Rats can cause considerable damage which is more than what mice can do. Irrespective of which rat has taken refuge in your home, they can cause greater damage owing to their size and at the same time bring in terminal diseases in to your home. Rats can spread diseases through their droppings, urine, hair, saliva etc and you will be required take immediate action if you find trace of mice occupation and avoid the possibility of contracting those dreaded rodent diseases. Rats can also be scary when they appear suddenly in front of family members and it is better to resort to rodent removal by expert services like BBPP, most experienced mice control Richmond Hill and for other areas nearby, and get rid of them.
What signs are mice/rat giveaways?
- Rodents like rats and mice can even chew electrical wiring and accidentally start a fire with short circuiting. They are also fond of shredding clothing and papers and cardboard boxes so they could use them for building and fortifying their nests. You will find fresh mice droppings the size of rice but in black behind fridge, under sink, isolated place where your family members do not venture often. You may also find tiny footprints on dusty floor and runway impressions beside walls.
- Ripped open food pockets, shattered cereals and signs and smell of mice/rat droppings over them is another giveaway that confirms rodent infestation decisively.
- Mice do not travel long distances and they keep it short, about a hundred meters and also travel in a set path which they have established over a period. This will also provide you with information about their whereabouts so you can lay traps or baits in the right spot.
- If you check your walls, crawl spaces, and isolated places in your home you will find the sign of their inhabitation.
- If you check closely you will also find smudges and grease marks by rodents along the wall where they have established passage by regularly running the same path.
- Lighter or darker gnaw marks on furniture severed electric wires and plastic containers or tear marks on carpets are some of the giveaway signs of mice/rat infestation.
- Scratching and scurrying noises emanating from your false ceiling or chattering noises coming out of the floor boards are other signs that indicate towards the presence of rodents.
- When you enter your home after work or shopping you will be surprised by a foul odor similar to ammonia gas coming from your rooms. This is rodent body odor that is strong and pungent and unpleasant to your nostrils and senses. Similar smell is generated from mice urine, droppings and also from dead rats/mice.
- Search isolated and not frequently visited places in your home like old storage room, car garage, barns or outhouses and don’t be surprised to find the above mentioned signs of mice presence. Mice live secretively and always seek asylum in places that are not inhabited or frequently visited.
- Check wardrobe, dressers and even your overcoat hanging from the hook for a long time an don’t be surprised if you see nesting materials there.
- Watch for strange pet behavior and pay close attention when your dog or cat is agitated and is pawing and sniffing a particular area in your house. Pets are highly sensitive and they can smell a rat quite easily.
Even if you find only a few of the above signs do not wait to call your neighborhood mice exterminators like BBPP, the most sought after Richmond Hill Pest Control Service to get rid of them. You can contact the pest control on phone number 647-910-6315 or sending mail to info@bbppcanada.com and also get a free quote for your mice removal.