Rid-a-Bug Exterminating Blog
Mickey and Minnie notwithstanding, no one likes mice in their homes or businesses. Many of us have a natural aversion to these four-legged pests, but they can also carry and spread diseases like hantavirus, salmonellosis, and listeria through their droppings, urine, saliva, and nests. Suddenly, those cute little critters are not so cute. Mice like to invade warm, dry shelters (e.g. your attic, basement, or kitchen!) ahead of the cold months and make themselves comfy. How can you fix (and better yet, avoid) this pest problem?
It’s a little tiny mouse. What’s the big problem? Disney movies and cute cartoons aside, mice can cause a wide assortment of health and safety problems. And when you see one mouse, you can reasonably expect that there will be more (especially if they are producing litters - which they do at an astonishing rate of between five and ten a year… of between five and a dozen pups!). What can you do about it? Professional mice extermination is the most effective way to rid your space of these pesky intruders - and keep them from coming back.
A long hot summer finally seems to have come to an end. After a relatively warm winter and spring, summer seemed to bring an excess of the pests and critters we hate the most. Ants, termites, spiders, stink bugs, and ticks were certainly plentiful this year. Homeowners in the Carolinas and Virginia also noticed quite a bit of their least favorite wildlife.
Notably, there were snakes a-plenty throughout the warm season.
If you ask residents of the Carolinas and Virginia about their favorite season, a few might say summer for the warmth, or spring for the smells and colors. Many will proudly answer that Autumn is by far the best season to be in our area. From campfires and pumpkin spice to changing leaves and sweater-weather, the fall is a great time to be in the foothills and piedmont.
One of the best things about Fall is Halloween. For most years, it means decorating your home in the scariest manner possible and trick-or-treating. Your neighborhood becomes a frightening place to be outdoors. Not really, of course, it’s all in good fun. But a real reason to be scared is likely hiding in your home’s floors, walls, and furniture.