A customer who was having trouble with skunks tearing up his yard was wondering whether this was going to go on all winter, or were the skunks getting ready to hibernate. Striped skunks don’t actually hibernate in winter, but they will slow down. During the very coldest part of the winter, they will stay in…
VIEW MOREPeople ask me this all the time and then seem surprised when I tell them, “Yes!” Fortunately, a conventional clothes dryer can kill bed bugs. This is good news since it is so hard to kill bed bugs, even with pesticides. High temperatures will kill many insects, and bed bugs are no exception. Keep It…
VIEW MOREMy son and his wife just got a puppy. The dog was checked by a vet and was certified flea-free when they got it, but now the puppy has fleas. How could that happen? Where did the fleas come from? P.P., Winthrop, MA Poor puppy. There are several possible ways that the puppy could have…
VIEW MOREEvery fall, we have the same problem with these brown bugs that appear out of nowhere and climb up our house to get inside. Every year we call an exterminator but it doesn’t really do much good. We’ve been told that they’re some kind of seed bugs, and since they come from the trees in…
VIEW MOREI think we might have some bats living in our attic. We’ve seen them go in and out by the roof line. Do they eat mice? What else could they be feeding on at night? L.L., Boston, MA The two bats in our region (little brown bat and big brown bat) are predators, feeding almost…
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Worcester, MA 01604
47 Thames Rd Ste 6&7
Hooksett, NH 03106