ABC Humane Wildlife Control & Prevention

The service is pretty good when you can get it.
So once you can get an appointment, they are very friendly and courteous.
Service is a 4
Price is a 2
Getting the service is a 2
you make the call on what you want, but the appointment process seems easy but not great. Its like an old school cable appointment… we will show up sometime between 9 and 5pm ;)

These folks are outstanding …
We trapped a skunk unintentionally in our yard and ABC responded quickly and with care.
Their phone support was professional, thorough, and helpful with details to keep us from accidentally trapping a skunk again. When the technician arrived, he handed the animal with care and was gone within minutes.
The following day he called to apologize that he hadn’t returned our trap — left it back at the office kind of thing. He went on to give me the office number so I could «talk about his failure» with his boss. He was courteous and genuinely concerned. And he returned the trap the following afternoon. Talk about follow-​up!
These are really good people. I can’t speak for the negative experience of others, but service businesses are tough. For one thing, you can promise a time, but can’t always deliver. That has to be the nature of dealing with a problem that involves wildlife.
Give them a try. Our experience was excellent.

Do you want to wait around for somebody who doesn’t show up or call to say he won’t? Two or three times? Then call these guys.
Do you want to be told (after you are free of raccoons without having them killed and have had the roof repaired by someone else) that they can come over to estimate how much it would be to fix the inside soffet and clear it of coon crap? Then be told that they already have an estimate for that for you. Then you ask for the estimate and they don’t follow up. Then call these guys,
So you call again to ask for the estimate and am told that you they did not include that charge on their original estimate and will be charge $ 150 for a guy to come out and estimate for that? Then call these guys.
Lots of companies give free estimates for attic restoration. Call them instead.

I was put off by the negative reviews, but called for an estimate. I found them to be courteous, thorough (the charges for services were clearly and carefully explained up front), reliable (they confirmed my appointment by return email, called the next morning to give an advisory schedule, called again when it looked like the technician was delayed at another appointment, then arrived as promised.) The tech walked my whole property, explained his view of the issue, gave us lots of useful info about pests and signs in general, told us the skunk we suspected was really a band of chipmunks, and there was no charge for the visit (though I was prepared to pay) because chipmunks are a separate problem and a separate program. I can live with chipmunks, but if a skunk or other varmint appears, my first call will be to these guys. Very professional, knowledgeable, helpful, friendly. A pleasure to deal with. Can’t ask for more.

They did a wonderful job of ridding our home of Raccoons. They were very professional and patient and did a very clean job.

We called ABC Wildlife to address animal sounds we were hearing in the wall of our family room and attic. They said what we had was a mice problem. We bought an expensive plan for them to come a couple times and setout traps and replace the baits.
They came and replaced the bait in the mice traps as agreed. However we continued to hear squirrels (or some other kind of pest) in our attic. Instead of putting bait traps in the attic their answer was to put traps on our roof to trap squirrels. We live in an area with a lot of trees, so I’m guessing hundreds of squirrels run across our roof each day. After a couple days of them picking them up we stopped this — they could place a trap there for the next 10 years and a squirrel will be caught. They put a «temporary» patch on the attic roofline.
We continue to hear animal noises in the attic and saw that their «temporary» patch was duct tape, and after speaking with a customer service rep they «forgot» to come and replace it. Whatever. They came out … and put more duct tape there. They charged us for «sealing the space» but never did. They came out again today to put another «temporary» patch. After I talked to customer service today their term «temporary» means permanent. ???
Save yourself some money and pick another company. We paid all this money and STILL hear animal noises in our attic.

I called ABC Wildlife by the recommendation of the Carol Stream Police. I had a skunk inside my garage that got stuck in the electric wires and couldn’t free himself. Needless to say the reek in the garage and inside my house was horrendous. I called ABC, was told someone would call me back within 15 min, Sure enough I got a call back and was told the technician would be at my house in 25min. He arrived promptly at time promised. He was very professional, courteous, told me exactly how the skunk got inside the garage, what I needed to fix to prevent another incident. The skunk had to be euthanized to get him untangled from the wires. I was charged $ 350. As courteous and professional, and nice as this technician was, I think it was a rip off to charge that amount of money for a skunk removal. I just hope I dont have another horrible experience.

ABC Wildlife is the best! I highly recommend these guys. We had a mice infestation in our new home and Andy and his team corrected the problem. I know their prices seem expensive but they get the job done immediately and they guarantee their work. They do great work and you don’t have to worry about your problem anymore. There is no price for relief and comfort. They have sealed our home and we will never have issues again! I strongly recommend these guys!

they were courteous, prompt etc. I cannot complain about the service. I just cant do $ 75 bucks a trip out when I have olé country buffet on my roof, everyone is welcome, but I pay $ 75 per person. Not working for me.
I’d rather buy a trap for 20 bucks and put it up myself.

Hired ABC to get rid of squirrels in the attic. Even after an onsite inspection, I knew more about the entry and exit points of the squirrels than the people I was talking to at ABC.
The process was long and the communication was pretty poor. Turns out they never sealed off the entrance and exit points. I should not be surprised that we still have squirrels in our attic.
I have hired another company to address the issue and unlike ABC they don’t charge by the squirrel — they charge a flat rate to get results.

DO NOT USE THIS COMPANY!!! They will try to change the contract midstream. In addition they will try to bill you for services you do not need. THEY ARE A RIP OFF!

Wonderful service! Removed an «unwanted visitor» just in time for the holidays. Prompt professional and very knowledgable. Help put my mind at ease and solved the issue to avoid any future «visitors» getting in. I would highly recommend them to any one who needs their service. Thanks again.

KN … I am replying to the reply from ABC… I had this service done a few years ago. I stand by my original comments. Anyone knows if you keep putting food on the roof — it will attract every squirrel and raccoon in the entire neighborhood.
If you have l00% satisfaction guarantee. I’d like to know exactly what you can do about it NOW. Nobody told me about any guarantee. If I had ABC continue to put out traps… that I was charged for EVERY single time… They’d STILL be on my roof with ALL their friends.
I would NEVER call you again. NEVER
RIP OFF

I would not recommend these guys. They WILL rip you off if they can.
We had a squirrel in our wall that they could not get out so they proceeded to set a trap. With in a few days we had the squirrel. They got up on the roof at that time to see if they could find where this squirrel got in. They found a spot they «thought» it had gotten in and set a indicator strip, then put the trap back in our wall. Well within a few more days we had another squirrel in the trap. They got up and check and sure enough the indicator was tripped. So instead of fixing the spot, they reset the indicator and put the trap back in, saying they could not fix the spot at that time. Well between them leaving and postponing our appointment we caught a 3^rd squirrel in the wall… Shocking that the indicator was tripped again. They then proceeded to tell us they could not fix the spot until they were sure there were no more squirrels in the wall… and would have to reset the indicator and trap. I finally said f that, and told them I was looking elsewhere for someone to fix the spot and did within 15 minutes I had someone on the way. They then called back and ALL of sudden decided they could fix it… Shocking…no way.
It cost around $ 90 bucks every time they came to remove the squirrel. They knew that squirrels were getting in and out, and they could rack up easy money by not fixing the hole and telling us that they need to make sure they were all out…
I would not use these guys at all.

Since our village no longer has pest control they recommended ABC. For $ 95 they trapped two skunks. Then quoted me $ 36 a foot (which came out to $ 1600) To prevent them from going under the shed again. Sorry two skunks aren’t worth $ 1800. I bought wire mesh and did it myself for about $ 100 and have been skunk free since.

These guys are great!
It’s the second company we were dealing with (the fist did nothing, but took our money).
Ryan is the specialist who was helping us. I would highly recommend him. We had mice problem in our house. And they came to our place in a very short notice. Ryan answered all of my questions. He even took pictures outside to show me potential points of entry as I couldn’t get outside. I didn’t have to ask him to cover his shoes as the house is very clean, he took care of it fist thing he got inside the house. I had tons of questions about the treatment, different options, prices, etc (as I said it was the second company we had to work with). He answered ALL of them. They sent detailed estimate the next day, including the pictures. He was very nice and professional.
We followed his advice and we don’t have any issues with mice.
I recommend them 100%
Maria T.

I cannot say enough about this company, They have successfully taken care of a squirrel problem, in my attic. I was a paranoid customer who was out of control !!! They took the time to calm me, and do there job, above and beyond what they were paid to due. They are all highly educated on animal control, which is the key of the companies success. I will never call anyone else !!! GREAT EXPERIENCE FOR A HORRIBLE PROBLEM

I found ABC from the wonderful reviews from other Unilocalers, and I have to say I was NOT disappointed! (Thanks Unilocalers!)
We’ve had paper wasps invading our property for the last 6+ years, and all of my pathetic efforts (juice traps, wasp spray) didn’t work. Part of the last straw was when they began making nests inside of the mailbox. Yikes!
I live way out in McHenry, 45+ minutes from Arlington Heights. Still, ABC came and worked their magic. They also located budding wasp nests that I didn’t even notice — 3+ around the perimeter of the back deck, two of which were right by the railing/​steps used often by us AND our 4 dogs. They even came back on super-​short notice and without additional charge when it seemed the first treatment didn’t deter the wasps by those locations.
We paid for the 3+ treatment plan, but they did come out those 4 times. During the aforementioned «short notice» visit, the nice young guy with ABC even stopped on his way to his truck parked a little down the street… came back and sprayed the sidewalk. I guess there were ants there.
All in all, they were very thorough, always courteous on the phone, and communicated extremely well about time frames and whether or not we had to be at home when they sprayed. Heck, they even drove out to BuFu! HIGHLY recommended!

Had a great experience with them last year and will be using them again for squirrel removal. Will also be using their service for animal proofing (that I should have done last year). Prices were on par with other companies.

Per on-​line reviews I found, service sounds standard, but after talking to them and getting pricing, too expensive. Estimate $ 150 dollars. Per animal removal $ 95 dollars, this was the highest pricing I found while calling around.