Condo Unit 3R at 124 Beacon Street in Boston was hardly a place you’d want to call home even though it’s located in one of Boston’s most famous neighborhoods near the Boston Public Gardens and just an 11-minute walk from the State House. Last July, the $600,000 condo was condemned as being “not fit for
VIEW MOREYou have reason to be concerned. Pest control experts say that there are probably about 10 rats in an area for each one seen at night. Besides eating and contaminating people foods, rats transmit diseases such as food poisoning and ratbite fever to people. They are often infested with lice, fleas, and mites that transmit other diseases.
VIEW MOREWe’ve seen what we think is a rat in our backyard on more than one occasion. We can’t find any burrows though. Where would the burrow be located? P. N., Hooksett, NH First, don’t assume though that rats are nesting on your property. Home for that rat could be next door or down
VIEW MOREThis last month Southern New Hampshire and Massachusetts have had lots of melting snow, and the water table has risen accordingly! It is not surprising to find increased rodent activity in times of flooding, especially if the water table rises for an extended period. Like all rodents, mice and rats cannot breathe under water. Rats
VIEW MOREWhere do rats nest? In many locations: thick shrubbery; under sheds, foundations, or dumpsters; in furniture or wall voids; in sewers, and other places.
VIEW MOREMost of us are squeamish about rats, especially about the idea of having them anywhere near our homes. Why do we hate rats? Are they really so bad? Maybe the answer is that we can’t help but fear rats. Our hatred and avoidance of rats is primal and deep-seated, going back to the early 1300’s
VIEW MOREI noticed a rat outside my ground floor apartment taking birdseed into his burrow by my window well. I set two sticky traps by the hole and watched his behavior for two days without catching him. I then put peanut butter in the center of the sticky traps. I checked the traps tonight and the
VIEW MOREI know you’re expecting to read that this is an urban myth, that it doesn’t happen. Rats don’t swim through sewer lines and end up in toilets. Unfortunately, it can happen, and it does happen…but fortunately it’s a rare occurrence. When people do find a rat in their toilet bowl, they assume that it fell
VIEW MOREDead Rat Removal Katlyn Graham: Once you do get that rat, what is the process for dead rat removal in Massachusetts and New Hampshire? Tim Chace: That’s a good question. The label specifies that they would like you to come back and remove any dead rodents if possible. There’s the rub. Oftentimes it’s not possible
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