Control Services for Rats and Mice
Rats
(Click here for information about Rats)The effective control of rats begins with environmental modification. In terms of rat control, this means taking actions to make an area less attractive to rats and less able to sustain a rat population, such as:
- Cutting of supplies of food and water available by improving sanitation and waste management practices.
- Reducing harborage by implementing good landscaping techniques and removing refuse and debris.
- Utilizing exclusion to keep rats out of buildings. (The National Park Service has an excellent manual for rodent exclusion, which can be downloaded here. (Adobe Acrobat Reader required.)
Mice
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Because mice are small, timid, and secretive, quite often we see evidence of a mouse problem before we see the mice themselves. Most commonly, mouse droppings, nesting materials, or evidence of their gnawing are the first visible signs of a mouse infestation.
Like rodents in general, mice have extraordinary reproductive capabilities. If you don't take care of a mouse problem while it's still small, chances are you'll have a big mouse problem not very far in the future.
Getting Rid of Rodents
The old adage about getting rich by "building a better mousetrap" isn't far from the truth. Humans have been trying to rid their homes, barns, and businesses of mice for thousands of years; and there have been hundreds of products invented to control mice.Buckingham Pest Control solves each rodent problem individually. Depending on the situation, our methods may include consultation about sanitation and exclusion, trapping, baiting, or other types of rodenticide products. In many cases, a combination of several methods may be used; and in some cases, both interior and exterior treatments will be needed.