Hattiesburg's Guide To Quick And Effective Rodent Control

Why Rodent Control Matters: Protecting Your Home And Health

When rats or mice get into your home, there are a few things you can expect them to do. These facts can help you track rodent activity and provide important insights into how rodents can threaten your property and health:

• All rodents leave excrement as they travel. If you have rats and mice, you may find droppings in cabinets, on floors, and around stored food.
• All rodents have growing teeth. They must file these teeth to avoid harm. Inside your home, they'll chew on wood and other building materials. They'll also use these teeth to create access holes and get into stored foods.
• All rodents pick up ticks and fleas during their travels. These tiny parasites are associated with many diseases that impact human health and the health of dogs and cats.
• Rats and mice commonly get into the garbage. When they climb in unsanitary materials, they pick up disease-causing bacteria and parasitic worms. These microorganisms are deposited in your home as rats and mice explore.
• House rodents collect soft materials to line their nests. You can expect them to pull stuffing out of pillows and cushions, rip up insulation, and damage clothing.
• All rodents chew on wires. They don't know that power is flowing through your home's wiring. While dangerous to these critters, it is even more hazardous to your home and the safety of everyone living there.

We could give more examples, but these clearly show how important rodent prevention is for your property and health. Before we share our best prevention tips, let's look at what is required to get control of a rodent infestation.

The Best Way To Get Rid Of A Rodent Problem

When you discover a rodent problem in your home, the quick and effective solution is to contact a licensed home pest control service provider. A trained technician uses specialized gear and field-tested strategies to get comprehensive control. Here's how it works.

• A professional will inspect your property, consider conducive conditions, track the routes the rodents are using, catalog entry points, and construct a control plan.
• When dealing with squirrels, your technician will use live traps and specialized exclusion devices that allow squirrels to leave but prevent reentry. Your technician will also address any squirrel pups in your home and reunite them with their mother.
• When dealing with rats and mice, your technician will use snap traps to collect them for removal.
• You cannot depend on relocating these animals due to their incredible reproductive speed and threat to public health.
• During the control process, your technician will apply certain exclusions in key areas to prevent new rodents from entering your home.
• Your technician will arrest all rodent activity in your home through follow-up services, monitoring, and inspections.

It is hard work controlling rats, mice, and squirrels. It is even harder when things don't go as planned. You can avoid the headaches of rodent control by hiring a professional. If you live in Hattiesburg, reach out to Havard Pest Control for guidance and service options. Request rodent control for rats and mice and wildlife control for squirrels.

Top Rat Prevention Tips: How To Keep Your Home Rodent-Free

Once the rodents are gone, how do you keep them from getting into your home again? Let's consider rat prevention, as the tips we use to control rats will also work for squirrels and mice. Rats are great climbers who run along branches and power lines like squirrels. Rats live in tree cavities and will chew holes to get into a home, just like mice. Here are some simple-to-understand tips that can keep all of these animals out:

• Expanding foam injected into gaps, holes, and cavities in your exterior walls will remove an attractant that can make curious rodents gnaw and scrape to get inside.
• Applying rodent guards on pipes, wires, and tree trunks can stop rodents from getting to your roof and finding a way inside.
• Skirting under a shed will discourage rodents from nesting or hiding on your property. Skirting can also keep rodents out from underneath your back deck or stairs.
• Removing ground clutter near your home and in your yard can discourage rats and mice as they use clutter to navigate.
• Cleaning trash receptacles and keeping trash in covered containers removes smells that attract rodents. Rats and mice have an acute sense of smell and gravitate to any food smell, especially decaying food.

In most cases, steps like these will keep rodents from gaining access to your home. If rodent pressures increase, it is sometimes necessary to use bait stations to reduce populations. When bait is needed, connect with Havard Pest Control. We use tamper-resistant bait stations to get control of rodents on Hattiesburg properties. for rodent control near you. We'll help you find the right solution for your specific needs.