Rodent Control: Serious Infestations Lead to Serious Problems

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Rodent Control

• Serious Infestations Lead to Serious Problems

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Who is At Risk?

• Rodents like rats and mice are often considered
  to be one of the troublesome pests throughout the
  world. As well as a very serious problem.
• Whether you live in a rural, suburban, or urban
  area in any type of dwelling from an apartment to
  a single family home, no one is safe from
  possibly having a rodent control problem.

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Small Creatures, Major Problems

• They may seem fairly small, but the problems they
  can cause inside your home are enormous. Here are
  the five most common rodent control problems

• Rats and mice eat any food they can find and
  contaminate the supply with urine and feces.
• They will gnaw through materials from paper to
  wood to upholstery and shred these materials to
  make nests.
• Rats and mice have been known to bite people,
  spreading disease.
• Both pests carry parasites that can further the
  spread of disease.
• These creatures can damage your home inside and
  out. From your beautiful plants to your wiring,
  they can and will gnaw through everything.

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An Ongoing Problem

• When you see a rodent, chances are good that
  there are many more hiding within your home.
• Rats can produce up to 84 young in a single year,
  and mice can produce up to fifty within a year.
• Both rodent pests can fit through very small
  spaces and scale vertical surfaces with ease.

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Home Remedies

• Home improvement stores are filled with mouse
  traps, glue boards, and various repellants, and
  you can find that each online forum has a
  different story of what has and hasnt worked.
• Before you start buying gallons of folk remedies,
  do a bit of home maintenance and call a rodent
  exterminator that specializes in rodent control.

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Inside and Out

• Good evaluations will not only look at the best
  option for keeping these pests out of your home,
  but also exactly how they got in the first place
  to help you avoid this problem again for some
  time to come.

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6 Easy Steps

• 1. Get rid of the food before the rodent
  exterminator comes. From cleaning up spills
  immediately to storing garbage in covered
  containers to ensuring pet food doesnt stay out
  all of the time, this is a key step. If you keep
  food away from rats and mice, youre more likely
  to keep them out of your home.
• 2. When youre outside, dont scatter food for
  wildlife or birds.
• 3. Manage your compost pile well to ensure youre
  not just inviting rats into your yard.

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6 Easy Steps

• 4. Repair broken windows and doors and seal up
  any holes that may serve as an entryway into your
  home.
• 5. Make certain you dont have any unmanaged
  brush or bushes near your home.
• 6. Plug any holes rodents have already chewed in
  your home.

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Schedule a free evaluation

• Slug-A-Bug is the largest independently owned
  pest control company in Brevard County, and were
  the only company that offers the solutions you
  need to protect your home from rodent
  infestations.