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Rats and mice are unwanted guests in your home. They carry and spread many diseases. Apart from damaging your health they also attack your house and gardens by eating away clothes, paper, plants, vegetables and fruits. Rats and mice are known to spread diseases like salmonellis, leptospirosis and plague in most parts of the world. ...more |
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The following products help you in keeping rats and mice away: |
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How do you know if your home is infested with rats or mice? |
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Look for rat droppings that look like
little black pellets. |
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Look for any damage to food or food
containers, particularly packaging that
has been gnawed at. |
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Listen for the noises they make at night,
particularly in your roof. |
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How to control Rats? |
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Throw garbage in covered dustbins. |
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Clean up spilt or unused pet food. Store pet food in rodent-proof containers. Also, clean up pet excreta, as rats will eat it, if nothing else is available. |
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Do not scatter food for wildlife such as birds or squirrels. Use rodent-proof bird feeders. |
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Compost piles should be properly managed to ensure rapid decomposition of potential rat foods. |
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Clean up fallen fruits or nuts from trees. Prune seedpods from lilac and other shrubs. |
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Store garden / lawn seed, bone meal, etc. in rodent-proof containers. |
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Click on these links for more information. These links will take you outside the site: |
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Rat and Mice borne diseases |
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Rats and Mice - more information |
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