Rats are very adept at finding ways into your home that you didn’t even know were there. They are able to find a way in through almost any entryway including the sewer. They can hold their breath for three minutes and swim very fast and can tread water for three days. They are dangerous to…
Having a rat in the garden is always bad news no matter what time of the year or what season it is. Rats are opportunistic rodents and will seek out food whenever they have the chance. Garbage, pet food, and even vegetation in your own garden is a great insensitive for the rat to set…
Rats are dirty, destructive pests that will wreak havoc on the interior of your home. At roughly 300g and 20cm in body length, rats are fairly large pests that are difficult to handle. They leave feces everywhere, and they are too big to ignore. If you have spotted some rats on your property, or if…
Very little is known about the behaviours of rodents in urban settings because people don’t want to live near them. As soon as a homeowner finds rats or mice on their property, they get rid of them. The problem with this routine is that it inhibits progress. What can we learn from rodents? Why do…
The following case study details a mouse and rat extermination in Toronto. Both types of pest were invading the home, dirtying it with feces. Bait programs on both the interior and exterior of the home, along with a full exclusion of the premises got rid of the pests within a few months. If you suspect…
Rats are a serious issue around the world. The UN considers them a severe danger to humanity similar to global warming. The UN stores food for emergencies, this food is often infested by rats and the destruction numbers in the billions per year. Rats were once treated by the governments of major cities like new…
Rats are common in cities and older neighbourhoods where they can find food and shelter. Century homes are especially at risk of getting rats because their foundations have deteriorated, and they may have obsolete piping that rats can crawl through. Rats are commonly found in crawlspaces because they provide rats with comfortable shelter. In the…
The following pest control case took place in the dynamic neighborhood in Toronto, Parkdale, more precisely, Little Tibet. It is a neighborhood dotted with all kinds of restaurants and shops owned by people of Tibetan origin. The homeowner complained about rat presence coming from the basement. After this, a technician was dispatched to the site…
Rats are a serious problem and have been getting worse ever since the 2008 economic crash. The governments of major cities would treat rats in sewers and parks but when the crash occurred there had to be cutbacks and those government treatments and rat task forces were disbanded. There is no one in the government…
The initial call to the property was for an ongoing rodent infestation that turned out to be rats. Rats are a serious problem and a considered by the United Nations to be a danger to humanity similar to climate change. They cost global emergency food stores billions a year in damage and tainted food. Rats…