Amazon Rodent and Wildlife Control

I had the bad fortune recently of winning deer roulette… one chose my backyard to die in. The city would only come remove it if I could get it out to the curb, but lugging a 100+ pound, rotting deer down a rocky hill then up a 50-​yard driveway somehow didn’t appeal to me. Rio happened to be out of town, but was still able to get an associate out to my house that evening for a speedy removal … and not just to the curb, but totally gone. I’m hoping no more deer conk out in my yard, but will be keeping Amazon Rodent & Wildlife Control in my contacts list just in case.

The best possible experience. Highly recommended! We had trapped a raccoon and wanted him safely relocated to live a long happy life. Rio and his awesome teammate Leah were so kind and compassionate toward the animal and got him settled into his «new trap» with ease. If you have a wildlife issue, and you want to rest assured knowing you’re doing the best thing for the animal, call Rio and Leah!

Excellent service! A snake was caught in my fence line and they were at my house quickly after I called even though they were 45 miles away from my location. Very professional and knowledgeable. I’d recommend them for any wildlife issues.

As I sit here in front of my fireplace with it’s roaring fire going, I cannot help but think how grateful I am that I found Rio! After hearing a critter in my fireplace one Saturday, I called around 5 different businesses only to get either an answering machine or an overpriced fee for coming out just to asses the situation. When I finally spoke with Rio, he took the time to explain to me what the situation probably was, how long it would take and the earliest he could get out to help me. He was knowledgeable on what type of chimney I had and advised not to build a fire in case the critter was one that would combust! After a few days of not hearing any movement, I gave him a call back and he was out there that afternoon to remove the animal for me. Very professional and knowledgeable about his job, I would use him again! (hopefully won’t have to, however, as he covered up the hole the critter fell through, only after telling me if I wanted to he would be happy to show me how to do it myself!!!). Great service!

To update, I just received a very threatening call from Rio about this Unilocal review! He immediately began yelling at me, screaming that my review is trying to «ruin» his business. Before I got a chance to answer, he threatened me «If you want to make me out to be a monster, I can show you what a monster is like! You take that Unilocal review down in an hour or else!» He then hung up. Nice. I am scared that I let this man in our house and that he knows where we live. I am nervous about our pets now and our children after his threat; and after paying a total of over $ 1400 to him and his partner (whose work he initially said he ‘guarantees’), we still have rodents and he says that we never hired him. What? We have over $ 1400 in checks to prove otherwise. Unfortunately all we have to show for it is ugly metal flashing bolted to our chimney and garage sides… and the rodents!
I am now learning that the best and most humane way of ridding your house of rodents is to either spray peppermint oil extract or fox urine in your attic, so we oredered both from Amazon and are going to try to do this ourselves. Apparently the peppermint smell confuses their strong sense of smell and can disorient rats so they tend to stay away from that smell, and the fox is a natural predator, so that scares them away as well. We will see if this works. I wish I had discovered this before we paid Rio $ 1400!

I will never use anyone else! I have lived in my 1950’s home for over 22 years and have had rodent problems several times. I have used individuals and big companies to iradicate them and seal my house. This time around, for a raccoon and rat problem, I called Rio and Leah. I’ve never been more satisfied with a home service. They are friendly, easy to work with, and Rio is a zoologist, and an expert on animal behavior. My house is finally sealed properly. Racoons trapped, rats gone and I will never call anyone else again and actually may never need to. If I could give more stars, I would.

Rio is friendly, helpful, professional, and VERY knowledgable… Not just about issues related to critters. Even if we didn’t have an animal in the attic I would have been happy to have him out to inspect the house just to pick his brain about house maintenance. He knows his stuff.
Don’t waste your time with a service that will come out and try to sell you all sorts of services and subscriptions you don’t need. Call Amazon.

Rio and his wife are awesome! Our rat problem was over in a week… his rat removal plan is pretty genius! He really knows how these animals think/​behave, so he knows how to get rid of them! On top of that they are totally nice and available for phone and text questions along the way…

I have been trying to trap armadillos this month and today, I was surprised to see I had trapped a skunk. I’m smart enough to stay away from a trapped skunk. I called around and spotted Rio’s business. He re-​arranged his schedule to get out to my house on short order so the trapped skunk wouldn’t get too p.o.‘d and start squirting everything and stinking up the neighborhood. He transferred the skunk from my cage to his cage and put it in the back of his truck. Tio spent time examining my yard and the armadillo damage and then shared how best to set up a trap to capture armadillos. I really appreciated that he went out of the way to assist me in my own trapping.
Rio is a wonderful person to talk to, very personable. He’s licensed by the State of Texas and he’s a trained zoologist. What more could you ask for!

Rio and his wife are really cool, easy and professional to work with. Rio’s ideas worked, and we always felt like he was helping us solve the problem and not exaggerating it or trying to make money off us. I would recommend him to anyone.

Rio offered to come and solve my problem, even though 3 other professionals had tried and failed to locate the dead rat hidden somewhere in my wall! He and his wife were professional and worked longer than anyone else, and even though the problem was actually a plumbing issue, meaning the rat was not found in the wall, but in the pipes! I would recommend him! He worked extremely hard, and was the one who solved the mystery for us. He kept his word and did not charge me since he could not remove the dead rat.

I have also used Rio at Amazon and was just amazed at how he would just walk up to a opposum and pick it right up by the tail! I don’t think anyone else in Austin does exactly what he does which is take of your problem, but is also takes care of the animal too!