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Rats can jump 2 Feet Straight Up!

Rats can jump 4 Feet Horizontally!

A rat can drop down 50 feet without injury!

Water doesn't stop Norway rats. They can swim as far as 1/2 mile in open water, dive through water plumbing traps and travel in sewer lines, even against strong water currents!

Each year, rodents cause more than one billion dollars in damage in the United States alone!

Rats transmit Murine typhus fever, rat bite fever, salmonellosis (or bacterial food poisoning), Weils disease (or leptospirosis and trichinosis), melioidosid, brucellosis, tuberculosis, pasteurellosis, rickettsial diseases, and viral diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease. Norway rats can also carry the rabies virus

Black Death - Disaster Strikes

25 million people died in just under five years between 1347 and 1352 Plague is a zoonotic disease circulating mainly among small animals and their fleas. The bacteria Yersinia pestis can also infect humans. It is transmitted between animals and humans by the bite of infected fleas, direct contact, inhalation and rarely, ingestion of infective materials Plague is endemic in many countries in Africa, in the former Soviet Union, the Americas and Asia. In 2003, 9 countries reported 2118 cases and 182 deaths. 98.7% of those cases and 98.9% of those deaths were reported from Africa.

Rats and mice are a serious problem in urban, suburban and rural areas. They infest old buildings and crowded, unsanitary areas that exist in an urban environment. However, they can also be a problem even where newer homes and sanitary conditions exist. Since these rodents eat practically anything humans eat, they get plenty of food from home gardens, fruit or nut trees and even parts of some ornamental shrubs and flowers. Garbage disposals also attract rats into household and street sewer lines. Rats and mice have long been a problem on farms where food is plentiful and convenient nesting sites are both numerous and hard to eliminate.

There are six major problems caused by rats and mice:

They eat food and contaminate it with urine and excrement making it unhealthy for people They gnaw into materials such as paper, books, wood or upholstery which they use as nest material. They also gnaw plastic, cinder blocks, soft metals such as lead and aluminum, and wiring which may cause a fire hazard. Rats occasionally bite people and may kill small animals. They, or the parasites they carry, (such as fleas, mites and worms) spread many diseases. Rats can damage ornamental plants by burrowing among the roots, or feeding on new growth or twigs. They also eat some garden vegetables, such as corn and squash. Rats and mice are socially unacceptable. These rodents have been a problem for centuries, chiefly because they have an incredible ability to survive and are so difficult to eliminate. In addition, they are extremely compatible with human behavior and needs.

As rodent populations have grown, they have become a serious problem all year long. Rats and mice look for warm, cozy, protected areas to nest. Your attic has everything necessary and is absolutely perfect! All that insulation, you paid extra to have blown in, makes great nesting material.

Using poisons in your attic to kill rats or mice is never a good idea. Anyone who has tried this will tell you of the terrible odors due to a rodent dying in an inaccessible area where the carcass can't be removed. Then you have to deal with odors, maggots, and flies for a number of weeks. It is much better is to trap and remove the animals and then have your home sealed so that they can't gain re-entry.

It's not just the obvious areas that need to be repaired and sealed such as the missing vent cover below. Rats can enter areas as small as a ½".

If you hear things that "go bump in the night", scratching or other unusual sounds or just want peace of mind; call our experts to inspect your home or business for rodent activity and let them make recommendations to protect your property.

Call a professional for animal trapping, removal and sealing your home or business so that rodents can't return.

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