Iguana removal in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Fort Lauderdale is built on water — hundreds of miles of canals branch off the New River and the Intracoastal, and nearly every one of them is an iguana highway. We work the whole city, from the finger isles off Las Olas to the canal-front blocks of Rio Vista and Coral Ridge.
Same-day
7 days a week
$125+
single visit, no contract
5.0
123+ Google reviews
Licensed
insured · FWC-compliant
Where iguanas cause trouble in Fort Lauderdale
Our busiest Fort Lauderdale calls are on the isles — Las Olas Isles, Seven Isles, and the Nurmi canals — where private docks and continuous seawalls give iguanas a run and soft backfill to burrow into. Along the New River in Rio Vista and around Harbor Beach it's seawall burrowing that undermines docks and pool decks. In Victoria Park and Coral Ridge the older canopy and mango trees put them onto roofs and into screen enclosures.
Most pressure in Fort Lauderdale tracks the water — New River, Intracoastal Waterway, Las Olas finger canals. If your property backs up to any of it, burrowing and basking are almost certainly part of the picture, and the part that does the structural damage.
New River seawalls
Iguanas bask on the cap at first light and dig dens straight into the bank until the wall starts to fail.
Burrows by foundations
Nesting burrows run under patios, driveways, and A/C pads — the hardscape settles and cracks above them.
Roofs, cages & lanais
They climb to bask on flat roofs and screens, then drop into pools and pool cages they can't climb out of.
Fruit trees & thick beds
Hibiscus, sea grape, and any fruit tree are both a buffet and a hideout right up against the house.
How we work in Fort Lauderdale
It's a waterfront city, so most of what we do here is seawall and canal work rather than one-off yard calls — and on a continuous canal network, a monitored program tends to hold better than repeat single visits. We handle single-family isles homes, condo boards, and marinas alike.
The method is the same one that earned our 5.0 across the county, and it stays inside FWC guidelines from the first walk to the follow-up:
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Free property walk
We map the seawall, yard, and roofline to find the burrows, runs, and basking spots before we quote a dollar.
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Humane removal
Reachable iguanas come off by hand and catch-pole — no poisons, no air-rifle theatrics near homes.
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Monitored trapping
Traps go on the exact runs iguanas use, checked on a schedule and cleared promptly under FWC rules.
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Prevention
Burrow collapse, tree wraps, and piling guards cut off the routes so the property stops refilling.
We cover the whole county.
Fort Lauderdale is one of the cities we work end to end from our Lake Worth base. If your problem sits over a city line, pick the nearest one for its local rundown.
Every part of the job, in one place.
Removal is where most Fort Lauderdale calls start, but the fix usually runs through trapping and prevention — and we handle the rest of the county's nuisance wildlife too.
What Fort Lauderdale customers say.
Managing a community, HOA, or business in Fort Lauderdale?
We run documented, scheduled programs for boards, property managers, and commercial sites. See our commercial programs for Fort Lauderdale.
Fort Lauderdale iguana removal questions.
Got iguanas in Fort Lauderdale?
Call or text Nick — he'll tell you what's going on and what it takes, straight.
Call (561) 735-1975Do you cover the Las Olas isles and Seven Isles?
Yes — the finger isles are some of the busiest iguana runs in the city, because the continuous seawalls and dock lines give them a route and the backfill behind the wall gives them a place to dig. We handle single-family isles homes and the canal-front condo buildings.
How fast can you get to Fort Lauderdale?
We're based in Lake Worth and run regular Broward routes, so we schedule Fort Lauderdale calls promptly and same-day where the day allows. For heavy waterfront pressure we'll usually recommend a scheduled program so a technician is already on your bank.
Can you handle seawall and dock burrowing on the canals?
That's the core of our Fort Lauderdale work. We remove the resident iguanas, collapse and pack the burrows behind the seawall so the bank stops washing out, and guard the dock pilings they climb — protecting the structure, not just clearing the animal.