Household Pest Control – Whats Lurking In Yours?
Most people will keep their home spick and span and take great care to ensure that there is no rubbish left around or leftover food to entice unwelcome guests. Unfortunately no matter how much care you take sometimes you just cannot avoid a rodent infestation.
The most virulent species tend to be the black rat which is also known as the ships rat but numbers have died down over the generations and they are not as prevalent as they were historically. These days the most common pest are the brown rat and the house mouse.
This has also been helped by anti rodent techniques and better pest control products so infestations are not as common as they have been in the past.
Many people use Pest control products off the shelf but some like to try their own DIY pest control, this is often done by placing traps to catch the rat or mouse, or even poisons.
Rats have been identified as carriers for a number of diseases and are most commonly known as being the source of the bubonic plague which caused so much disease and death over the centuries. Today this is not an issue and some people even keep pet rats.
Even today though with conditions far more sanitary than every before, these unwelcome pests can still carry disease and bring it into the home so if you do suspect infestation make sure you take some action or get help from your local exterminator or pest control shop.
One of the biggest concern when it comes to potential exposure to disease by rats is held by people who are often exposed to water for example sewer workers, they are exposed the serious risk of Weil’s disease so need to take extra precautions.
The risk to the home is not restricted to disease however, as damage to the home can be considerable as these rodents have incisor teeth that do not stop growing, so to wear them down they will chew on anything.
Rats breed prolifically but not as much as mice do, in the most ideal conditions a single pair could quite easily produce over 1500 young per year so early eradication is vital before they become too well established.
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