When the rodent population in your home is not
managed, it can lead to significant loss and
damage. The damage of various types of rats
cannot be differentiated easily. Damage in the
home may include tearing up of the insulation,
and gnawing or nesting of the electrical wiring.
The rats may also get into the kitchen area and
start to feed on the stored food. While living
under a freezer or a refrigerator, they may gnaw
at the electrical wires. In a landscaped yard,
they may live in vines or shrubbery and they can
feed at the ornamentals, nuts, fruits and
vegetables.
To reduce the population of the rats, it is
important to do a proper sanitation of your
building to eliminate the access to water and
food as this may reduce the level of the
rodents. Put your pet food into a container that
has been sealed and you should not leave it out
during the night. You have to use a good garbage
container and use a good exterior sanitation
program. The emphasis needs to be placed on the
removal of the harborage since this is more
practical.
Fences, vine ground, vine-covered trees and
dense shrubbery are the best place for the
domain of the roof rats. Severe pruning with the
removal of some ornaments may be required for
you to get to a high degree of rat control that
will last long. Remove all the nuts and fruits
which may drop at the backyard.
In the crops, you should make cultural practice.
Normally, you should remove all the extraneous
vegetation which is adjacent to crops and which
can be used like shelter for the rats. For
example, a citrus tree that has long hanging
skirts is prone to damage since it offers a
protection to the rats. You should prune it so
that the skirts can be raised and you should
remove the nests which have already been
constructed within the tree.
The vegetation-free margin on the grove may slow
down the rat invasion since the rats are exposed
to predators if they are crossing a place which
they are not familiar with. You will never find
any silver bullet method that can help you to
control the overpopulation of rats within an
agricultural land. The control of such rodents
needs a well-designed plan and it has to be
executed on a consistent basis. Before you start
any project of getting rid of rats, you should
learn about the type of the rats in your area
and the regulations conducting how you have to
control them. Other methods of controlling rats
include extermination, use of repellants to
reduce the invasion and or protect the
equipment, the use of repellants in order to
deter the invasion and biological control.
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