Rats and mice in Eugene are a prolific bunch.  Even a single, lone rodent scurrying across your kitchen floor is cause for great alarm. The germs and diseases these rodents spread are enough to endanger you and your family, but before you get out your shotgun and attempt some country rodent control, let’s review the options.  We’ve outlined good ideas and bad ideas, to help you know the difference, and most importantly, why some work and some don’t.

Bad Ideas For Controlling Rats and Mice in Eugene

Let’s start with what doesn’t work first.

1. Don’t just assume you have mice and start setting mouse traps. Most often homes in the city actually have rats. We frequently perform inspections and discover mouse traps have unsuccessfully been set when the real problem is a rat infestation. While it is possible with a lot of luck, it is rare to catch a rat with a mouse trap.
2. Putting out rodent bait if you are not 100% certain your problem isn’t rats is a bad idea. When a poisoned rat dies inside a wall, heating system or other inaccessible location you are going to regret using that bait for several weeks to come.  The smell will be overwhelming and you’ll be breathing that in, which is dangerous.
3. Throwing rodent bait packets inside a wall can be very risky. Rats love to move food and could drag that bait out to a location where pets or children can find it. A dog that eats rodent bait will probably cost you $500 bucks at the vet.

Best Ideas For Rodent Control

Here is how our pros eliminate rodents.

1. Start with a detailed inspection of your home. Look for grease marks as seen here that identify frequent travel patterns. Droppings also help determine severity of infestation, rodent travel paths and can help you distinguish between rats and mice. Don’t forget to look under the kitchen sink, behind the fridge and range and inside cupboards and closets. We also check under the home, outside and up on the roof.
2. Set tons of traps. Setting 24-48 traps for a residential rodent clean out project is definitely reasonable.
3. Make sure traps are in the right locations. Ideal trap placements intersect frequent rodent travel paths. Try for shadowy areas, near plumbing or electrical wire wall penetrations (without escutcheon rings), along walls or near dog dishes, trash cans  and other feeding locations.
4. Be patient. Rats don’t like new things and sometimes won’t get near a trap for four weeks or more.
5. For fast and guaranteed rodent elimination call us for a PRO inspection.

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