October 22-28 is Rodent Awareness Week. For the fourth straight year, the Professional Pest Management Alliance (PPMA) is urging pest control companies and others working in pest management to use this designation to help educate consumers about the diseases and dangers of rodents. So, I’m going to try to do my part with a little
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Brown rat, or Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) is the most common rat species in New England. There have been isolated reports of populations of the smaller black rat, also known as roof rat (Rattus rattus) in coastal communities. Perhaps this is the species that is prevalent in places like Kittery, but we’ll see. Hopefully I’ll
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I know I have mentioned this customer quote before but I’ll repeat it here once again. “I don’t mind sharing my home with a few mice.” Really? Well, in addition to the property damage they do, mice do present a threat to human health. They are known carriers for Salmonella, Hanta virus, Lymphocytic Chorio-meningitis (LCM)
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2016 couldn’t depart fast enough for many Americans. We said goodbye to many entertainers and the election didn’t quite turn out the way a lot of folks though it would. One thing is for certain though and that is that rats had a very good year. In fact, I would say that I probably had
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City rats are an ever-increasing problem. Makes sense, rats and people go hand-in-hand and city populations are on the rise. Wherever people have established homes providing food and shelter, rats will be there to share. In a city, everything is bigger, more concentrated, and in-your-face, including the rats. Even though rats are plentiful in cities,
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We tend to think of rats as city pests. We picture them running in dark, dank city alleys to reach their nests in broken foundations, or scurrying into burrows under dumpsters behind seedy restaurants. That’s why we often have suburban or semi-rural customers who are amazed when we tell them they have rats living on
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2016 was a year with increased rodent activity in all departments. At Colonial Pest Control, we have been dealing with major rodent issues in both residential and commercial settings. Now that we are in the middle of winter, 2017 is shaping up as another busy year for Colonial Pest Control. Warmer temperatures and a bumper
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Hampstead NH, 2016. A client set candies and a card out for his wife before leaving for work. He placed the card on the table with a heart shaped box of chocolates. When he arrived at work his phone rang, it was his wife. She was upset that the chocolates were half eaten, wrappers everywhere
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I just found a large hole in the ground at the corner of our porch slab that has fresh dirt around it. Something obviously is living there. My son said he saw a rat yesterday! Would a rat live so close to the house? L. W., Concord, NH Although rats normally don’t like to be
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