In most popular children's cartoons and movies, rodents are crafty, quiet, and hard to control. Where most animated media is usually an exaggeration of reality, most creators depict rodents fairly accurately. These pests are smart, agile, and understand how to avoid danger. Today we will be talking about rodent pest control in the Bay Area and what problems these pests cause. If you are here seeking a direct answer to an active rodent problem inside your home, call Bay Pest for details about our services. We will schedule an appointment for your home and property and make sure mice, rats, and other invasive rodents are given the boot.
Characteristics Of Common Rodents
Rodents are all over the place, as far as various characteristics. There are rodents that dig tunnels underground, rodents that chew down trees, and rodents that like to live inside the walls of homes. We are going to focus today on the species that might invade your living areas. The two most common types of rodents that might get into your Bay Area home are mice and rats. Mice are small and have round bodies. The house mouse, a common species in our area, is able to squeeze through a hole the width of a dime. This small pest can also use its teeth to chew through materials like plastic, wood, and vinyl siding. Rats are about twice the size of mice. Two species are common in the Bay Area: the roof rat and the Norway rat. Norway rats are bigger and have stronger teeth that they can use to chew through materials like soft concrete and aluminum siding. Roof rats are smaller and more agile. They regularly crawl onto the roofs of homes to find their way indoors.
All The Problems Rodents Around Your Property Can Cause
There are more than a few reasons why you should be against rodents sharing your living areas with you and your family. Let’s start with the most obvious, rodents are annoying and scary. These pests make noise after dark, catch people off guard in bathrooms in the middle of the night, and are all around terrible house guests. What is more concerning are the many diseases and disease-carrying pests rodents bring into homes. Some common diseases you might contract from having rodents around are salmonellosis, hantavirus, rat-bite fever, Lyme disease (spread by ticks), and murine typhus (spread by fleas). To finish things off, these furry pests are destructive. All rodents are born with strong teeth that never stop growing. Rats and mice use their teeth to gnaw through walls, nibble on the legs of furniture, and chew through things like water pipes and electrical wires (which can spark a fire). These furry invaders also tear up insulation, fabrics, and paper products while gathering materials for their nests.
Five Effective Tips To Prevent Rodents In Your Home
Before we talk more about professional rodent control, we think it is important that you have some tools to control different types of rodents that invade local homes. Here are five basic tips and tricks to start with.
- Address damage to your home’s exterior. This should include addressing holes, gaps, cracks, damaged windows/doors, unprotected vents, and compromised siding.
- Do your best to keep clutter to a minimum to reduce the number of locations that rodents have to hide inside or around your home.
- Keep your living areas clean and do your best to address food messes and drink spills when they occur.
- Store all of your leftover food inside air-tight containers. This should include pet food and pantry items stored in flimsy cardboard boxes.
- Fix leaky piping and damaged gutters, and address other factors that might lead to moisture build-up inside or around your home.
Get our team at Bay Pest involved for active rodent pest control. We offer many amazing options to identify, eliminate, and prevent these problematic invaders.
The Best Way To Get Rid Of Rodents And Keep Them Out
The absolute best way to get rid of rodents involves getting help from a professional pest control provider. In order to ensure that your home is well taken care of, turn to our team at Bay Pest. We are not just a licensed pest control provider. We are a dedicated team of technicians that focuses on top-tier customer service and unmatched pest identification, elimination, and prevention strategies.
Give our team at Bay Pest a call today to learn more about our rodent control and find a time to have these pests professionally removed from your Bay Area home.