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The things people ask before they book, answered without the parts that depend on somebody guessing.
That is agreed with you on the call, around your availability and the operator’s. No arrival window is published on this site, because a site that names one is guessing on someone else’s behalf.
The ones that turn up dead on Ohio properties: raccoons, squirrels, opossums, groundhogs, rats and mice, birds, cats and dogs, and deer. If you are unsure what you have, describe it and you will get an answer either way.
Ask on the call. Skunks are the one category where the answer depends on the operator rather than on the job, so it is worth confirming before you count on it rather than after.
For anything outdoors, usually not, as long as the animal can be reached and you have agreed the price. Anything inside a building needs someone to let the operator in.
It is dealt with as part of the job. Fluid soaks into soil, decking, insulation and stored material, and leaving that behind is the usual reason a place still smells after something has already been removed.
Not in any way that lasts. Products that work on the air in a room do not do anything to the source, so the smell returns on whatever schedule it was already on. Finding it is the job.
That is a real outcome for anything sealed inside a wall or ceiling cavity, and you should agree in advance what happens if it turns out to be the case. What you get is the location, established as precisely as it can be, so the decision about opening anything is yours to make with information.
Neither. This is a private, paid service with no affiliation to the City of Canton, Stark County, ODOT or ODNR. Where the animal is on public ground, the responsible authority is the one that maintains that road, and it may cost you nothing.
An independent operator who covers Canton and Stark County. This site advertises the service and passes on the enquiry. Questions about their equipment, insurance or experience are fair, and they are the right person to ask.
Yes, and a good share of these calls come from someone who does not live at the address. A tenant can let the operator in while the invoice goes to the owner or the managing agent.
The spot you suspect, the day you first noticed something, whether it is indoors or out, and an address or ZIP. That is usually the whole conversation.
Not inside Canton. Section 975.09(c) of the city ordinances states that no person shall place any dead animal or parts thereof in a container for collection, and Section 521.08 makes dumping it elsewhere an offence that names dead animals directly. What Ohio law does allow is set out on the pickup page.
Anything not covered here is a short phone call. If your question is about who is responsible for an animal in a road, that page sets out what the official sources do and do not say.