Grand Rapids · Kent and Ottawa counties
Dead animal removal for Grand Rapids homes
Something died under the deck, in the crawl space, at the edge of the woods behind the house. An operator comes out, finds it, takes it away and disposes of it properly, and tells you the price first.
Or request a callback with the form. Either way you speak to the person doing the work.
The situations that come up here
Under the deck, by the shed, on the lawn
The suburbs east and south of the city back onto woods, and animals come out of them to die in the open. A raccoon under a Cascade deck, an opossum beside a shed in Kentwood. Visible and reachable, so the shortest job.
In the crawl space or the attic
Ranches with a crawl space, older two-storeys in Heritage Hill and Eastown with attic access. A carcass in a space a person can enter is recovered, along with the insulation or soil it was lying on.
A deer on the property
Lots that border woods and the river corridor get deer, and deer die. On your land it is a private job. On US-131, I-96, M-6 or a county road it is a road agency's.
A smell you cannot trace
Worth a visit when it points at a space someone can get into. Not worth one for a mouse sealed in a wall, and that page is plain about which is which.
How the job runs
You describe it
Where the property is, where on it the animal is, whether a person can reach it. Species is optional.
You get a price
On the call for most jobs. If what the operator finds differs, it is re-quoted before any work.
It is removed
Bagged, taken away and disposed of under Michigan's dead-animal rules. Soiled material around it usually goes too.
You are told what was found
Including where it got in, if that was visible, and anything that was not found.
Street, or your property
The City of Grand Rapids takes reports of a dead animal in the street through 311, the grcity311 app, or 616-456-3000, for locations inside the city limits. Its page says that for an animal on private property you will have to call, rather than use the app. What the city does about a carcass in a private yard is a question for that number; nothing on its page commits it to collecting one.
Beyond the city, the Michigan Department of Transportation removes carcasses that are a hazard on US-131, I-96, I-196, M-6 and the other state routes, reported through its regional office. County roads sit with the county road commission, in MDOT's own words.
On your own property, Michigan's Bodies of Dead Animals Act puts disposal on you, within 24 hours, and burial has to be at least two feet down. Most people would rather hand that to somebody with a truck.
What this line does not do
Cut into finished walls or ceilings for a mouse or rat. Trap live animals. Handle pets. Report roadkill on the city's behalf.
Where a small rodent has died inside a finished wall with no way to reach it, the wall is not opened. The odor eases on its own as decomposition runs its course.
Communities
Grand Rapids, East Grand Rapids, Wyoming, Kentwood, Walker, Grandville, Ada, Cascade, Rockford, Byron Center, Caledonia, Hudsonville, Jenison and more. The list.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Tell us where it is and get a price
Property, spot on the property, and whether it can be reached. Enough for a quote on most jobs.