New research evidence suggests that when trying to control ticks around your property, it’s even more important than we thought to pay attention to mice nesting on your property at the same time. We know that the blacklegged tick that transmits Lyme disease has several different animal hosts at different stages of its lifecycle. While
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No, this isn’t a trick political question. Something seems to be going on with our nation’s cities and rats? Cities, of course, always have a resident rat population that fluctuates; citizen complaints about rats also fluctuate and media coverage fluctuates as a result. Lately though, it seems like the rats are winning the street battle
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Discovering that you have mice living in your house can be very unsettling, in fact downright creepy. But don’t panic; we’re going to walk you through the problem. By the time you finish reading this, you will know why you have mice, how to get rid of them, and how to keep them out in
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In the yard itself – 1. Move firewood piles away from the house – If you moved your firewood close to the house this winter for convenience, now is the time to get that wood farther away since firewood piles attract all kinds of pests and invite wood-feeding insects that could have an eye on
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I’m not quite sure what is going on, but rural rat issues are definitely on the rise. Residents of neighborhoods in my former home town of Dover NH in close proximity to commercial areas have certainly been having their share of problems over the past twenty-four months due to many construction projects. Demolition of existing
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If you’re having a problem with mice in your home in the dead of winter, it’s pretty certain that they are living and breeding within your walls. But how did they get there in the first place? Winter mouse problems usually start with mice that move indoors in the fall to escape the coming winter
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Historically, farms kept cats to take care of rats hanging around the barn. Every brewery had at least one “grain cat.” Inner-city commercial businesses, suburban warehouses, even rural dumps encouraged the presence of cats, thinking that the cats would get rid of rodents without poisons or expense. Seems that cats, being cats, have been putting
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You may know that rats and mice can carry various diseases and can sometimes transmit them to humans through their droppings, urine, and other bodily fluids. Did you know that rodents can also have parasites such as fleas, mites, lice, and ticks, and that these sometimes affect people as well? Apparently if you ever combed
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It’s probably not news that cooler fall weather triggers the need to find shelter in animals of all sizes, from bugs to bats. When that natural need for protection from weather hits, your home looks pretty good to a variety of four to six-legged seasonal visitors. LOOK OUT FOR INVADING MICE! Come fall, mice that
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