small rodents that can be found living in buildings
Doing tasks around your home is nothing new. You cook, clean, repair small appliances, change the air filters and do your laundry. These are things you have been doing for years and saw your parents do before you. They are pretty cut and dry when it comes to the complexity. There are other jobs around […]
Pest control is something you should think about for every season not just the warmest months. I was recently sitting in an airport waiting for my flight when I struck up a conversation with a nice woman. She randomly ended up on a topic of having a rat in her home. She was explaining that […]
Usually when we think of pests, we think of things crawling on us or biting us in the middle of the night when we sleep. We think of rattling noises emanating from the attic or crawl space. But physical interaction with pests is just part of the problem. Like all living organisms, pests eat, drink […]
If you regularly read news stories on your mobile device or watch them on TV then you have noticed that hantavirus has been talked about a great deal in recent weeks. That is due the to the situation surrounding Gene Hackman. He was a very successful actor whose career took off in the 70’s and […]
You’ve probably heard that baiting a trap with cheese is a great idea. That’s just one of many pest control myth which simply are not true. In this article we will review some of these myths and set the record straight. Most pest control myths are passed down from generation to generation by word-of-mouth, pop […]
Just like any other living creature, pests like rats, insects and reptiles are affected by freezing conditions. Long exposure to super frigid conditions can be life threatening to most any organism. Warm-blooded animals are most sensitive to cold extremes. Rodents like rats, mice, squirrels, and raccoons all fit into this category. Not long ago, we […]
Rats and mice fall under the family of mammal known as rodent. Rodents are a scavenger species that more or less takes advantage of any opportunity to eat anything that is digestible within their vicinity. Rats can also kill any creature smaller than itself to make a meal out of it. Rats and mice have […]
This time of year you may run into the common house mouse. This is because temperatures have been getting very cold at night. Mice are mammals and seek warm places in order to stay alive. Your walls, attics, and garage look very attractive to a cold mouse. Once a mouse gets into your home and […]
We probably all know that factories, warehouses and even auto-repair shops sometimes will keep a cat on location to combat any rodents that may be trying to make that location into their new home. Cats have long been known as a valuable tool in the overall effort to fight pests. But can dogs be used […]
Although we have a soft spot in our hearts for our animal companions, we do not like it when insects and rodents enter our homes and yards. Unfortunately, rodents are a prevalent problem in Brevard County, Florida, where they wreak havoc on our land and spread illness. Mice, rats, and squirrels are the three rodent […]