The Rat Patrol
For Delta residents, rats can be a threat to your property, health, sense of security and sanity. They can chew through electrical wires potentially causing be a fire, chew through plastic water pipes, drywall and destroy insulation. Rats leave behind urine and feces everywhere they go – THEY JUST CAN’T HELP IT – which can carry pathogens that may cause disease. Female rats typically having 10 litters per year, with 10 babies per litter, you can easily see that a full blown infestation isn’t hard to behind. So how can you protect your castle from these unwelcome intruders, easy – repairing, sanitizing and reporting. By repairing cracks and holes on the outside of your house, be it the foundation, the walls or roof. Also trim back any trees that are encroaching on the roof line, by 3 meters. To keep rats out of sewer pipes, keep drains covered with screens or grates. Another way to keep rats away is to remove their food sources. Pet food should not be left outdoors overnight and fruiting plants should not have ripe fruit on the ground. Garbage day is once a week so keep garbage in heavy duty bins that are well sealed. By recognizing the signs of a rat invasion and then reporting them you can help yourself from dealing with greater damage down the road. Here is what to look for to see if you have a rat problem: rat droppings in or outside of your house, evidence of gnawing on packaging or other materials, rat tracks, rat nests, scratching or scurrying sounds in the walls or ceiling, and burrows. In Delta, 85% of rats are Norway rats and these guys like to burrow.
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