Muskrat Control, Trapping & Removal Services
We can rid you of Muskrat problems safely and efficiently
While muskrats are important for their wetland plant control, they also create problems in manmade bodies of water. In states that farm rice, fish, and sea plants, losses caused by these pests often exceed $1 million per year. Furthermore, muskrats cause serious issues for homeowners around buildings, ditches, and ponds.
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Muskrats are large rodents with thick, shiny fur that ranges in color from reddish brown to dark brown. They are strong swimmers, with webbed feet and scaly tails that act like rudders. The pests can grow up to two feet long and weigh up to four pounds. They are often mistaken for beavers, though their tails are longer and skinnier.
DIET
Water plants such as cattails, rushes, sedges, and pondweeds are muskrats’ main food source. However, they’ll also eat crayfish, frogs, snails, and fish. Their feeding is vital to wetland ecosystems since it opens up nesting places for water birds and controls the spread of cattails.
HABITAT
Muskrats prefer habitats with lots of plant life and a nearby water source. Although they naturally live in marshes, they can also thrive along ponds, lakes, rivers, streams, drainage channels, and canals. Much like beavers, muskrats build dome-shaped nests called lodges out of leaves, stems, and mud. Lodges can be up to eight feet wide and five feet high.
