Rats are a serious health threat to you, your loved ones, your employees, and your clients since they spread several illnesses that may infect humans. Rats or their urine coming into touch with food preparation facilities are typically the source of the transmission of diseases including salmonella, listeria, and leptospirosis.
Rat infestations can cause harm to properties and businesses. Their razor-sharp teeth have the power to nibble through masonry, concrete, and even 1-inch-thick sheet metal, which can result in structural damage to buildings, flooding from gnawed pipes, and electrical fires from gnawed wires.
The Prevention of Damage by Pests Act of 1949 also requires business owners to keep their facilities free of rats or to notify the local government of infestations if rodents represent a risk to people's safety or property. Rat infestations are bad for business, can negatively affect a company's reputation, and will require skilled rat pest control.
Only a 20mm gap will allow rats to enter a building. Make sure any entryways at upper levels, such as windows or vents, are fully sealed. Look for low level breaches, such as those around pipes or beneath sheds.
Rats can be deterred from entering your home by keeping outside spaces neat and orderly, thereby avoiding the need for rat pest control. Remove stacks of wood or trash and trim back overgrown areas to eliminate possible rat breeding locations. Make sure any unused pies are sealed up and that drain covers are in excellent working order. Particularly if food is left there, compost piles might be enticing as a nesting location. Keep it enclosed, sealed, and covered to deter rats from delving into it.
Rats may reach any household garbage, so cover it, wash bins to eliminate food residue, and keep lids on bins. Use a bird table or feeder basket if you can to catch any fallen seeds if you feed birds in your garden, but try not to leave out too much food.
Rats are extremely adaptive, mobile, and rapid breeders, which makes it difficult for an inexperienced person to do rat pest control on their own. Rat pest control is best handled by a specialist like AJ Pest Control since we are fully qualified to recognise the many types of pests, utilise professional instruments and procedures that may not be accessible to the general public, as well as avoid further infestations and problems.
AJ Pest Control are fully qualified by the NPTA (the National Pest Technicians Association), the industry's leading authority on pest control training and techniques. Our trained technicians are fully qualified and hold all the correct insurances to carry out any rat pest control in your home or business. Our solutions are ecologically sound, with careful consideration paid to public acceptance, customer needs and the humane treatment of animals during any rat pest control job. Get in touch today with any questions and we'll be happy to help!
