Rodent Removal & Exclusion

Modern rodent control techniques include not only trapping or killing existing rodents infesting your home or business, but also the more important step of excluding rodent infestation in the future. Even the best traps are not 100% effective against rodents, which are intelligent enough to avoid being trapped in many cases. The most effective remedy is keeping rodents completely out of your home or business structures in the first place.  

If rodents get inside your home or business, they will reproduce quickly. A female can produce up to 10 litters of five or six babies per year. Each of these new generation will of course continue to breed, and on and on they go. Without the natural predators that rodents face in the wild, they will be difficult indeed to get rid of once they are inside your building.

Rodent exclusion protects your family or your business from disease and illness transmitted by rodent pests. Rodents carry and transmit disease to both humans and pets, and rodent droppings are hazardous to human health and pets as well. Rodents carry parasites that cause disease and allergic reactions. Rodents are known to carry and transmit the Hantavirus, Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis (LCM), Plague, Tularemia, and Rabies, among others. Rodents have caused death, disease, and misery throughout all of human history.

Rodent poisons also create hazardous exposure for people and pets. Exclusion technology both protects your family, pets, and business from dangerous poisons and is environmentally friendly.

Rodents cause significant and severe property damage to sidewalks, insulation, electrical wiring, and plumbing and can destroy the reputation of businesses as well. The pests generally create unwanted and unnecessary stress for families and children. 

How Rodent Exclusion Works 

Effective pest exclusion involves professional assistance in making improvements and repairs to the exterior of structures and buildings to prevent rodent entry from the outside. Controlling your property’s outside environment is also important in eliminating rodent and pest habitat outside your home or business.

Professional rodent exclusion involves expertise in preventing rodent invasion, rather than simply killing and removing rodents already inside your property. Cook’s Pest Management has a sophisticated understanding of building and construction technology. Recognizing evidence of previous entry paths and vulnerable weaknesses in structures is the key to knowing what type of exclusion materials and techniques to use. Common exclusionary materials include sealants, concrete repairs or patching, steel or brush fibers, steel mesh screens, vent screens, and other construction materials.

 

A proper exclusion plan includes interior remediation in addition to exterior exclusion. Removal of attractive bedding areas for rodents eliminates one of the main reasons for rodent infestation. With effective interior exclusion, rodents are prevented from moving from room to room inside structures.

Exterior exclusion techniques include cutting or trimming trees overhanging structures and creating gravel or pebble barriers around the foundation of all structures on your property. All trash containers stored outside on your property should be completely solid and kept closed. Eliminating opportunity for concealment and easy entry into structures is a key component of your rodent exclusion plan.

Regular professional inspections and treatments of your property by Cook’s Pest Management will ensure that your exclusion system remains intact and working properly.

Rodent exclusion technology provides additional benefits by providing exclusion protection against numerous other types of pests, including roaches and reptiles.

Call Cook’s Pest Management today to get a quote for rodent removal and exclusion for your property.