Prebait whenever possible: It’s a proven method of acclimating rodents, especially rats, to newly placed traps and glueboards. Once you’ve identified placement locations, place unset, baited traps in those areas. Any initial reluctance to approach the traps will be overcome as multiple juveniles visit and feed at these locations. As they do, they leave behind […]
Rodents
Rodents are a common pest that create problems for homeowners, food businesses, and many others. Learn more about rodent management tips and tricks.
Tips & Tricks: Use Knowledge of Vibrissae to Help Select, Place Traps
Rodents use vibrissae to sense changes in air pressure and movement, so they know when you (or predators) are nearby....
Tips and Tricks: Be Proactive When Dealing with Rodents
Think ahead, and be proactive. Perform a professional rodent inspection on every account to find potential entry points, and repair...
Tips and Tricks: The Benefits of Using Rodent Bait Stations with Barcodes
Controlling rodents has been a continuous, million-dollar battle for years for pest management professionals (PMPs). But with new technology, such...
Tips and Tricks: Approach Rodent Management with All Your Senses
Approach rodent management with all your senses. ■ Vision is critical because not all rodent control signs are obvious. Use...
Tips and Tricks: Inspections are Key to an Effective Rodent Control Program
Inspections lay the foundation for establishing an effective rodent control program. It’s amazing that something as simple as “looking around”...
Tips and Tricks: How to Eradicate Those Last Few Mice
We’ve all run into difficult situations at accounts where we couldn’t catch the last few difficult mice in multiple-catch traps...
The Architectural Challenge of Green-Roof Rats
When most pest management professionals (PMPs) discover rodents are active on a roof, they focus on roof rats, which have...
Fact vs. Fiction: Deer Mouse
Fiction: Deer mice are just outdoor versions of House mice. Fact: House Mouse (Mus musculus) and all its fancy domesticated...
Groundhog Day: 5 Methods to Control Woodchucks
Biology, behavior and control tips to turn woodchuck problems into profits Woodchucks are short, stocky ground squirrels that weigh an...
Framed Art, Bed Bugs and Crawlspace Decontamination
Q: A customer with a bed bug problem also has expensive, framed art hanging on the wall. We found a...
House Mouse Basics and Biology
Here’s a list of facts about the house mouse all pest management professionals (PMPs) should consider when servicing accounts: Mice...
House Mouse: Belligerent Biology
“When a group of genetically identical mice lived in the same complex enclosure for three months, individuals that explored the...
dos & don’ts: Rodentology
Do the applied rodentology and don’t let the house mouse (Mus domesticus) masticate and contaminate structures and food. As a...
most wanted: Rodentology
Rodentology is the study or science of rodents. A rodentologist investigates pests and creates a behavioral profile to assist and...
Busting up burrows
Let’s say you have a rodent infestation indoors but can’t find any nesting or living sites. The building is in...