Rodents and insects are still on the lookout for warm hideaways as the cold weather continues. Perhaps a New Year's Resolution for...
January, in the heart of winter, may not seem like the best time to talk about household pests, but one New Year's resolution worth considering is pest-proofing one's home. It protects against threats to health and, importantly, damage to one's greatest investment.
Late autumn and winter is the time when rodent species, looking for a warm harborage, invade homes. Once inside, they will chew on wires and pose a threat of fire. Since rodents urinate and defecate wherever they go, the potential for diseases increases, particularly when they invade food store areas.
Do-it-yourself pest control efforts usually fail – that's when pest management professionals get the call and that's when their expertise and the means to trap and control mice and rats demonstrate why their training is essential to controlling such problems.
As if rodents weren't bad enough, many homes in the UK commonly suffer invasions by squirrels and bats.
Sealing cracks in the home's foundation, storing firewood away from the home, cutting back tree limbs that provide access to the roof, and many other steps will be recommended by a professional pest management technician.
A wide variety of insect pests can over-winter in a home. Wasps and hornets will hibernate in void areas under the roof and emerge when the weather turns warm to begin new colonies and build nests.
Cockroaches are nature's greatest survivors and even a few can swiftly multiply into hundreds once the weather triggers their instinctual behaviour.
The UK is home as well to a thriving population of foxes who think that rubbish bins are open-air cafeterias. Taking care to ensure that rubbish containers are tightly sealed can go far in avoiding unwelcome visitors.
Mother Nature never takes a vacation and affords insect and rodents pests, as well as other creatures many opportunities to reproduce in staggeringly high numbers. A home with its warmth, its ample supplies of food and water, and its wood components are magnets for pests of every description.
Article provided by SDA Pest Control