Wild Animal Pest Control Denver - 720-251-4660

Wildlife Trapping

When it's necessary to remove animals, we focus on humane and effective trapping and relocation.

Home Repairs

A critical step - the identification and repair of any and all wildlife entry points into the home.

Animals in Attic

We specialize in the removal of animals in the attic - squirrels, raccoons, rats, mice, bats, and more.

No Poisons!

We never use poisons in any part of our wildlife control, including rodent control. Poisons don't work!

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We are Denver Wildlife, and we solve conflicts between people and wild animals. From squirrels in your attic, to raccoons in your trash, to bats, rats, birds, and snakes, we do it all. We specialize in safe and effective solutions to Colorado critter problems. We service the greater Denver region, and we offer fast service - we can usually schedule a same-day appointment. Give us a call at 720-251-4660 any time, 24/7, and we will discuss your unique wild animal problem, and give you a free price quote over the phone. We're ready to take your call now!

Our service range: We service Arapahoe County, Jefferson County, Adams County, Douglas County, Broomfield County, Elbert County, Park County, Clear Creek County, Gilpin County, and more. We also service Arvada, Aurora, Centennial, Lakewood, Thorton, Westminster, Berkley, Brighton, Castle Rock, Columbine, Commerce City, Englewood, Federal Heights, Golden, Greenwood Village, Highlands Ranch, Ken Caryl, Littleton, Northglenn, Parker, Sherrelwood, Welby, Wheat Ridge, and more.

Denver Wildlife Education: Do Squirrels Remember Where They Bury Nuts?

To begin with, not all squirrels bury nuts to store for winter. It’s the gray squirrel, which is the most common squirrel in North America, which buries its nuts to save them for later. The red squirrel also lives in North and South America, but can also be found in Japan and the Middle East.



The red squirrel stores its food in a midden, or central location within their home turf. The midden can be located in the forks of tree branches, in a tree hollow, or under a pile of leaves. But the gray squirrel buries its nuts and acorns in a number of locations within a given territory.

Finding by Smell
It has long been thought that squirrels can find the places where they buried their nuts or acorns by scent. And scent does factor in to the rediscovery of the nut caches. A squirrel can tell its own nut caches from that of another squirrel’s by the scent. But scent alone isn’t always enough to help a hungry squirrel find its dinner. If the ground is covered with snow, or is too dry, the squirrel can still find its own food cache.

Finding by Memory
Through scientific studies, it is now known that squirrels often use their spatial memory find their own food caches. One study used several squirrels that were each given ten nuts to bury. Each squirrel was released to bury their nuts, and then later, after two, four, and twelve days, they were released again to go find their nuts. Although all the squirrels had buried all their nuts in a relatively small, enclosed outdoor area, they all retrieved a significantly higher number of their own nuts than those belonging to the other squirrels. It seems that they can remember some of the places they bury their nuts, but distinguish their caches from other squirrels’ caches by scent. Some think they use landmarks to recall the locations of the caches. Some think that they bury the nuts in a sort of pattern that helps them remember where they are.

Found and Lost
Squirrels have been observed digging up food caches they have previously buried, examining the nuts or acorns, apparently to make sure they are still good, and then reburying them. Obviously, no squirrel retrieves all of the nuts or acorns it buries. But this is a good thing, because then new trees grow up from the buried seeds.

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