Beavers are often called Natures Engineers; a family of beavers can turn a stream into a lake in no time. Beavers tend to do the most damage to homeowners via flooding or the potentials of flooding. They have also been known to saw down a few of your favorite trees to build themselves a rather large dam. Many of the beavers we catch in Wisconsin are well over 60 lbs.
One neat aspect of a beavers is that they are monogamous and will mate for life! They do not breed until they are two to three years old. A beaver will have one litter per year and typically have 1 – 6 kits per year. Studies have been done to prove that the availability of food appears to affect the size of the litter. That is a pretty common theme among other animals we remove as well. Each established beaver “colony” consists of adult parents, and two years of offspring.
It is common to see bark stripped off of tree trunks near the ground in areas that are populated with beaver. A beaver’s favorite meal is twigs from aspens, poplars, and alders. Beaver also enjoy eating water grasses, fleshy roots, and water lilies.
Beavers are the most unique wildlife in Wisconsin due to the fact that they will remodel their environment to suit their needs. Most calls we receive regarding beavers are due to them damming up small streams to create a pond where they then build a lodge for a nice home. You can actually find canals and runways used to transport building materials and food back to the pond! Beaver dams can be as big as 15-feet wide and 7 feet high.
Advanced Wildlife Control methods for control:
Customers in southeastern Wisconsin call us to get rid of their beavers, but it isn’t an easy job. Often times we need to use a canoe to get to the dam and set the appropriate cages. We cannot relocate beavers due to the fact they might find their way back to your river. AWC is one of the few companies equipped to handle all of your beaver control needs.
DID YOU KNOW?
A single beaver can cut down 200 trees in a year. The largest beaver ever caught, weighed an amazing 110 lbs. Take a guess at which state that was from, Wisconsin of course.