To exterminate or not exterminate: Signs it’s time for pest control PART ONE RODENTS

Pests are… well, they’re also unclean, germ-ridden, carriers of disease that can infect both yourself and your pets. Lets’ all be honest there’s nothing more disconcerting than having uninvited house guests crawling out of their walls to introduce themselves.  Here are some signs it’s time to call a professional. 

• What was that Sound?

Have you ever settled into bed, on your way to blissful unconsciousness when your peace is disturbed by rustling or scratching sounds? You can’ quite identify the source but you have a creeping suspicion it’s coming from inside the walls? There are only two possibilities. Either you need to get out of your house now, because there are secret passage ways you didn’t know about and this is the beginning scene of a horror movie OR you have rodents and it’s time to call for help. Well, you need to call for help in either case, but rats can wait until morning. 

• Why are There Holes in My Walls?

Mouse holes, unfortunately, aren’t going to look like mini archways in your wall. This isn’t a cartoon, rodents aren’t going to build a front door and hang sign proclaiming who’s its name and its presence. There will be no welcome mats set out for its rodent buddies to wipe their feet on when they visit. Rodents can fit through extremely small spaces. If a pencil can fit in the space so can a mouse. Rodents and weird bone structures… *full body shivers*

• What's That on the Ground?

It’s poop. Those little small black things you found on the ground, on your counters in the morning, in the back of your kitchen cabinets, it’s poop. Carefully sanitize and remove the excrement and throw out anything that and in the surrounding area. I’m not going to put up a picture because ew, but you can look it up, thanks google images. 

If you hear or find these things then it’s likely you have a pest problem. It’s likely not just one mouse, it’s probably several. It’s best to call a professional that can humanely remove them ALL and leave you rodent free. AND NO YOU CAN’T DOMESTICATE THEM AND KEEP THEM AS PETS! IF YOU WANT A PET MOUSE OR RAT GET IT FROM A REPUTABLE BREEDER OR THE DRUGSTORE! Thank you.

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