Wild animals only. For stray dogs & cats, call your municipal animal control
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Wildlife Removal in Mercer County, NJ

Mercer County work runs out of our second office at 400 Riverview Plaza in Trenton, so Trenton, Hamilton, and Ewing calls are local calls, not a long haul up from South Jersey. Rowhome rodent work, suburban attic squirrels, and everything between, handled the same way everywhere: humanely, with warrantied exclusion.

Brandon Stein, owner of Acorn Wildlife, with a wrapped service truck

This is the Mercer County hub for our wildlife removal service. Your town pages are linked below, along with the county's species pressure and the right agency for stray dogs and cats, which is never us and always worth knowing.

Brandon Stein carefully holding a young raccoon during a humane removal

Humane removal — every animal handled with care.

What We Get Called for Most in Mercer County

Short answer: Mercer County splits cleanly. Trenton's brick rowhomes drive rat and mouse work: shared walls, old cellars, and alley lines mean rodent jobs succeed only when the sealing is thorough. Hamilton and Ewing are attic country, with squirrels and raccoons working the postwar housing stock, plus bat colonies in the older neighborhoods near the Delaware and the canal.

Trenton Rowhomes

Attached brick housing with hundred-year-old cellars is rodent territory. One open joist bay or utility gap serves a whole row, which is why we map the full gap line instead of baiting one kitchen. Raccoons work the alleys and flat roofs too.

Hamilton's Postwar Spread

Hamilton is Mercer's biggest suburb, and its 1950s-to-1970s housing is aging into prime squirrel and raccoon habitat: original gable vents, tired soffit returns, and mature oaks over every roof.

Ewing and the Campus Edge

Ewing mixes postwar tracts with older neighborhoods near the college. We see squirrel and bat pressure in the older sections, and steady groundhog work along the open corridors near the Shabakunk creeks.

The River and Canal Corridors

The Delaware riverfront and the D&R Canal greenway are wildlife highways through the county. Homes backing the canal path or the river parks see more raccoon, skunk, and opossum traffic than the block behind them.

Every Mercer County job includes a photo-documented inspection, humane removal, and exclusion repairs under our Seal-Tight Warranty.

Mercer County Towns We Serve

Stray Dogs and Cats in Mercer County

Feral cat colonies are a real presence in parts of Trenton, and they generate a lot of calls to us that belong with animal control or a trap-neuter-return group. Send a photo if you are not sure what is under the porch. Wild, and we schedule you from the Trenton office. Domestic, and we hand you the right number instead of a bill.

Short answer: Acorn Wildlife handles wild animals only. For a stray or injured dog or cat in the city, contact Trenton Animal Control; in Hamilton, Ewing, and the rest of the county, call your municipal animal control officer or health department. Domestic animals are their jurisdiction, with the shelter space and legal authority we do not have.

Response Times from Our Trenton Office

Our office at 400 Riverview Plaza puts all three Mercer towns within a short local drive, so this county does not wait behind our South Jersey routes. An animal loose in your living space gets priority and often a same-day visit; standard inspections in Trenton, Hamilton, and Ewing book within the week, Mon–Fri 8am–5pm with weekends by appointment.

Mercer County Wildlife FAQs

How fast can you get to my Mercer County home?
Fast, because we are already here: the Riverview Plaza office makes Trenton, Hamilton, and Ewing local runs. Living-space emergencies usually get same-day service, and standard inspections book within the week. Call or Text (856) 398-1028 with what you are hearing and where.
Who takes stray dogs and cats in Mercer County?
Trenton Animal Control inside the city, and your municipal animal control officer in Hamilton, Ewing, and the surrounding townships. Acorn Wildlife is wild-animals-only, so we route every domestic call to them and keep the raccoons, rats, squirrels, and bats for ourselves.

Mercer County, Your Local Office Is Open

Same-week inspections from Riverview Plaza. Humane, warrantied, owner-operated.