Live Rodent-Free with Pointe!
Pointe Pest Control St. Louis is committed to keeping your home pest-free in every season. Our team of experienced and state-certified technicians are dedicated to providing safe and effective pest control services for the Western Illinois and Eastern Missouri areas. If a pest problem is not completely resolved after a visit, our technicians will return until it is eliminated.
Rodents Are Not Our Friends
Any animal that is tiny and furry is often considered to be “cute” by default, but rats and mice are not very friendly when they invade. The problems that arise from a rodent infestation are beyond the visible damage they cause.
Rats and mice will damage anything they touch in different ways. They constantly excrete wherever they go in order to mark their territory. This ruins any food or drink they get into, and can stain carpeting, rugs, and clothing. Rodents will even chew through walls and insulation to build their hidden nests.
If you spot one rodent in your home, there are more somewhere in the area. The young stay with their families for a little over two weeks on average, and adult rats are constantly scavenging for themselves and their family. Contact Pointe St. Louis for professional rodent services before your food becomes the target of a hungry rodent family!
The Main Issue
Despite what certain cartoons and animated movies say, rats and mice are defensive pests. They prefer to stay hidden, but will bite and attack when they are cornered.
This is just one reason why rodents are a pest problem that should be solved immediately. A few traps and baits from the hardware store may stop a rat or two, but they will not do much to stop a full infestation. Since rodents reproduce so quickly, any pest treatments must be strong enough to target every rodent in the immediate area and actually solve the issue.
Our team of expert technicians know how to solve your rodent problems as soon as possible. We are here to help you live a rodent-free life.
Damage Control
As opposed to tiny insect pests, rodents cause noticeable damage very quickly. Outdoors, moles, voles, and gophers create a system of craters and mounds as they tunnel through a lawn. Rats and mice prefer to be cozy indoors, so they seek warm shelter in hidden areas. They will chew their way through building materials and fabrics in order to reach their ideal location.
Rodents do not chew through everything just for fun. They actually need to constantly gnaw throughout their life because of their teeth! Their teeth are open-rooted, so the teeth will continue growing unless the rodent keeps them filed down. This means that if their teeth get too long, the rodents cannot eat anymore and die from starvation. But this fact does not mean we want rats and mice chewing through everything in our homes!
As rodents continue to reproduce multiple times in their lives, they want a warm space in which to make their soft nests. Rats and mice will shred materials with their strong teeth, such as papers, fabrics, and insulation. If you find random materials shredded throughout the house, it is typically a sign of rodents living in the area.
The fact that rodents will steal our papers and clothing is frustrating enough, but it is even worse when they tear through the house or building itself. While they are small, rodents can create some big holes in the walls, furniture, and insulation, which allows the cold air to sneak in. They will even chew wiring, which can ignite into fires when electricity sparks across the gap in wiring. This is yet another health hazard of rodent infestations.
It is not worth it to wait for a rodent invasion to clear up on its own, because it will not. Rodent infestations need to be handled by the pros as soon as possible.
The Diseases
In addition to the house damage and contamination rodents can bring, they also transmit all kinds of harmful bacteria and diseases. Considering the fact that they live in sewers, dumpsters, and crawl spaces, it is no wonder why rats and mice carry such dangerous pathogens.
Since they crawl all over literal garbage and waste, a large amount of bacteria accumulates on their feet and body. Rats can have pests of their own, including fleas, tapeworms, and pinworms. Flea-infested rats were the cause of the infamous Black Death, or bubonic plague, that wiped out over 100 million Europeans in the Late Middle Ages. Bubonic plague can still be transmitted through infected fleas today – specifically on rats or ground squirrels – which is a horrifying thought.
There are two main ways that rodents can spread diseases to humans: directly and indirectly. Direct transmission is through touching an infected rodent, being scratched or bitten by one, or consuming anything touched by an infected rodent. Some of these diseases include rat-bite fever, hantavirus, and salmonellosis. Conversely, indirect transmission is when a person is bitten by a bloodthirsty insect that fed on an infected rodent first. Mosquitos, fleas, mites, and ticks can all transmit these diseases. There are even more diseases that can be transmitted indirectly, such as plague, flea-borne typhus, and West Nile virus. Whether they are directly or indirectly transmitted, rodent diseases are no joke and should be professionally treated if contracted.
As you can see, there are many health-centered reasons why a rodent infestation needs to be eliminated immediately.
The Best Pest Solution
- Half the battle with rodents is finding their entry points into the home. Our technicians provide thorough inspections with every service in order to find every single entry point and fill them so no rodent can fit through.
- Since we know the lifecycle of rodents, we can protect your home in every season of the year. We use their behaviors and preferences to our advantage by staying one step ahead with our efficient treatments.
- Outdoor rodent control is also our specialty. Moles, voles, gophers, rats, and mice can turn our lawns and gardens into a wasteland if left alone. Our customized treatments ensure that your yard specifically will be rodent-free.
Our extensive training and years of experience create the most effective rodent control in St. Louis.
At Pointe St. Louis, our technicians are committed to completely solving every pest issue. We perform multiple inspections while treating to solve problems. Integrated Pest Management is our pest control strategy, and it uses various treatment, methods, and inspections to solve pest issues immediately. By attacking an issue from all angles, we ensure that the rodent problems are thoroughly solved by the time the service is over.
Although our treatments are effective against rodents, they are still non-toxic for your family. The safety of your family and pets is our main priority while servicing, and the products we use do not have the harsh chemicals that pose a health hazard. Our technicians are completely trained and certified in using pesticides, so we will only use these products as needed in the targeted locations.
Our effective pest control does not compromise safety, as our procedures keep our technicians and your family safe.
Knowledge and experience is invaluable when it comes to pest control. Our technicians do not consider a job to be done until we are sure that our treatments will eradicate every single rodent. Pointe St. Louis protects the health of you and your family with our rodent control.
Pointe Protects Against Rodents
It is not worth it to try inefficient services or faulty DIY solutions that do not eliminate every rodent in the infestation. Pointe St. Louis is the right choice every time. If you want a rodent-free home or business, give us a call today!
