Pet Safe Pest Control Quiz

What animal can leap five times its body length straight up?

Can squeeze through any hole that it can get its skull through?

Can dig tunnels straight down without leaving dirt around the hole?

Can chew through wood siding, door jams, and wall board in minutes?

Can swim under water for great distances?

Can climb the inside of smooth vertical pipes, thrive in total darkness, and gain weight on a diet of dog droppings?

That’s right. It’s Super Rat. More commonly known as the Norway or Wharf rat.

He is commonly found throughout the country along with his cousin the Roof Rat. Its nice to be needed, but not by rodents. The various rat and mouse species that we are familiar with are called comensual rodents. This means that they need mankind to survive in our environment. They go wherever we go, eat whatever we or our pets eat, and have adapted extremely well to our civilization. In sewers, grain elevators, factories, ships, farms, homes and even submarines, you can find rodents who are doing very well. Rodents, like all of God’s creatures, need food, water and shelter. Provide these three necessities at you house, and they will come. Don’t ever think that your neighborhood doesn’t have rats or mice. All neighborhoods have them in varying numbers. The trick is to let someone else give them a home. Don’t attract them to yours. Pet Safe Pest Control believes that removing these necessities is the key to our Green, environmentally friendly, and natural pest control methodology

The main attractions for rats and other undesirable wildlife to your home are bird feeders, pet food left outside, and garbage cans that are not sealed. Pet Safe Pest Control knows that other attractants include overgrown areas, thick landscape vines, wood piles, sheds and outbuildings, bird baths, landscape walls and berms. When we get a call about a rat problem in a home I always ask the homeowner whether they have a bird feeder. This is the most common way to attract rats to the side of your house. If you keep feed in the feeder constantly, the rats will eat all they can and then want to hide the rest. This often results in smooth looking burrows alongside of your foundation. If you have just a crawl space they will quickly dig under the foundation and gain access to your home from underneath. If you have a very deep foundation, basement, or a slab, they will look for other entrances. These are usually torn vent screens, badly fitting garage and side doors, gaps around pipes entering the house, dryer vents, and sometimes pet doors. The same thing happens when you leave pet food outside. They will eat all they can and look for a place to store the rest. We have found rat burrows under Rotweilers and Dobermans dog houses. So don’t think that rats can’t get to that food. If you think that having a cat will keep the rodents away, think again. Pet Safe Pest Control tech have watched house cats, who will stand and watch a rat feed at it’s food dish. While they can catch mice, they often play with them and allow the mice to escape. These cats were never trained to hunt, and are too well fed to feel like taking on a full grown rat. Another classic mistake homeowners make is to store pet food in the garage in the bag it came in. Sooner or later, the rodents will find this treasure trove of food. Put this food in metal cans and close the lid.

Mice are almost as troublesome as rats, but on a smaller scale. They too can chew holes, squeeze into small openings, and make a mess of any stored food. They are more common in homes because they can enter smaller holes and many people tolerate them. Some species can burrow into your home, but they usually enter existing holes out of curiosity.

Denying the rats and mice an entry is the first and most important step in exerminating them naturally.

Stay away from Any company that just puts bait out and assures you that the rodents will leave your house and go to water. This is total BS.

We offer a total treatment approach based upon our initial inspection. Remember that Rats hunt Mice. You can have a dual problem.

Pet Safe Pest Control offers a variety of treatment methods. Our Green, eco-friendly approach only uses baits only as a last resort.

There are several classes of baits, each with advantages and disadvantages. You need a company technician with lots of experience in ecologically friendly and green practices to bring you into the decision loop. Your pets could fall victim to a poorly thought out baiting program.

Pet Safe Pest Control recognises that there is a huge common sense component in rodent control. We prefer altering the rodents’ environment in ways that help us control them. Pet Safe Pest Control believes that trapping rats and mice is part knowledge and part art form. We are very good at trapping and excluding rodents from buildings. We often share our expertise with our customers, so that they can understand the process and help us keep doing eco friendly, and green concept based extermination.

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