Rodents are intelligent mammals and related with mankind from hundreds of years. They depend on man and its property for food and shelter. They can easily climb on pipes, cables and enter into structures. We provide effective rodents control services.
Why to control Rodents?
Rodents cause more damage by contamination with urine, feaces and hair, which reduces the sales value of the product. Rodents have compulsive gnawing habit & because of this habit they destroy many articles like packing material, clothes, electric cables etc. They normally lives in borrows and due to their burrowing habit they destroy structures such as floor, buildings etc. Rodents are carriers of various pathogens causing diseases like Laptospirosis, Salmonellosis, Plague (Epidemic disease), Trichinosis etc.
Important species observed in India
House mouse are the most widespread species of rat in the world. The house mouse is a good climber and lives in social group. It is not only a serious pest in agricultural field and building, but has also been recorded in natural vegetation.They have a characteristics of musky odour
Roof rat : The tail is longer than body. They are good climbers and prefer food like seeds, vegetables, fruit and cereals. Most often they are found in seaport, so called as ship rat.
Norway rat arc large sized,. The tail is shorter than body. They are also known as brown rat and house rat. They live in close social group and are responsible for transmitting diseases to man.
Bandicoot are the largest and most aggressive rat in India. They are sized active burrower and is responsible for much structural damage to the storage buildings and also spoils stored products. They are very good swimmers able to live in deep water rice fields, where they can cause much damage to the crop.
Mode Of Treatment
This rodents control services restricts the access of the rodents in an area. Fitting rat guards to the drainpipes and various other proofing measures such as fitting hard metal strips to the bottom edges of door can be done to minimize rodent population entering in the structure.
Mechanical rodent control techniques are more appropriate in households. Sticky or glue traps are another ways of catching rats & mice.
Various types of rodenticides are used depends on rodent population & species. It is strongly recommended that only anticoagulant Rodenticides should be used in buildings.
Rodent Bait Station is the important constituent in chemical & mechanical control of Rodents. The Rodent Bait Station is a rectangular metal box in which rodent bait or Glue trap is kept.
Advantages of Rodent Bait Station
- Rodents have a habit of eating in dark places, so get attracted easily towards Bait Stations.
- Rodent Bait station is a labelled instrument and it becomes very easy to detect the places where rodenticide is kept.
- As the Rodent bait is kept under box it is not easily accessible to pets and children & hence it is safer for pets and children.
- Contamination or dilution of rodenticide can be avoided, and there bait remains effective for a longer period.