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Winter is the season where rodents are most active.
Rodents are still coming in and are active in the winter.
To inspect for rodents, listen for noise in the walls and look out for droppings or chewed food wrappers found in rooms where you didn’t leave food.
Areas that are most likely to have... more
Category: Rodents
Residential Pest Control Services
Initial Pest Prevention Survey
We inspect your home, identifying existing and potential problems.
We Treat All Unfinished Attic Areas
This treatment penetrates deep into eaves and inaccessible areas to control ants, silverfish, spiders, and free flying insects such as wasps and cluster flies.
We... more
Looking to Buy a Home?
If you are looking to buy a home to move into for the New Year make sure you get it fully inspected! You don’t want to move in January to find out in the spring it is infested with rodents or... more
Jack O'Lantern
Where did the Jack O'Lantern start?
Every October, carved pumpkins peer out from porches and doorsteps in the United States and other parts of the world. Gourd-like orange fruits inscribed with ghoulish faces and illuminated by candles are a sure sign of the Halloween season.
The practice of... more
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How To Prevent Fall Pests From Entering Your Home
In New England, we know that warm spring months bring ants to our picnics, the hot summer months bring annoying mosquitoes and stinging insects into yards and gardens, and the cooler fall weather brings the invasion of pests inside our homes looking for a warm and safe place to spend the winter. If... more
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Rats: Sewer Rat Prevention Tips
Rats: Sewer Rats, Norway Rats, and Brown Rats are all the same Rat!
There are the instances that sewer rats may have already gotten into your house; if that’s the case there are some things you can do to get rid of the problem. One of the best methods to get rid of sewer rats is to contact your... more
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Misconceptions About Mice
In fiction, mice are popularly portrayed as loving cheese, but, in reality, most mice do not particularly like cheese, and prefer foods in their natural diet. Cheese probably became linked to mice because its strong smell and sticky texture make it a good bait for mousetraps, even though... more
You Dirty Rat! Tis' The Season To Eradicate.
Worldwide, rats and mice spread over 35 diseases. These diseases can be spread to humans directly, through handling of rodents, through contact with rodent feces, urine, or saliva, or through rodent bites. Diseases carried by rodents can also be spread to humans indirectly, through ticks, mites or... more
What You Should Know About Mouse Prevention
The house mouse (Mus musculus) is considered one of the most troublesome and economically important pests in the United States. House mice live and thrive under a variety of conditions in and around homes and farms. House mice consume food meant for humans or pets. They contaminate food-preparation... more
Two Simple Ways To Keep Mice Out
Cooler seasonal temperatures prompt mice start looking for a place inside to spend the winter such as your home.
Mice can enter your home in a variety of ways. So you want to seal up every opening they can find.
The common house mouse weighs about an ounce, has a two-inch-long body and can... more
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