Nobody thinks about rats until it’s 2am.
You’re lying there half asleep, the house is quiet, and then — scratch scratch scratch — coming from directly above your head inside the ceiling. You freeze. You tell yourself it’s a possum. It’s not a possum. Deep down you already know what it is, and now you’re wide awake doing mental maths on how bad this could actually be.
The reality of life in Sydney is that there are rats everywhere! It isn’t meant to scare or shock you; it’s simply the way Sydney is. Sydney has many things (i.e. creek lines, bush corridors, construction sites that clear land every couple of months) that all contribute to pushing rats out of their natural environment into your roof cavity — often right next door to you.
The Biggest Mistake Most People Make
The first mistake that most homeowners in Sydney make is hearing the scratching sound, grabbing a trap or bait from Bunnings, catching one rat, and thinking they have solved the problem. You haven’t even remotely solved the problem! You have a long way to go to eliminate the rodent from your home!
Rats never travel alone! If they’ve found their way in through your roof, there is also a colony near you, and they established the way with a scent trail. If the rats found warmth and food (which they did — your place); then, they’ve left a scent trail, which is like saying “COME BRING YOUR FRIENDS”.
Supermarket baits are also weaker than the professional products. They kill off the adventurous ones first and drive the more cautious ones further away from the bait and deeper within the wall. So when you think you’ve resolved the issue, the problem has now become sneakier than before.
Why Rats Aren’t Just Annoying — They’re Actually a Serious Problem
I know it sounds extreme, but rats can chew through all the electrical wiring in the void above your roof, which creates a serious fire hazard directly above your head in bed; and they also gnaw through PVC water pipes, take out all your insulation and contaminate your ceiling with rat droppings, urine, and hair, etc.
In addition to that, rats are carriers of leptospirosis, salmonella and many other diseases that you do not want to come into contact with in your kitchen/food storage area!. And, they breed so quickly, that one pair can produce a lot of offspring within a matter of months. So, if you heard scratching sounds in April, they could become an infestation by July!
Professional rat control in Sydney has a very different process compared to DIY rat control. Professional rat control actually starts with a proper inspection of the premises by a licensed technician looking for possible entry points for the rats and nesting areas, identifying which type of rats — roof rats or Norway rats — and then designing the treatment around that.
Clearly marking the rat’s runways so that commercial grade rat bait stations can placed on top of them, rather than just the corners of rooms. All of the entry points used by the rats are found and sealed off, so that you do not just kill the rats, but you take away the reason that they entered your property and add a door to prevent additional entry(s) in the future.
The bottom line is if you hear scratching sounds coming from your roof in the Sydney area don’t put off getting help, it will not go away and it will only become more difficult and expensive to fix the longer it goes on.
Same day Pest control is available throughout the Sydney north west area, Blacktown, Hills District, Hawkesbury, Marsden Park, Windsor and all areas in between. One phone call is all it takes to get your rat control solution and a good night’s rest.