Rodents population – damage / impact
- Rodents find our home or business an ideal location for food and shelter, especially for the common house mouse.
- Once inside our properties, they prefer to keep hidden during the day and feed during the night.
- Identifying a potential infestation through signs of activity is often a lot easier than trying to spot an actual mouse.
- Look for small and dark droppings, scattered randomly, particularly along walls, in cupboards or under sinks.
- Grease marks (smudges or smears) – This is caused by mice fur constantly brushing against walls, floors and skirting on regular routes. You may find dark smears around holes or around corners.
- Urine pillars – In established or heavy infestations, body grease, combined with dirt and urine, builds up into small mounds, up to 4cm high and 1cm wide.
- Scratching noises – People often report hearing unusual scratching noises at night when rodents are most active. Listen for noises between partition walls, under floorboards, in ceilings, basements and lofts.
- Nests – Mice use easy to shred materials, such as newspaper and fabrics, together with other soft materials to line their nest. Check lofts, suspended ceilings, cavity walls, under floorboards and behind fridges, under stoves and in airing cupboards. Nests will often contain young mice.
- Strong smell – Mice and rats urinate frequently and their wee has a strong ammonia-like smell. The smell may be very strong near the main site of activity or in enclosed spaces. This smell can linger for a long time (even after an infestation has been removed).
Treatment methods
- Non chemical treatment consist of trapping using mechanical traps and glue boards.
- Chemical methods consist of baiting.
How we can help?
We use effective control methods on managing the rodent population on your property.
- Step 1: Assessment – Examine your property and identify areas of concerns, identifying the rodent species and infestation
- Step 2: Treatment – Once the species is identified then the effective methods will be discussed and approved treatment will be completed
- Step 3: Cleaning – if assistance for additional cleaning is required Valley Pest Management can assist (additional cost apply).
- Step 4: Preventive measures – Discussion around preventive measures may be discussed after treatment but usually consist of (maintaining of lawn to and acceptable height, blocking assess into buildings, reduce pet foods left out, Limiting of stored items internally and externally). All items can be managed by Valley Pest Management if assistance is required (additional cost apply).
Call Valley Pest Management on 0407779957 for further discussion or to arrange an onsite visit.
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