FRESH FIELDS

Rats can be quite destructive and pose health hazards to humans. These pests gnaw wires, leave behind droppings everywhere, and get into food items. Aside from making a mess, these rodents carry diseases that can impact humans and pets. Plus, they can breed quickly. One female rat can give birth to 6 litters that can have 5-12 pups each. Such pups will mature within just 5 weeks, making a full-blown infestation possible in no time. This makes it essential to invest in Long Beach Pest Control services. Pest control professionals eliminate all rats from your home and prevent future infestations from happening. The following are tips to get rid of fasts from your home quickly:

Look for Signs of Rats

To address rat infestation, you must check for signs of these rodents first. Rats live in hidden areas such as attacks, voids, and crawl spaces, so you must inspect these places to identify their harborage areas, feeding zones, and runways. Also, tracing their signs can help you locate and seal all access points as well as identify the kinds of rats you are dealing with. Signs of rats include droppings, gnawed objects, greasy tracks, dirty burrows, dark urine stains, nests, strange sounds, foul odor, and sightings of dead or living rats.

Get Rid of Food Source and Shelter

Rats abound in places where they have access to food and shelter. Thus, you must concentrate on sanitation as your rat control foundation. You can do this by eliminating their harborage areas, keeping the sink free of dishes, storing food in airtight containers, and keeping the trash in containers that have tight-fitting lids. Also, you should get rid of tall grass, rock piles, and wood piles. If you have compost, ensure it is rodent-proof. 

Prevent Rat Entry

Exclusion controls rats and prevents from them entering your house. Think about all potential entry points these rodents can use to gain entry into your home and seal them. Rats can squeeze through even small openings, so make sure to seal gaps, spaces, or cracks that are at least half an inch in size. Pay close attention to places such as windows, utility lines that run through walls, roofing shingles, and pipes. 

Set Traps

To get rid of rats that are present in your home, set up traps. Your trap options include snap traps, glue traps, and live traps. Also, it is important to use different food lures to match what rats are feeding on. If you have a serious rat infestation, trapping may not be enough. In this case, you need to have pest control experts come over and handle the problem for you.