Project Description
Rat EXTERMINATION at
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Rat
Description
- The Black Rat and the Brown Rat can weigh up to a pound or 500 g in the wild.
- The domesticated pet rats are more docile than their wild ancestors and more disease prone.
- Wild rats living in good environments are typically healthy and robust animals. Wild rats living in cities may suffer from poor diets and internal parasites and mites, but do not generally spread disease to humans.
- The average life of rat is 3 years with range of two to five years.
- Domestic rats differ from wild rats in many ways. They are calmer and less likely to bite; they can tolerate greater crowding; they breed earlier and produce more offspring; and their brains, livers, kidneys, adrenal glands, and hearts are smaller.
- Rats are a common food item for snakes, both in the wild, and as pets. Captive-bred ball pythons in particular, are fed a diet of mostly rats. Rats, as food items, are available from many suppliers who supply to individual snake owners as well as to large reptile zoos.
Tell Tale Signs
- Droppings – almost black and largest among them being the size of grain of rice – are mice excrements. Rat excrements would be averagin at 8 times the size of a grain of rice.
- Damage – usually the signs of mice chewing and gnawing for sake of gnawing or ingesting food. The chewing and gnawing would create shreds of bags, paper and food items.
- Nesting signs – You may notice unusual movement and gathering of insulation or other materials.
- Seeing a dead or a live mouse or a rat.
- Holes and Openings – these are gaps along the baseboards that have been widened by snawing or rarely a hole is chewed open for access and passage.
- Smell – A further characteristics is the smell. For an established and old infestation there will become a distinct odor in nesting sites and escape routes.
Mice vs. Rat
- Usually Mice would forgo what outside world has to offer once they are inside a residential structure. They will survive only on what’s available inside. They would behave in somewhat parasitical fashion.
- Rats on the other hand can not let their wild nature to go away. They would remain interested in accessing the outside resources and still utilize residential structure as a shelter.
- Presence of Mice is harder to detect compared with Rats.
- Rats would cause serious damage to anything they put their teeth to.
- Damage caused by Mice can be subtle but the droppings would give them away in any case.
- These pests are most active at night. Mice are more domestic in their nature whereas Rats have tendencies for the wilderness. While Mice try to be very inconspicuous, a Rats’ presence is hard to miss. Also, Rats are about 6 times more massive than the Mice.
A Rat.
Mice like to Nest in the insulation behind our drywalls.
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Rodenticides are deployed in Tamper Resistant Lockable Bait Stations.
Mice and Rats feed on the Bait.
Frequently asked Questions:
Our Preferred Extermination Technique Its Advantages:
There is no Spray, Fumigation or Fogging Application for Rodent extermination. To eliminate these pests we employ bait method. We use most effective baits available from the leading rodenticide manufactures. These rodenticides are highly palatable and contain powerful active ingredients, for the strongest, single-feeding bait. These are utilized for both rats and mice.
Bait is usually placed inside cabinetry, behind appliances, furniture or other areas where it is likley to be seen only by the rodents. The bait is deployed in tamper-resistant and lockable bait stations.
Inspection:
Areas favored by mice are food storage and preparation areas such as kitchens and pantries. Sub-floor areas, behind drywalls and enclosed pipes and ducts cavities are also favored areas.
You are most likely to find the droppings behind stove and fridge. Also the kitchen cabinet under the sink usually is a gateway into the kitchen.
As most infestations start in the garage, it is advisable to inspect it closely for droppings.
Cold room and furnace area in basement are also a good suspect to see if you have mice issues.
Expected Results:
In about 3-5 weeks, all pests would have been eliminated having consumed the bait. Typically, the Pests would simply cease to exist. However, it is possible that some Pests may expire near human living spaces. As well, they may result in bad odors. In that case, client would have to investigate the source and remove it.
Mice and Rats, during their normal foraging activities, will find the bait and consume it. It is common that it may appear that the pests become more active or appear to have become greater in numbers as they may come back a few times to feed on the bait.
Our exterminators will inspect the structure for points of vulnerabilities that may facilitate future infestations or conditions that may be helping the Pest to flourish. It will be up to the owner to act on the recommendations.
