No time like the present Some pest activity is compelling enough on its own to warrant immediate active. When a large rodent is chewing through your drywall or a yellow jacket void nest is starting to break through the ceiling, it doesn’t take much consideration to call for a pest control service. Other times, however,
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You may have seen in the news that Australia is currently experiencing a severe national outbreak of mice. A plague, if you will. Not just a few more mice than usual, but house mice running amok in every home and business, and devastating crops. Australia is a very big country but mice are everywhere. New
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You’ve come to the right place! At Colonial Pest, we have established a very workable plan for dealing with COVID-19 risk that prioritizes the health of our customers and our technicians – see COVID-19: Colonial Pest Control’s Response to Coronavirus, and feel free to call us with any questions. The really good news though is
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Many of us have had to deal with mice in our home or garage on occasion, but rats! Thanks to COVID and resulting business shutdowns, rats are running amok in some cities. Why is that? you wonder. Think garbage – a rat’s number one food source. No restaurants or other food establishments open, no spilled
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Of course you need to have a professional take a look at the situation because, as you already know, lots of small animals nest in burrows with entrance holes. However, I regret to report that the situation you describe sounds pretty typical for rat burrows. Rats have a strong association with garbage, they like to
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Rats can multiply quickly; a few rapidly becomes hundreds. Zach Cirus, Quality Manager at Colonial Pest Control, talks about how to rid your home and yard of rats. Listen or read more to find out the best rat removal procedures.
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You might think that’s a dumb question. Surely anyone with mice living in their home would know that they have mice living in their home. Not necessarily. Rodents are successful in part because they can remain hidden when they have to, they forage under cover of darkness, and they nest in out-of-the-way places that are
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Is there a carved pumpkin, or two, sitting on your front porch right now? Then you should be afraid…be very afraid! We’ve posted blogs before about household pests associated with Christmas and holiday decorations, such as bugs that hitchhike in on Christmas trees and greens, or wood-boring beetles and termites that hide in firewood. We
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Could that little mouse have known he was about to make the national news? There was a bit of excitement in the White House press rooms last week when a mouse fell from the ceiling in the middle of the morning and directly into the lap of NBC White House Correspondent Peter Alexander. Faint-hearted reporters
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