Rodents that look like mice and can carry disease and lice
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The amount of severe damage rodents cause is irreparable at times. They are brilliant creatures that can move through tiny openings regardless of how small they may be. While a rat may require a slightly larger opening, the mice can enter through any space available. The most common entrances they typically access are chimneys, doors, […]
You have just discovered feces in your attic, crawlspace, garage or even worse – your house. How can you tell if it is a mouse or a rat? Being able to tell the two apart can be a bit troubling for some people. This is because different species of mouse and rat grow to be […]
If you are running a business in which customers visit the premises, having good pest control is a must. In fact, it should be considered as important to your business as having running water or electricity. In the age of social media and Google search, it only take one bad inspection or one customer run-in […]