Sunday, May 27, 2012

Rat and Mouse treatment works perfectly

Rat and Mouse treatment works perfectly
In my last post I recounted the situation at my own home where due to major disturbance to the local nesting sites of rodents I was inundated with rodents much to my brides dismay. The doghouse is cold at this time of year so I was very pleased to find that the treatment that I carried out wiped out the rodent issue within two days. no more scratching, gnawing, urinating everywhere or attempting to access our foodstuffs.
How did I do it?
Simple really.
  1. I loaded several lockable bait stations which I placed around the perimeter of my house, mainly to stop any further intruders that might still be looking for a home.
  2. I crawled through the underfloor area of my house and placed bait wherever I could see a track or entry point for rodents.
  3. I crawled through the roof void of my house, ensuring that I placed sufficient bait around areas where we had heard noise and in other areas where I could see by droppings that rodents had been here recently.
  4. I loaded and installed lockable rodent stations in areas of my house, behind furniture etc.
  5. I waited.
The first night there was quite a commotion and I could hear rodents dragging the bait around in the roof. The noise was worse than before.
The next night and each night after, peace, sweet peace.
Note to self. Insulate the doghouse!

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Mice around my house today, How to kill mice

Today was one of those days where I had to pinch myself to see if I was dreaming. No not in a good way, but in that way that you know life is about to get a whole lot harder because your wife has just seen a few mice around the house. Not really a problem you say "my wife could cope with a few mice" well you are not a pest controller are you? Thats right, the field that I have been in for 29 years now and I allow some filthy little mice to breed in our yard. The sky might as well have fallen in.
After I had taken quite a few deep breaths, bitten my tongue and adopted a sorry dear it will never happen again type of pose, I headed to the shed to start a war.
In Sydney the temperatures have recently started to dip below 10 degrees celcius over night. This means that many of the creatures that tend to live and feed outside are now venturing indoors in search of a warm place to live. We live on acreage and over the past few months the grass has got away from me, I usually keep it nice and short but with lots of rain around, I had not had a chance to mow the paddocks in months. Yes I know, another failing pointed out to me on a regular basis. I tried to make good last week, I contracted a person with a tractor and slasher to cut the grass. No I hadn't thought about the hundreds of mice that had made their homes in the long grass happily feasting upon the plentiful grass seed.
What have I done? Removed their homes and food source in one go! Before the slashing contractor had even left the first mice were scoping out my house as a new home. War it is, luckily I am well armed to kill mice. I have a plentiful supply of bait and lockable stations to ensure our dog cannot access the bait at all. I have strategically located stations around the perimeter of my house and placed baits in the roof void and sub floor areas. Now all I need is a pair of earplugs and a couple of days for the bait to take effect. I will report on the outcome soon.

Friday, April 13, 2012

Pest control in Sydney for cockroaches


Cockroaches are a scourge on society. They of course have their place in nature, however that place is rapidly starting to move from nature to our habitat. The advent of societies where many of us live in close proximity has given rise to issues like rubbish and waste control. Sewers are used to ensure waste is taken quickly and efficiently away from or homes for treatment to ensure that the minimal amount of pests or diseases will be around us. Unfortunately the flaw with sewerage systems, and to a certain extent storm water systems (because of the leaves and debris that gets caught in them and rots down into cockroach food) is that cockroaches only need minute traces of waste to feed upon and even in (clean) pipes there is more than enough. Once the cockroach population grows they start to get low on food and the infestation starts to spread as they must search further afield for food. Cockroaches will spread as far and wide as they need to go to find food. This means that they may be using the sewerage system for a home and casual eating, and venture forth of a night to find food on the streets, and even in peoples homes. Over time with no treatment to reduce cockroach numbers in the sewerage system, the numbers just explode. Occasionally events such as flash flooding will inundate the sewers washing to another area many of the cockroaches. In the short term people around the sewer may notice an upsurge in cockroach numbers as they scamper to safety, then may notice a lull in activity until the many eggs which are left behind, start to hatch and re infest.

Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Pest control in Sydney


Pest control in Sydney should be no different to in any other city in Australia, however the variants here can be weather and geography. Sydney has a varied weather spread in any one day with the outer west suburbs like Penrith experiencing much warmer temperatures than the inner city and coast in summer and much cooler in winter. Sometimes these difference can be five to six degrees. The geography is so varied that some Sydney suburbs can be built on sand and others on rock or clay. These differences make Sydney a difficult city to work in carrying out pest control as pests will vary from suburb to suburb and their harbourages can be very different. Pesticides used in different areas may need to be varied as differentials like soil alkalinity take effect. In general a pest controller in Sydney must have his wits about him and be aware of the environment he is working in at all times. Many species of ants are prolific in Sydney as are spiders and cockroaches. Rats and mice are also prolific in Sydney and will be particularly active over the coming winter months.