How Rodents Affect Your Home and What Gets Rid of Them

It’s never a pleasant surprise to encounter a rodent in your home. However, the real threat they pose comes from what they’re doing when you don’t see them. Rodents are built to survive, and they’ll figure out how to get past nearly anything in their way of food and shelter. This can have a serious impact on your home that goes well beyond a feeling of shock and disgust. The following are some of the effects that rodents can have on a home.

Physical Damage

Rodents use their strong jaws to chew through anything in their way. Whether it’s a wall, insulation, wires, or even pipes, rodents can gnaw holes in your home to get more comfortable. Damage like this is likely to leave exposed wires and leaky pipes in tough to reach areas, which can be dangerous and will result in costly damage restoration once you notice them.

Contamination

Rodents are always looking for steady sources of food and water, and when in your home, they’ll just take yours. You may find holes chewed through packaging, or as mentioned, leaking pipes that they use for a drink. Rodents are known carriers of many diseases, and they can contaminate the food and water you live on. 

Odors

Rodents are not clean animals, and the longer they live in your home, the more of a mess they’ll make. Feces, urine, dead rodents; all things that come with a rodent infestation, but none are things you want in your home.

What Stops a Rodent Infestation?

Once you’ve noticed the signs of rodent activity, what can you do to get rid of them? At Pest Pros, we recommend the following steps to eradicate rodents from your home:

• Reseal holes in your home’s exterior– If you can find the holes that rodents have created in your walls, then sealing them back up will get rid of an easy entry for more.
• Set traps– Rodents repopulate quickly, so setting traps will slow down the infestation inside your home.
• Clean what you can– Any open food sources or rodents’ nests you find should be taken care of to make their survival in your home tougher.
• Call a Pest Pro– Due to their resiliency, foraging ability, and quick repopulation, fully eradicating a rodent infestation is not a DIY job. At Pest Pros, we’ve got the skills and equipment to rid your home of rodents once and for all.

We hope this information helps you protect your home from rodents! Remember, if you ever need the help of a professional, Pest Pros are just a call away.