Rodent Control Newcastle
and Hunter Valley
Complete Rodent Control Newcastle and Hunter Valley
For rodent control in homes, business and rural situations, it’s important to use a professional rodent expert, to ensure the problem is eliminated quickly, taking into account safety and environmental consideration…
Rodents aren’t cute furry creatures. Rats and mice are disease carrying pests that cause damage to food and property.
Rats and mice carry diseases such as dysentery, leptospirosis and typhus fever; can introduce fleas, ticks, lice and mites into your home; spoil food with their urine and droppings; and by chewing through electrical cables rodents are known to be a significant cause of house fires.
If you hear the sound of pattering feet in the roof void, find chewed boxes in the cupboard or droppings in the pantry, you probably have a rodent problem… and you need to deal with it quickly!
How we get rid of rats and mice > Professional Rodent Treatments
Pest Control Mice
Mice are also very inquisitive animals. So, if you place something new in their environment, they are likely to check it out. This makes baiting relatively straight forward. As long as the bait station is place in the correct location, the mice will readily go inside and eat the bait. This allows the bait to get to work quickly and get fast control.
Pest Control Rats
Rat control is a little bit more involved than mice control. Firstly, there are two species of pest rat – the roof rat and the Norway rat. The two species have very different behaviours. The roof rat tends to live in trees in the wild and in roofs in buildings, and only occasionally comes down to the ground to feed. In contrast, the Norway rat typically lives in burrows outdoors and in enclosed spaces indoors, spending most of its time foraging on the ground. Knowing which type of rat is present has a big impact on the rat control plan.
Rat are also neophobic, which means they are frightened of new things. As such, when a bait station or new food is placed in their environment, they may avoid it for several days until they get used to it. This means it may take longer before they start eating bait, making rat control a longer process than mouse control.
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What are the signs of a rodent problem?
As rats and mice are nocturnal animals it is very unlikely you will see one during the day. However, they are very active animals so will leave behind a number of tell-tale signs…
- Sounds in the roof – Rats will make quite a lot of noise moving around the roof. Mice are a lot quieter
- Droppings – Rodents will leave clusters of oblong shaped droppings. Rats droppings are up to 19 mm long, mice dropping are a lot thinner and shorter, up to 7 mm
- Damage – chewed boxes or packets of food are an obvious sign. They will also gnaw hard materials to help file down their teeth
- Footprints – in dusty areas it is quite easy to spot their footprints and tail marks.
- Nests – rats and mice will collect soft materials such as insulation, paper and grass to make their nests
- Burrows – rats and mice will dig burrows outside, preferably in raised banks with vegetation for protection
- Odours – with an establish infestation, with the nest nearby, there can be a strong smell of urine
Rub marks – when rodents have been in place for a while they develop runways which they travel along on a regular basis. Where these runways meet the wall, there will be oil rub marks where their fur has contacted the surfaces.
More on the signs of rats and mice in the house…
How to prevent a rodent problem…
To help prevent rodent problems, it’s a good idea to rodent proof your home with these key actions:
Remove food and water sources Prevent easy access to your home Eliminate potential nesting sites For more detailed information on how to rodent proof your home…
More information on rats and mice…
There are three main pest rodents in Australia, the roof rat, the Norway rat and the house mouse. There are also a number of native rats, as well as other native animals that sometimes get confused with rodents such as antechinus and possums. It’s important to know which are pest animals and which are natives, as harming or killing native animals is illegal. Correctly identifying the pest rodent present is also important as it determines the appropriate treatment program.