Mice and other rodents will come into your home during the cold winter months if they are able to identify a way in. Rodents in West Virginia stay outdoors when the weather is warm but once the cooler temps arrive, they move indoors for both warmth and food. Unfortunately, your home is the perfect environment for these rodents to thrive. 

Rodents are dirty animals. They spread numerous diseases and are known to have parasites. According to surveys, rodents contaminate and destroy hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of property at both homes and businesses. Additionally, rodents are a fire risk. There have been numerous electrical fires caused directly from rodents gnawing and chewing on electrical wires. Similarly, entire food processing facilities have been shut down due to rodent infestations, as they contaminate the food with their urine and feces, causing a risk for disease and sometimes setting the company back hundreds of thousands of dollars.

 

There are over 2,200 different types of rodents and they are known to carry up to 35 distinct diseases. These diseases can affect your health in a critical way and lead to hazardous conditions in your home. It’s sometimes challenging to detect rodents in your space, but there are a few different signs you can look for. 

If you suspect you have rodents, our rodent control and removal services can help. There are a few different steps to proper and effective rodent control. The first step is rodent exclusion. Exclusion is a process used to reduce the conditions that may be attracting rodents to your space. Our company will evaluate the space and figure out what’s causing your rodent problem. We will then eliminate possible entry points around the space so that rodents are unable to come inside, to begin with. Possible methods of rodent exclusion include: