While rats and mice are problems all year around, rodent infestations typically peak beginning around October and November as the temperatures start to fall. Palmer Pest Management wants you to be prepared this upcoming holiday season from unwanted holiday intruders. Eliminating rodent droppings from in and around your home can protect you and your family from some of the more common diseases transmitted by rodents. Rodent-borne diseases can be spread directly to humans by consuming food or water that is contaminated with rodent feces, coming in contact with surface or surface water contaminated with rodent urine, or through breathing in germs that may be present in rodent urine or droppings that have been stirred into the air.
Palmer Pest Management wants you to know that controlling rodents is a lot easier than you might think. Good sanitation both in and outside of your home, keeping the lids on trash cans tightly secured, making sure that there are no free flowing debris around your home, and eliminating unnecessary points-of-entry to your home are simple measures that you can take to prevent rats and mice from taking over your life.
If rats and mice have taken over your life, there are some simple techniques you can use to get rid of them. Here are a few of the most common:
Paper and Tray Glue boards – The easiest and safest mousetrap available.
Traditional mousetraps – The traditional mousetrap with the spring board and placing a piece of cheese as bait is also very common and easy to implement. However, this is not advised if you have toddlers or infants that have become mobile.
Bait stations with T-Rex - Basically a black box with a trap inside. Mice and rats never see it coming. The most popular bait box / station trap combination is made by Protect with a T-Rex trap. The bait box acts as harborage and safe haven for mice and rats, and this style of trap plays a safety role when children and pets are present.
Electric Trap - This trap speaks for itself.
To learn more about effective ways to control rodents from invading your home or business, please visit http://www.PalmerPest.com.
