A Handy Guide To Effective Rodent Control For Streator Homeowners

It can be very startling to find a rat or mouse in your kitchen when you least expect it, let alone a vole. There are many reasons why homeowners do not want them in their homes, from the risk of contracting dangerous diseases through their urine, feces, and more to having them gnaw on various furniture to keep their teeth trimmed down. Additionally, because rodents will often find refuge behind walls and attics, your sleep might get disrupted by the noise they can make at night. No matter what your reasons are for not wanting them indoors, you do not have to put up with rodents in your home any time of year.

If rodents have taken over, learn about the types of rodents that might invade your house, understand how they can transmit dangerous diseases such as salmonella and cause property damage, and try four practical rodent exclusion tips to help keep them out. For total rodent control that works, Quik-Kill Pest Eliminators provides pest control in Streator you can rely on. These unhygienic invaders reproduce quickly and exponentially and can learn to avoid common traps fast. When it comes to rodents, it is best to take care of an infestation as soon as you notice it before it has a chance to grow out of control.

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Types Of Rodents That Often invade Streator Homes

Streator is home to several different types of rodents, but all of them can potentially make your household ill and take over your food supply. Some of the rodents you might be dealing with include:

  • Deer mice: Deer mice are outdoors, where they will eat plant-based materials like berries and nuts. They can be up to four inches long with tails covered in light hairs and as long as the actual mouse. Deer mice have white hair on their belly while the rest of their body is darker, and their tails are also lighter underneath. You might find them indoors during the cold winter months. Like many other mice, they prefer to eat berries, nuts, and seeds.
  • House mice: House mice are generally up to seven inches long with long tails that, unlike that of rats, are covered in light hairs. They vary in color but are usually a shade of brown or gray with lighter-colored bellies. House mice are prevalent and would prefer to stay outdoors but will come into homes in search of food and shelter. Their droppings have pointed ends.
  • Meadow voles: While meadow voles are sometimes mistaken for mice, you can tell them apart by their small, rounded ears. They also have four toes in the front and five in the back. They are usually brown or black. They are also called meadow mice and field mice and are most often found in lower levels as they cannot climb up like some other rodents.
  • Norway rats: These rodents can be almost ten inches long, with their tails adding another eight inches. Because they eat the same foods humans do, they are often found in homes, especially basements and ground floors. As a nocturnal pest, they can be hard to detect at first. Unlike mouse droppings, Norway rat droppings have blunt ends and are black and shiny.

Rodents will usually invade in search of food, water, and shelter. If you see any of these wild rodents, you will want to learn why they can spread dangerous diseases and cause significant property destruction.

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Rodents Spread Disease And Damage Property

Rodents are known for being unhygienic pests for good reasons. They can transmit leptospira, lymphocytic choriomeningitis, tularemia, salmonella, and much more. Because rodents walk over the same surfaces where you might eat, prepare food, or touch for any reason, they can quickly spread bacteria and viruses. While you can, of course, contract an illness by touching a rodent, it is a lot more likely that you will have second-hand exposure through feces, urine, and saliva.

If you have rodents in your home, it is crucial that you take the appropriate steps to remove them quickly and consult a medical professional if you develop symptoms, especially gastrointestinal ones like diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, and more. Many of the illnesses above can also cause fever, muscle pain, headaches, and sores or ulcers.

Rodents can also cause significant property damage because their continuously growing incisors need regular trimming. They will do this by gnawing on wood and other natural materials. They will also create holes in walls where they can hide, store food, and make nests. If rodents are in your food supply, there is often no other choice than to discard them to avoid the risk of contamination; this could lead to significant food waste and expenses, especially if the infestation has enlarged.

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