Rodents: "Sneaky Critters"

Rats & mice are very successful in their survival capabilities and adaptability in our environment. They are not only feared for their destruction to human properties such as household items, equipment, wires & cables by their constant gnawing but also the transmission of many human diseases such as plague, leptospirosis, murine typhus, rat-bite fever & salmonellosis.

In Singapore, the common rodent species are:

• Norway or Sewer Rats (Rattus Norvegicus)

• Roof Rat (Rattus Rattus Diardii)

• House Mouse (Mus Musculus)

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Rodents are primary nocturnal creatures, meaning they are active at night. Their poor vision is adapted for night vision. They have sensitive whiskers (vibrissae) & guard (tactile)hairs that give them a keen sense of touch and thus, they prefer to run along walls or between things. Agile & extremely sensitive to sound, especially any sudden ones will cause them to attempt escape immediately.

They like the odor of most food eaten by men and prefer fresh over decayed ones. Very accustom to the smell of men, our odor on baits or traps does not repel them. However, due to bait shyness, they will not enter them immediately but instead only few days later when they become familiar with these new items in their environment.

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At Team 1800NoPests, our rodent control & treatment methods are targeted not only at controlling and killing the current population but also denying them of the three factors; food, shelter & water.

Our integrated rodent control program includes:

• Improving environmental sanitation.

• Improving environmental sanitation.

• Rodent proofing of your premise.

Mechanical proofing by sealing up cracks & crevices. Repellents to make the premise distasteful to rodents. Trappings such as cages, glue boards or snap traps, etc. Rodenticides for rapid control of high density rat population.