There are various reasons why your home might be considered a heaven for rats to stay in indefinitely. The main reason why rats flock to homes in the first place is to seek shelter from the cold and harsh environment from the outdoors. By being in a warm and comfortable place rats can find the opportunity to multiply and to build nests in peace with the source of food a few meters away. This combination makes it likely that rats can make nests in your home and that they can birth offspring for several generations.
The abundance of water also seems to be a determining factor in attracting rats to your home as leaky pipes make up a good source to quench the rats’ thirst with ease. The diet of the rat is far from specific and they are known to consume feces, dumpsters and from our trash cans. What might be trash for you is a full multi-course buffet. To make things even more unappetizing is that rats are known to be the carrier of several diseases including being the cause of the infamous plague, salmonellosis, leptospirosissis, and tularemia to give you an idea what they have in store. Being in contact with their urine and droppings can also be a way to transfer the diseases over. To prevent the rats from breaching in your home it is advised to check the whole perimeter of your house as rats are known to be very agile.
They can slip through cracks, devices, structural gaps, and through exposed gaps and pipes. The key here is to limit any access possible through which the way can find its way into your house. To do this effectively to ensure that rodents cannot gain access to your house, it is strongly advised to hire a reputable pest control service to perform an exterior inspection to point out any potential breaches to seal up. The technician can be done install tamper-prove exterior bait stations in places that are most effective where the rat is attracted to by smell and perishes. To take precautionary measures pay attention to your back and garage doors in addition to any foundational gaps as previously mentioned.
It is always advised to bring in a professional pest control Kitchener service local to the Greater Toronto Area as the technicians are familiar with the structural issues that the homes have pertaining to the specific area and city. As we are adjusting our lives to the Coronavirus epidemic, our habits should follow along demanding an even more thorough cleaning of your home as we battle the spread collectively.