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How To Keep Rodents Away From Your Tyler Property
February 15, 2022
Rodents have been a problematic presence in human history for a long, long time. These nocturnal scavengers are highly opportunistic and infamously prolific. They steal food, spread disease, and bear a tendency to inflict a fair bit of property damage while they're at it—so it's no wonder they've become so maligned. Although it can be a daunting challenge to take care of a rodent problem on your own, there are a few things you can do to prevent them from infesting your Tyler property in the first place. It's important to know your enemy, and for that, you've come to the right place. Here we'll outline everything you need to know about domestic rodents, the most common types to our area, how they invade homes, and what you can do to fight them off.
The Types Of Rodents That Invade Tyler Properties
The most common types of rodents you'll find invading people's property are rats and mice. It's important to be able to identify them and the signs of their presence. Rats are larger, with longer tails and rounded noses. Mice are much smaller, with fuzzy tails, rounded ears, and pointy noses. All rodents are characterized by their continuously growing front incisors, which they must file down with constant gnawing. Each species has some other key differences in appearance and general habits that you can use to identify them more specifically. Here are a few of the usual suspects:
- Roof rats: smaller rats, usually with black fur and an astounding acrobatic ability. These rats will climb into rafters and roofs with ease to build their nests out of sight.
- Norway rats: bulkier rats with shorter tails and usually with brown fur. They are incredibly adaptable, able to exploit almost any structural weakness to enter your home uninvited.
- House mice: tiny rodents that can squeeze into an opening as small in diameter as a dime. Thankfully, their smaller size means weaker incisors, so they can't cause quite as much damage as rats will.
The Dangers Rodents Bring To Tyler Properties
Rodents are infamous for being harbingers of disease and other problems. Thanks to the continuous growth of their sturdy front incisors, they must constantly gnaw on hard materials. This can cause untold property damage when they end up chewing on the structures of your home, even causing fires when they chew on electrical wires. They frequent some incredibly filthy environments, including sewers and garbage dumps, but their scavenging instincts cause them to infest food storage areas and contaminate cooking surfaces. All of the bacteria from the less savory places they visit will end up in your kitchen. Rodents can also carry a variety of parasites, including fleas, which is how the horrors of the Black Plague were spread.
How To Naturally Keep Rodents Away From Your Property
It can be difficult to keep rodents away from your property due to just how many of them are out there looking for an easy source of food and shelter, but there are a few relatively easy protective measures you can take.
- Keep your property clean and clutter-free
- Practice proper food storage
- Practice proper garbage disposal
- Partner with a professional
The Most Effective Rodent Control For Tyler Properties
Ultimately, the fastest and most effective form of rodent control is to contact the professionals. Reach out to the experts at Pest-Pro Services Inc, and we'll take care of everything. We offer comprehensive pest control packages that can be tailored according to your individual needs and concerns. When you partner With Pest-Pro Services, you're getting exactly what you need, nothing less, with no excess fluff to pad our pockets. Reach out now, and discover why our pro-customer approach has been tried and proven effective by thousands of homes.
