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Rodent Control Rats    Mice  Squirrels Scorpion Hunter UV Light to help detect presence of rodent urine for easier inspection. Rats and mice cause a huge loss of food worldwide. Besides eating our food they spoil it by contamination with their feces, urine, or fur. They can be found not only in our homes, but supermarkets, restaurants, warehouses, food processing facilities, livestock facilities, and farm fields. They reproduce rapidly with major activity at night. Rats tend to be cautious and mice are more curious. Rats tend to eat most of their food at one time, where mice will nibble a little at a time. It is important to remove their food sources-but do not disturb the rodent habitat, until a complete knockdown and elimination occurs before they could move to another area. A successful rodent control program includes a combination of baiting and trapping for the highest rate of success. You may also want to consider integrating your your rodent control program ,with exclusion techniques and a general cleanup ,removal of their hiding places(harbor aging areas.) If the population is large, you will want to begin with a high quality rodent bait, to quickly knock down a population and prevent rapid growth. Their are different types of baits to choose from: blocks, pellets, seeds ; each rodent population is different in their preferences, so a little of each is a good choice in bait selections. When baiting initially , try not to disturb their original habitats or they may run to another area. After baiting has begun, continue with sanitation procedures, food source removal, and harborage removal to ensure additional rodents from nearby areas are not attracted to your location. They also cause damage to our buildings by their burrowing and gnawing activity The word rodent means "to gnaw". Rodents will gnaw through many types of materials in order to reach a location including lead sheathing, cinder block, aluminum siding and some concrete. They are able to squeeze through very small openings:1/4 inch for mice and 1/2 inch for rats. We will be covering the three most common type of rodents : The HOUSE MOUSE, the NORWAY RAT, and the ROOF RAT. We also have a section on SQUIRRELS, INSPECTIONS, EXCLUSIONS, AND SANITATION. PRIVACY POLICY:  User information is used for internal purposes only, is not shared or sold. ©2007 Do-It-Yourself Pest Control, Inc. This work is the property of Do-It-Yourself Pest Control, Inc., including all copyrights and compilation rights. Use, reproduction, modification, or distribution without permission is strictly prohibited. All rights reserved.

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