Why Call A Professional?

A lot of people myself included will always try a bit of DIY before realising that a professional is needed for the job, and pest control is no different.

Yes, there are products you can buy of the self and they might do the job but would you try and rewire your house or install a bathroom just because you can buy the products in the shops?

The reason you wouldn’t try to rewire your house or do the plumbing is because of your safety and once again pest control is no different.

There are many different factures that could determine what bait or trap you use for the job.

• There is a resistance to some types of rodenticide in parts of the UK, meaning the bait will have no effect on the rodent.

• Different baits are licensed for use against different rodents, like bait for mice is only meant to be used against house mice but the mouse in the loft could be a wood mouse and therefor not licensed to be used against it.

• Think of the environment with traces of rodenticide being found in birds of prey, barn owls and hedgehogs. This is due to the fact that rodents that have been poisoned finding there way outside before they die and being eaten by non-target species. 

• If a rodent has been poisoned it needs to be disposed of properly as the rodent is now toxic and shouldn’t just be put in the bin.

• When a rodent is poisoned you have no control over where the rodent will die meaning it could end up on your lawn and get picked up by your dog, cat or children. 

If you don’t intend to use bait and use traps instead you need to make sure your using the right trap for the job.

• If you try using a rat trap when you have mice it wont work because the mice aren’t heavy enough to set the trap off.

• If you put down mouse traps and have rats it won’t work because the trap isn’t big enough or powerful enough to kill the rat

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• If you think you have rats but it’s a squirrel then a rat trap isn’t powerful enough to kill the squirrel.

All of the factors listed above are things a pest control professional has been trained to do, for example, identifying the rodent and provide the correct and most environmentally friendly treatment needed for the job. Which means that your rodent issue will be treated in a controlled safe manner.