Rodents

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Rodents

(Roof rats) will generally enter your home or business through trees or power lines. They nest in attics, wall voids or trees. Roof Rats prefer fruit but will eat almost anything. These rats may travel up to 50 feet from their nest to find food and water. Roof Rats predominantly live along the west coast and southeastern United States. Distinguished by its large and hairless ears, slender body, and a tail that is longer than the head and body combine.
(Mice) generally eat seeds, cereals, grains and sweets. However, this food is gone during the fall and winter, rodents come inside your home to feed, where they'll eat almost anything. They nest in undisturbed debris or wall voids. The house mouse generally stays close to it's nest (within 10-30 feet), travels along walls, and doesn't like open spaces.

Rodents 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 rodents food sources, but do not disturb the rodent habitat.

You will want a complete rodent elimination to occur 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 program ,with rodent exclusion techniques and a general cleanup ,removal of their hiding places (harbor aging areas.)

If the rodent population is large, you will want to begin with a high quality rodent bait, to quickly knock down a population and prevent rapid growth.

They also cause damage to our buildings by their burrowing and gnawing activity.

They are able to squeeze through very small openings:1/4 inch for mice and 1/2 inch for rats.