In the city or the countryside, all homes are one day or confronted with unexpected visits from these little creatures that few appreciate. City rat or country rat, mouse or field mouse, their presence if it is more than unpleasant is also dangerous. Risky for electrical installations, partitions, and furniture, their passage also endangers the health of the occupants. Carriers of diseases, fleas, and ticks, certainly have an ecological role in the ecosystem, but certainly not in that of houses or apartments. It is therefore imperative to get rid of it as soon as possible. Do you prefer a natural solution? No problem, Albany Pest Control Pros gives you 9 Ways

1. ESSENTIAL OILS, A NATURAL REPELLENT AGAINST RODENTS

Do the clues add up? Traces of passage, dirt at the bottom of the partitions, droppings, bitten wires, so many proofs of the presence of pests and particularly rodents in your house. Do you just want them to leave as easily as they came?

Some smell like pepper keep rats away, you can leave some here and there in your house.

Otherwise, place in strategic places where you have detected their presence cotton soaked in essential oils such as:

• Pepper ;
• Sage;
• Mint;
• Lemongrass;
• Laurel;
• Angelica (for this one, we advise you to wear gloves to handle it);
• Eucalyptus

You can also choose to plant these aromatic herbs directly in your garden or pots on your terrace.

2. MECHANICAL TRAPS, NOT NECESSARILY RAT POISON

If you are afraid of not being enough of a deterrent, you can opt for more mechanical and automatic action. The traps (the traps in particular) consist in attracting the animal and then locking it up to release it in the wild, but far from your home.

Swatter-type traps kill the animal instantly.

3. ULTRASOUND TO KEEP RATS AWAY

You can position small devices that emit sounds at different frequencies and thus scare away rodents. Depending on the capacity of the machine, the protected area can range from 10 to 30 m2. Some act up to 90 m2 around. You can, of course, have several in the house, garages, outbuildings, attics, and cellars.

Depending on the model, plan a budget of €25 to €50.

If you have pets, they too will hear and suffer from these piercing noises for the animal ear.

4. FOCUS ON PREVENTION SO AS NOT TO ATTRACT THEM

Avoid storing foodstuffs in your barn, for example. Bags of flour or other food that are not stored in airtight containers are all smells that alert them to this accessible source of supply.

Likewise, do not store objects that may allow them to hide and nest. If it cannot hide, the rat does not stay put to reproduce.

5. CLOSING ACCESS, A SIMPLE AND EFFECTIVE METHOD

To limit the presence of rats in houses, one of the first things to do is to simply block their access. For this, it is necessary to plug all the holes:

• Around pipelines;
• Access hatches to cellars for old houses;
• Caulk door sills, etc.

6. THE CAT, THE HISTORIC ENEMY OF RATS AND MICE

It’s not for nothing that the game of cat and mouse exists. This feline, by its simple smell, is a real repellent against rodents which, instinctively, are wary of it, are afraid of it, and therefore flee. Know that it is also possible to train your cat to hunt rats and mice.

Failing that, occasionally let neighborhood cats visit your garden. It costs nothing to let them do a preventive round.

7. POISONS, THE RADICAL SOLUTION

Do you prefer a more radical solution and don’t have to go release them in the forest next door? You can then decide to poison them. Be careful, this decision requires not having any pets in the house, or children walking on all fours, or too young to understand the danger.

Prepare pasta:

• Plain flour ;
• Plaster;
• A little water.

Mix to obtain the consistency you can make balls that you deposit in the places where the rats pass. You can also put some between the partitions or in the holes that you cannot obstruct.

Another recipe that exterminates rodents:

• Quicklime ;
• A little bit of sugar.

The fatal drink:

• A little cola soda.

Leave him small cups of cola to drink. Very greedy of sweet taste, the rat ingests this drink which destroys these internal organs and therefore leads to its death.

The food traps settle in the corners of rooms, along the walls, but also wherever you have been able to detect races in their path.

Many other rodenticides and natural traps without chemicals are on sale in shops, garden centers, or supermarkets. They exist in the form of granules, powder, or tablets.

8. PROFESSIONAL INTERVENTION, THE FINAL OPTION

If, despite all your efforts to get rid of these rodents, their presence is still evident, the intervention of a professional remains the last solution.

Acting according to the behavior of the animal, the professional uses his knowledge to choose the most suitable solution for your home and the invasion of which you are a victim.

Namely, pest control professionals have access to products that are much more effective, but also much more dangerous, which is why the use is reserved for them. Rodents being very suspicious by nature, our intervention is often understood by the animals, who warn each other. The professional solution overcomes all these difficulties.

Important: you can request a quote before making your decision.

9. GOOD HABITS TO ADOPT

However, there are some good reflexes to take to avoid having to deal with such situations, such as:

• Take out the garbage cans every evening and close them properly so that the smell does not attract nearby rodents.
• Store all food in hermetically sealed boxes, especially in outbuildings, cellars, etc.
• Keep the house in a permanent state of cleanliness.