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Many residents of Southern California, and communities across the country, experience problems with rodents in their garages. Although there are strategies to eliminate mice and rats from garages after an infestation occurs, the ideal course is to avoid a rodent “invasion” in the first instance. There are a number of key steps you need to…
Rodents are drawn to buildings to obtain shelter, food, water, and safety from predators. As a consequence, garages prove to be prime locations where rodent infestations are prone to occur. While it’s one thing to know how to eradicate rodents that take up residence in your garage, the ideal course of action is to be…
A recurring problem throughout Southern California (as well as other locales in the U.S.A.) is rodent infestations in garages. Once a rodent infestation is addressed and mice or rats have been eliminated, a homeowner or renter is next faced with the issue of rat droppings cleanup and the elimination of other waste left behind as…
A rodent infestation in your home can have catastrophic consequences. Mice and rats can do untold damage to your property. By way of example, a full 25 percent of all residential fires stem from rodents attacking electrical systems and exposing wires and starting blazes that many times consume a home. Rodents and their droppings also…
Many people are interested in utilizing natural strategies to control rodents on their property, to prevent mice and rat infestations of their homes, businesses, barns, and other structures. There are a number of natural strategies that can be utilized to effectively control rodents on your property. One of the effective means of addressing rodents on…
Over 20 million households in the United States seek professional assistance every year to eradicate rodents that have infested the premises. Odds are that at some juncture in time you will face the prospect of a mouse or rat infestation in your residence. For that reason, it is important to arm yourself with some basic,…
A truly disturbing situation is one in which mice have infested your home or business. Dealing with a mouse infestation can fairly be considered a two-part endeavor. The process includes properly identifying the type of mice that have taken residence in your home or business. Once that is accomplished, the next phase is ascertaining how…
Your attic is likely one of the most overlooked areas in your home. Despite this reality, your attic has a major role in and impact on the overall health of your home and the welfare of people residing in your residence. The reality is that you need to inspect your attic regularly to ensure that…
A truly frustrating and potentially hazardous experience is rodent infestation that includes your attic. The reality is that mice and rats are capable of causing significant damage to your home, including your attic. In addition, rodents and their droppings can present a threat to the health and wellbeing of you and your family. If you’ve…
If you’re like many people, your attic is not the most regularly tended to part of your residence. Indeed, like most people, you may have a few items stored in your attic. Beyond that, you may have spent a bit of time in your attic if you were having insulation installed. Even though you spend…
If you are like over 20 million homeowners and renters in the United States during the past year, you may have had a problem with a mouse or rat infestation in your residence. If you were fortunate, you were able to eradicate the rodent infestation in a fairly short period of time. You now are…
In the latter part of the summer of 2019, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued an alarming advisory. The CDC announced that a strain of drug-resistant salmonella bacteria was identified as infecting people in the United States. At the time of the announcement, over 200 people in the United States were…
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that salmonella bacteria cause approximately 1.2 million illnesses in the United States annually. Of this number, about 23,000 people are hospitalized. Approximately 450 individuals die from died nationally from salmonella infections. Typically, these are older people, infants, and individuals with compromised immune systems. Antibiotics historically…
If you’ve had mouse infestation in your home and have successfully eradicated the invasive rodents, your work is not done. You still must address the issue of rat droppings and other waste that remains behind in your home following the eradication of a mouse infestation in your residence. There are a number of facts and…
If you’re like many people in the United States and around the world, your home is not only populated with humans but also furry family members as well. The most common types of companion animals people share homes with are cats and dogs. You naturally are concerned for the health and welfare of these furry…
Raccoons are mammals that can be found in a variety of settings. Raccoons live in urban and suburban areas across the United States. Raccoons tend to live near human population centers in many instances. They do this in order to access food and even places to live. An issue associated with raccoons residing near people…
Few homeowners get through life without having to deal with mice on their properties at least one time, if not more. In some instances, a mouse infestation involves the living spaces of a home; in other cases, mice infest the garage. If you’ve found yourself dealing with mouse infestation in your garage, you need to…
A mouse infestation presents a serious problem for a home or business owner. If you are facing such a situation, you may be interested in attempting to eradicate a mouse infestation before reaching out to a professional for assistance. With this in mind, you may wonder what types of mouse traps are available to you…
One of the most frustrating, destructive, and potentially dangerous that can happen to you is to experience a rat infestation in your home or business. During and in the aftermath of a rat infestation you face the need to undertake rat feces cleanup. You need to understand what is involved in thoroughly and safely cleaning…
A home or business owner need not sit idly by hoping (against hope) that a rodent problem or issue will not arise on the premises. Rather, there are specific strategies that can be employed as a means of protecting against a rodent infestation in a residence or commercial property. Regular Exterior Inspection Rats, mice, and…
Your parents have made the decision to move to a retirement community and need to put their current residence on the market for sale. They’ve called upon you to assist them in getting the house ready for sale. Although you’re at your parents’ home with some regularity, you discovered during your own closer examination of…
Each year millions of homeowners have to engage the services of rodent eradication or extermination professionals to rid their residences of mice. In addition, there are a variety of different techniques and devices designed with the idea of allowing homeowners the ability to rid their properties of mice on their own. Once such line of…
Striving for ideal attic insulation has been a quest undertaken by humans for generations. A look at the history of insulation used in attics and elsewhere in houses and other structures provides insights into the evolution of products designed to protect people against the elements. Ancient Civilizations and Insulation Insulation has a long, storied history.…
A phrase that you undoubtedly hear and see with some regularity is “death by natural causes.” Despite regular exposure to the phrase, if you pause for a moment, you may not really know what is meant by the term death by natural causes. We provide you an understanding of this manner of death. Basic Death…
A mouse infestation can have catastrophic consequences for a home or business owner. This may sound like an overly dramatic statement. As you will see in a moment, it is not. If you learn that you have a mouse infestation in your residence, you need to understand the most effective way to eliminate these vermin.…
A mouse infestation in your home can prove very challenging. Odds of being able to eliminate mice from your home by setting a few traps here and there is just about nil. One of the reasons why ending a mouse infestation in your home is problematic is because these rodents select hidden locations that are…
Bloodborne pathogens are hazardous microorganisms like viruses and bacteria that have the potential for causing disease and illness in human beings. Indeed, there are bloodborne pathogens that can cause chronic disease or permanent illness. There are bloodborne pathogens that can prove to be fatal. If you find yourself exposed to blood or bodily fluids that…
The roof rat is a rodent of many names and an extraordinary talent. The other monikers of the roof rat include: Ship rat Black rat House rat The roof rat has an outstanding ability to climb, an inherent talent akin to that of a squirrel Roof rats target homes, businesses, and other human-built structures. Thus,…
Every year, over 20 million professional calls are made to residential property to eradicate mice and rats from the premises. The stark reality is the rodents continue to be a major problem for homeowners in Southern California and across the United States. Prevention of mice infestation is a major objective of homeowners of all types.…
Each year, over 21 million homeowners call upon professionals to assist them in dealing with a rodent infestation in their residences. In addition to this large number of people, there are millions of homeowners that elect to undertake rodent eradication on their own. These tallies help to underscore how serious the extent of rodent infestation…
The term “brown mice” oftentimes is applied to a species of the mouse also known as the house mouse. Although house mice come in a number of different colors, the most common fur hue of this type of rodent is brown. The brown mouse is one of the most common types of rodent home invaders…
Rodents generally comprise a remarkable 40 percent of all mammals inhabiting the planet today. Mice make up a considerable percentage of members of the rodent family. Mice live in a variety of different habitats, from fields to forests to deserts and a myriad of other locations. There are even mice that are capable of climbing…
Odds are that you’ve been at least somewhat educated on the need to keep food items appropriately stored to prevent mice and rats from being attracted to your residence. What you may not have focused as directly on is the fact that water is also attractive to rodents and can make your home a target…
Mice are inventive, cunning, and adept critters. They are capable of taking up residence in different parts of a structure, including underneath homes. This means that mice are capable of nesting not only in basements, cellars, or crawlspaces but in spaces beneath the first floor of a house, even when there exists no lower level…
Field mouse or field mice is a term that is used to encompass a number of different specific species of mice that are more commonplace throughout the United States, including in Southern California. The moniker of field mice is applied because of a frequent habitat of different and yet similar types of mice, which is…
If you’ve had a mouse infestation in your home and have successfully eradicated the invasive rodents, your work is not done. You still must address the issue of rat droppings and other waste that remains behind in your home following the eradication of a mouse infestation in your residence. There are a number of facts and…
There are certain types of rodents that more commonly infest structures made by humans. This includes mice and rats that infest homes, business, garages, barns, and other structures. In order to prevent a rodent infestation, and in order to deal with one when it occurs, it is important for you to have a basic appreciation…
A traumatic experience is learning that a member of your family died alone and that the deceased loved one’s remains were not immediately found. This type of scenario is known as an unattended death (or an undiscovered death). The death of a person in this manner impacts the deceased person’s family in a number of…
Since the early days of the AIDS pandemic in the early 1980s, over 77 million people have become infected worldwide with HIV, the virus responsible for setting the stage for AIDS-related illnesses. Over 35 million people have died as a result of these various AIDS-related illnesses. In 2017 alone, approximately 940,000 people around the globe…
An oft-used cliché is that we all have two things in common: death and taxes. In regards to death, humans share an associated reality: the decomposition process. Having noted this, another reality is that the decomposition process is not the same for all bodies. The fact is that there are a variety of factors that…
One of the most frustrating situations that can occur is a rodent infestation in your home. Indeed, a rodent infestation is not only exasperating, but it is also potentially dangerous. The hazards associated with a rodent infestation include the droppings associated with these types of critters. If you’re a landlord or a tenant, you may…
One of the most challenging, even traumatic, situations a family can experience is the unattended death of one of its own. The unattended death of a family member is a truly tragic experience on many levels. This article is designed to enumerate the ways in which an unattended death impacts the family of the deceased…
In basic terms, biohazard cleanup is the thorough elimination of potentially dangerous biological substances. Any individual involved in a biohazard cleanup process faces the prospect of exposure to what are known as dangerous pathogens. These pathogens include bacteria and viruses that have the potential for causing disease, including serious and even potentially fatal illness. Because…
One of the most frustrating and potentially dangerous situations you can experience in your residence is a rodent infestation. One of the more challenging types of rodent infestations occurs in an attic. If you’ve found yourself facing a rodent infestation in your attic, you undoubtedly are wondering what you can do to bring the vermin…
The Norway rat is one of the two most common rats in the United States. The second is the tree rat. Also known as the brown rat or sewer rat, the Norway rat is a common invader of homes, businesses, and other structures. We present an overview of different aspects of the biology and life…
In an attempt to define what is obscenity, Supreme Court Justice Potter Steward wrote: “I know it when I see it.” Understanding that this article is on the subject of “what does a rat look like,” raising the way the U.S. Supreme Court has attempted to define what is and is not obscene material certainly…
Home and business owners typically are strident in their efforts to keep rodents at bay and rat out of the premises. With that in mind, there exist different types of repellants that are used in an attempt to keep rodents out of homes and businesses. These repellants are explored with you in this article. Natural…
Rodents make up 40 percent of all mammal species on the planet. There is a multitude of different types of rodent species living around the world today, including in Southern California and across the United States. Rats and muskrats are two types of rodents that live in California and elsewhere around the country. If you…
The best way to address a rat infestation is to be as proactive as possible to eliminate the situation. You pace yourself in the best possible position to proactively address an infestation by having a clear understanding of the signs of the presence of rats in the first instance. A key sign that you have…
All states have legally mandated disclosures that must be made by a home seller to a prospective homebuyer. This includes the state of California. For example, there are specific disclosure requirements that must be made in regard to lead paint and mold at a residential property. If you’ve found yourself in a position in which…
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