Call the 311 Customer Call Center.

If you are calling from the City of Hampton, simply dial 311 on your touch tone or rotary dial phone. From outside the City of Hampton please dial 757.727.8311. Call takers are available from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. seven days a week to assist you.

If you are calling from the City of Hampton, simply dial 311 on your touch tone or rotary dial phone. From outside the City of Hampton please dial 757.727.8311. Call takers are available from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. seven days a week to assist you.

Muskrats are fur-bearing animals, usually 18-24 inches in length, and can weigh between one and four pounds. They have a dark tan to reddish-brown to dark brown to black fur color on their sides and back. The belly is generally light gray to silver to tan. They live in any place where food and water are available year-round and they are primarily vegetarians. Muskrats cause damage to ditch banks with their burrowing and making of their den.

Muskrats can cause damage to property when they burrow into the ditch banks as they make their den and by eating vegetation such as lawn grass, or garden and ornamental plants. A short (2-3 foot) chicken wire fence that is partially buried in the ground can be effective in keeping muskrats out of your yard or garden. Muskrats cannot be trapped without a trapping permit from the Virginia Department of Fish and Wildlife Office.

Their main office for this area is in Williamsburg and the telephone number is 757.253.4160.