shoulders and hips, with a number of bands separated by flexible skin covering the back and flanks. Additional armor covers the top of the head, the upper parts of the limbs, and the tail. The underside of the animal is never armored, and is simply covered with soft skin and fur

The most common nuisance rats are the Norway rat, also known as the Brown Rat, and the Black Rat, also known as the Roof Rat. Rats are commonly associated with urban areas, but can adapt in to the wild with little to no difficulties. They will go wherever they can to find food and shelter, and that often includes residential and commercial buildings. Although they may have a large appearance, they need only a hole the size of a quarter to fit through. Roof rats will consume many different types of plant and animal foods such as insects, fruits, grains, pet food and much much more. They also contaminate food by urinating and defecating on or around food or food work stations. Rats are well-known carriers of many different diseases, and it has been reported that rats bite more than fifteen thousand people per year including but not limited to young children and the elderly. Rats are primarily nocturnal and do most of their damage at night time. Roof rats tend to live most of their lives high off the ground, and they love to live in attics, in walls, and even under houses. Even though they often live for less than a year, they can breed in large quantities. Which makes for a ever growing rat problem.

Squirrels are generally clever and persistent animals. In residential neighborhoods, they are notorious for eating out of bird feeders, digging in planting pots and flower beds to pull out bulbs which they chew on or to either bury or recover seeds and nuts and for inhabiting sheltered areas including attics and basements. Squirrels use their keen sense of smell to locate buried nuts and can dig extensive holes in the process. Birds, especially crows, will watch a squirrel bury a nut and will dig it up as soon as the squirrel leaves. Although expert climbers, and primarily arboreal, squirrels also thrive in urban environments. Squirrels are sometimes considered pests because of their propensity to chew on various edible and inedible objects. This characteristic trait aids in maintaining sharp teeth, and because their teeth grow continuously, prevents over-growth. Homeowners in areas with a heavy squirrel population must keep attics and basements carefully sealed to prevent property damage caused by nesting squirrels. A squirrel nest is called a "drey".

Wild boars live in groups called sounders. Sounders typically contain around 20 animals, but groups of over 50 have been seen. In a typical sounder there are two or three sows and their offspring; adult males are not part of the sounder outside of a breeding cycle, two to three per year, and are usually found alone. Birth, called farrowing, usually occurs in a secluded area away from the sounder; a litter will typically contain 8–12 piglets. The animals are usually nocturnal, foraging from dusk until dawn but with resting periods during both night and day. They eat almost anything they come across, including grass, nuts, berries, carrion, roots, tubers, refuse, insects, small reptiles—even young deer and lambs. Boars are the only hoofed animals known to dig burrows. If surprised or cornered, a boar (and particularly a sow with her piglets) can and will defend itself and its young with intense vigor. The male lowers its head, charges, and then slashes upward with his tusks. The female, whose tusks are not visible, charges with her head up, mouth wide, and bites. Such attacks are not often fatal to humans, but may result in severe trauma, dismemberment, or blood loss

The Red Fox is primarily active at dawn and dusk with a tendency to becoming nocturnal in areas of great human interference. It is generally a solitary hunter. Red Foxes are generally considered to be the most serious predator of free range poultry. The Red Fox helps farmers by preying on animals that damage crops but is considered to be a pest by farmers involved in poultry farming. If a fox catches more food than it can eat, it will bury the extra food to store it for later. Socially, the fox communicates with body language and a variety of vocalizations. Its vocal range is quite large and its noises vary from a distinctive three-yip "lost call" to a shriek reminiscent of a human scream. It also communicates with scent, marking food and territorial boundary lines with urine and feces. Like other wild animals, foxes are considered vectors of disease.

The Bobcat resembles other species of the Lynx genus but is on average the smallest of the four. Its coat is variable, though generally tan to grayish brown, with black streaks on the body and dark bars on the forelegs and tail. Its spotted patterning acts as camouflage. The ears are black-tipped and pointed, with short black tufts. There is generally an off-white color on the lips, chin, and under parts. Bobcat activities are confined to well-defined territories, which vary in size depending on sex and the distribution of prey. The home range is marked with feces, urine scent, and by clawing prominent trees in the area. In its territory the Bobcat will have numerous places of shelter: usually a main den, and several auxiliary shelters on the outer extent of its range, such as hollow logs, brush piles, thickets, or under rock ledges. Bobcats are usually have a very aggressive behavior so please DO NOT APPROACH ANY BOBCAT OR BABCAT DEN!

All snakes are strictly carnivorous, eating small animals including lizards, other snakes, small mammals, birds, eggs, fish, snails or insects. Because snakes cannot bite or tear their food to pieces, a snake must swallow its prey whole. The body size of a snake has a major influence on its eating habits. Smaller snakes eat smaller prey. For Example, juvenile pythons might start out feeding on lizards or mice and graduate to small deer or antelope as an adult. The part of the body which is in direct contact with the surface of the ground is very sensitive to vibration, thus a snake is able to sense other animals approaching through detecting faint vibrations in the air and on the ground. Pit vipers, pythons, and some boas have infrared-sensitive receptors in deep grooves between the nostril and eye, although some have labial pits on their upper lip just below the nostrils (common in pythons) which allow them to "see" the radiated heat. Infrared sensitivity helps snakes locate nearby prey, especially warm-blooded mammals. DO NOT APPROACH ANY SNAKE! Many species of snakes are venomous!

Large male alligators are solitary, territorial animals. Smaller alligators can often be found in large numbers in close proximity to each other. The largest of the species (both males and females), will defend prime territory; smaller alligators have a higher tolerance of other alligators within a similar size class. Although alligators have heavy bodies and slow metabolisms, they are capable of short bursts of speed, especially in very short lunges. Alligators' main prey is smaller animals that they can kill and eat with a single bite. Alligators may kill larger prey by grabbing it and dragging it in the water to drown. Alligators consume food that cannot be eaten in one bite by allowing it to rot or by biting and then spinning or convulsing wildly until bite-size chunks are torn off. This is referred to as the "death roll.” Critical to the alligator's ability to initiate a death roll, the tail must flex to a significant angle relative to its body. Immobilizing an alligator's tail incapacitates its ability to begin a death roll. An average adult American alligator's weight and length is 800 pounds and 13 feet long, but can grow to 14.5 feet long and weigh 1,032 pounds. The average lifespan of an Alligator is 50 years. The alligator is notorious for its bone crushing bite. DO NOT APPROACH ANY ALLIGATOR!

Most bats are nocturnal and are active at twilight. A large portion of bats migrate hundred of kilometers to winter hibernation dens, some pass into torpor in cold weather, rousing and feed when warm weather allows for insects to be active. Others retreat to caves for winter and hibernate for six months. Bats rarely fly in rain as the rain interferes with their echo location, and they are unable to locate their food. In emitting high-pitched sounds and listening to resultant echoes, the process used in radar technology, bats are able to locate prey and nearby objects. This is the process known as echolocation, the ability they similarly share with dolphins and whales. Although the eyes of most bat species are small and poorly developed, leading to poor visual acuity, none of them are blind. Vision is used to navigate bats especially for long distances when beyond the range of echolocation. It has even been discovered that some species are able to detect ultraviolet light. They also have a high quality sense of smell and hearing. Bats hunt at night to avoid competition with birds, and travel large distances at most 800 km, in their search for food. The teeth of bats resemble insectivores. They are very sharp to bite through the hardened armor of insects or the skin of fruit.

Deceased wildlife can cause many problems in home or businesses. One of the most obvious problems is the very foul odor that occurs during the decomposition of the animal. This can be an irritation to say the least and it can also bring your business or daily life to a complete halt. Dead wildlife also carries many diseases which can be contracted by humans and/or their pets. The bodies of the deceased wildlife will eventually be a breeding ground for fly larva and other insects which use the deceased animal for food. This is just unsanitary and needs to be handled with proper, professional, and delicate care to be sure the spread of diseases doe not occur. One other problem this can cause is attracting other opportunist wildlife to the area for an “easy meal” this can lead to there permanent stay or even there own demise. We urge you not to try to clean or remove the dead wildlife with out the proper material for you and your family pet’s protection.