Rat Control- the most important among Pest Controls.
Rat control or Rodent Control is the most important pest control in pest control service. Rats not only are the biggest destroyers of human properties and human food, it is also the carrier of many deadly diseases, such as Plague and other viral diseases.
Rats destroy most of our crops every year. It is responsible for destroying most of our crops not only in the fields but also in the storage bins. Rats alone consume and destroy human food to the extent of 70% of the total stocks on and off the fields every year. Rats and Rodents are the main cause of creating famine in many countries in the world.
STEPS TO RODENT CONTROL
- STEP 1: Eliminate Food and Water. Remove all potential sources of food from the premises, such as bird seed left out for birds.
- STEP 2: Destroy Rats. Rats should be snap trapped if they are inside a residence or building.
- STEP 3: Eliminate Shelter & Harborage.
- STEP 4: Maintain a Rat Free Property.
Here are eight steps you can take to keep these rodents out of your home:
- Fill holes, cracks, and gaps.
- Do not feed them.
- Remove their habitat.
- Trim trees, shrubs and limbs back four feet from your home.
- Set traps inside.
- Use baits and poisons outside.
- Check your neighborhoods.
- Call the pros.
Peppermint oil, cayenne pepper, pepper, and cloves. Mice are said to hate the smell of these. Lightly soak some cotton balls in oils from one or more of these foods and leave the cotton balls in places where you’ve had problems with mice.