As the atmosphere gets cooler many homes are an easy target for rodent infestations. This vermin can cause a lot of damages to homes, contaminate your food and spread diseases. Homeowners find themselves year after year trying to bait and trap rodents of all sizes in a never ending cycle.
To the untrained eye, it might be hard to distinguish rats and mice when dealing with pests, as these can look like similar animals. These do, however, have quite a few differences that you can identify in order to know what you’re dealing with, and what to tell the pest control company when they’re rushing…
Although there are many creatures that fall under the general term “rodents,” the rodents that usually concern us are common house mice and rats.
When cracks and holes are found in the floors, walls, and foundations of a home, rodents are more likely to find their way into the home through them. Usually, these holes are not often discovered on time by most homeowners until some signs of infestation begin to manifest. Rodents are very capable of fitting through…
When you find rodent droppings in your home, the experience can be very unnerving. Realizing that you have unwanted house guests that refuse to leave and are living with you in a manner that is undetectable can destroy a person’s peace of mind and leave them wondering what steps can be taken to eradicate the…
Rodents have a way of placing themselves in commercial buildings and causing a bevy of problems for the building’s owners and inhabitants. While most are able to distinguish the differences between individual rodents (mice and rates) on sight, the problems that they cause are very similar to one another.
Rats are a type of rodent that are commonly confused with the common house mouse. These two rodents are from different species and can cause lots of damages to your house and property.
As the temperatures drop and the winds bring a chill, you will be spending more time indoors. You will prepare your living space for the cold winter ahead to insure you and your family will be warm and cozy. You will not be the only one getting ready to snuggle into your home for the…
Sometimes cleaning is just not enough in the restaurant business. There are many ways that a restaurant can develop a problem with mice and with rats and those ways are not always based on cleanliness. The fact is that water and standing water can be just as bad as food or debris.
You might think that because you keep your home clean, you don’t have any pests. And it’s true that maintaining a clean environment reduces your chances of having large infestations of pests. But there are probably areas of your home that are inviting all sorts of destructive inhabitants to set up shop. And many of…