Delta homeowners should steady themselves for an assault of lethal and filthy animals as the cold wet weather sets in. This time of year is when hordes of rodents look to leave the fall chill by looking for shelter inside your home and this autumn is set to be one of the worst yet for squirrels, rats and mice. Here at Go Green Pest Control and Exterminators have already become so busy with rodent infestations that we’ve had to start turning jobs down. The best advice we can give for anyone with pests inside their home is to call a professional for help. We’re already have triple the amount of enquiries this year, compared to last year. An outbreak of giant rodents was caused by the hot weather this summer and now they want to come indoors to escape the cold. Mice breeding season has just ended and pregnant females will be very anxious to find a safe shelter. Mice are adept of spreading nasty diseases with their feces, urine and saliva. There are an estimated 150 million rats in Canada, and an increasing number have become super rats – resistance to retail store-bought poisons. And after a hot summer, we are expecting a growing number of these poison-immune mutant rats to get into homes all over Delta. Rats carry all kinds of diseases and bacteria, some as bad as Weil’s disease. Rats’ teeth grow continuously which is why they’re always chewing to keep their teeth short and sharp. So they can make short work of electricity cables causing fires and water pipes causing floods. You may not find squirrels as revolting as mice and rats, but for squirrels fall and winter is mating season and they want their nests in attics. Squirrels will often enter a home by chewing beneath the gutter or merely pushing up the soffit materials. Once they’re in a home, they like to tear up insulation, chew through wires and plastic pipes and leave feces and urine.
gogreenpestcontrol.ca Ladner Tsawwassen Delta B.C. Randy L. Bilesky BsF CPA RPF
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