Rodents Rodents are annoying and noisy mammals that will nest in buildings
providing they have access to food and are sheltered. Generally they will
nest groups in your roof void, wall cavity and under wooden floors. Rats
are mainly nocturnal mammals that are creatures of habit, they will often
use the same paths to travel and feed from the same food source. Rats will
continue to use the same food source for as long as possible. Mice on the
other hand are a little bit more adventurous and will often explore
different food sources and may feed from more than one food source. Rats
and mice have very accomplished climbing skills and can scale walls, pipes,
cables and trees. Both are extremely good swimmers. They both constantly
gnaw and because of this they are known to cause damage to a large range of
materials, more often the damage in a house is to doors, skirting boards
and other parts of a building structure. They are known to gnaw at
upholstery, books, parts of equipment or machinery and wiring. This gnawing
at wiring which is not only costly to repair, it also has the potential to
start fires. Through-out history rodents have been responsible for transmitting
various diseases to humans. Some of the results of rodent contamination are
tapeworm, salmonella food poisoning and various other fevers. They can
transmit these and many others through a variety of means. Food spoilage and contamination which occur mostly in commercial
premises can be responsible for large losses of food in storage, either by
directly eating the foods or by rendering them inedible through
contamination. Rats and mice in buildings pose a serious threat to human health.
The disease threat alone is justifiable cause of concern and for the
implementation of sound control and management procedures. If you are having a
problem with rodents or would like to know more information about rodents
please contact Stewarts and we will
be happy to help.
Food contamination or utensils with urine or
droppings.
Contamination by direct contact with urine or
droppings, where bacteria can enter the skin through small scratches.
Indirect contamination through blood sucking
insects like fleas and mosquitoes.
Contaminations by directly biting humans.
Our phone number
13bugs is
also our telephone number Use the letters on your phone dial pad
For example
you dial 13 then 2 (the B button) 8 (the U button) 4 (the G
button) 7 (the S button)
Using your
13bugs phone number will get your nearest pest controller 24 hours 7 days a
week at the cost of a local call.
