Preliminary Steps to Prevent Rat Entry into Your House

Rats can be a massive problem during the summer. These rodents enter your house during summers and ruin a lot of things such as electrical wiring, food pantries, clothes, bedding, and more. Although rats are looking for food to survive, they can be a menace to you and your family. Therefore, rat control Orillia is essential to ensure rats don’t infest your house. Although you can call a professional animal control agency to get rid of rats, there are some preliminary steps you can take to prevent the entry of rats into your house.

Make Your House Less Attractive to Rats

• If you have a lot of clutter in your house, especially in your attic, it can be a nesting space for rats. Make sure to remove all such clutter and clean your house of unnecessary items.
• Open garbage bins can also be an attractive place for rats and a way to get inside your house. Hence, you must tightly close the garbage bins to ensure rats don’t enter the bins. Most professional wildlife removal Barrie companies emphasized keeping your garbage bins close to avoid rat entry.
• Rats also make homes in tall weeds and grass. So, if you have a backyard or front yard with tall grass, make sure to cut them down.
• Avoid putting eggs shells, milk product waste, and oily and fatty food waste in the composter.
• Summer can make rats feel thirsty and they will look for open water sources such as leaky taps, pipes, open drains, and more. So, ensure you fix these leaky water sources to avoid rats.
• Always keep your kitchen clean and remove any food crumbs. Store your dry and wet food in closed containers in your pantry.

Rat-Proof Your House

• Your house will have several openings that can be a potential entry for rats. Hence, you need to close these openings and rat-proof your house.
• If there are cracks in your foundations, make sure to patch them up.
• Make sure to weather-strip your windows and doors to prevent the entry of rats.
• If you are plastering or caulking your house, make sure to insert steel wood around pipes.

Attic vents, dryer vents, and soffits can also be entry points for rats. Hence, you must use mesh metal to cover these entry points effectively.

However, if you want professional help to combat rat infestation in your house or get more robust prevention solutions, get in touch with us at Simcoe Muskoka Wildlife Removal. We are a leading wildlife control Barrie Ontario company in the region providing rodent control, bat control, squirrel control services, and more.

Contact us now to know more.