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How to Get Rid of Rodents

21/02/2019 by Jim Pavlik
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Getting rid of rodents in the home can be difficult. Rodents can be sneaky, and you need to look for a way to get rid of them once and for all. When it comes to getting rid of rodents, there are some home procedures that you can implement to get rid of rats.

Using home methods can help in getting rid of rodents. However, in extreme cases, you need to make sure that you get rid of rodents professionally. Here are some tips on getting rid of rodents in the home:

Remove Unnecessary Clutter

ratYou need to make sure that you remove unnecessary clutter from your home. If you have a lot of unwanted clutter in your home, there are chances that you will have mice in your home. Rodents like hiding in areas where there is a lot of clutter.

You will encourage the breeding of rodents in your home if you have heaps of dirt in the home. If your home is as bright as possible, you will realize that you do not have any dirt around the house.

Keep Your Home Clean

Keeping your home clean will help you to get rid of rodents in the home. Before you go to bed, make sure that you take away the dirt. Taking away the dirt and keeping your home clean will cut the food supply for rodents.

You need to cut the food supply for rodents, and you can do that by keeping the home clean. Before you go to bed, make sure that you take out the dirt and clean the kitchen. The rodents will decrease when you cut out their food supply.

Lighting and Broken Taps

Improve the lighting in your home and also fix the broken taps. Rodents hide in dark areas of your home. If your home is well-lit, rats and mice will not have a hiding place. Keep your home well-lit by allowing natural lighting or even including some bulbs in the house.

It is also advisable to fix broken taps because they allow the growth of rodents. Rodents are always looking for water supply, and you should provide them with a water supply through broken taps.

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Seal Cracks and Entry Ways

You need to seal the cracks in your home where the rodents are likely to hide. It is also advisable to seal the entryways of the home where the rats are likely to access your home. After getting rid of the rats, the last step is to get rid of the rodents once and for all.

Posted in: Pest and Animal Control Tagged: Mice, rats, rodents

Keeping Mice Away With Peppermint Oil

24/04/2017 by Jackie Thai
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Having a rodent problem in the home is not a pleasant experience and can be expensive to deal with too. Keeping mice away with peppermint oil can be the answer to expensive pest control bills. Peppermint oil can be purchased at most health food stores, as a spray or as an essential oil. If using oil, place about 5 drops of peppermint essential oil on a small piece of cloth or on a cotton ball. One of the frequently asked question is does peppermint oil repel mice?

Positioning

miceThey can then be positioned around the home where you think the mice are entering. Doorways, holes in the walls or skirting boards and even cracks in the walls are obvious places. Do not overlook even the tiniest of holes. Mice can enter though a hole no bigger than the point of a pencil.

It is a good idea to fill any gaps around washing machine, sinks and dryer pipes with wire wool. If using a peppermint spray, squirt it along skirting boards. You will need 20 to 25 drops of peppermint essential oil in a spray bottle with half a pint of it.

Getting rid

How to get rid of mice is a hot topic, mainly because the price of hiring pest control people is escalating. Added to this is the fact that modern life has created an environment that is compatible for rodents. Tons of food is thrown away every day in developed countries. If you don’t deter the mice immediately then they will nest and you will have a real problem which will almost certainly require pest control professionals. Keeping mice away with peppermint oil may be the solution.

Best method

big mousePeppermint oil is considered one of the best methods of keeping mice away. It may not be the most effective way to exterminate them (poison, for example) but as a deterrent, its use has proved effective. One of the problems with using this essential oil is that instructions for use can be a little vague: one reason being that it is difficult if you are using peppermint essential oil on cotton balls or cloths to know when you need to replace them.

Making up a spray will overcome this problem. You can use it every day without doing any harm to your home. The trick is guessing where the mice are entering the house. As with any other product (cleaning materials for example) keep the peppermint oil away from children.

Posted in: Home Improvement Tagged: Keeping, Mice, Oil, Peppermint

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