Service 03, Rodents & exclusion
Trapping without sealing is a subscription.
Roof rats come in at the roof line, not the floor. If the hole stays open, the next rat moves into the space the last one left.
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Sealing a roof-line gap or a set trap in an attic
What you will see
Scratching or running above a bedroom ceiling just after dark. Droppings in the garage or along a beam. Gnawed mangoes and avocados in the yard. A chewed corner on a box that came down from the attic.
What it means
Roof rats are climbing a tree, a fence or a downspout and entering at the soffit, a lifted roof tile or the A/C chase. They are not coming from a sewer and they are not a sign of anything you did. They nest, and then there are more of them.
What we do
Trapping inside the attic and garage first, so nothing is sealed in. Then exclusion: every entry point closed with material a rat cannot chew through. Then a follow-up visit to confirm the traps are empty and the seals held.
REPLACE: confirm whether attic sanitation / insulation cleanup is offered
When it peaks
The months this shows up
Nov–Feb
- JANRodents
- FEBRodents
- MAR
- APR
- MAY
- JUN
- JUL
- AUG
- SEP
- OCT
- NOVRodents
- DECRodents
Straight answers
What people ask us about this.
A poisoned rat dies where you cannot reach it, usually inside a wall or above a ceiling, and then you have a different problem for three weeks. Trapping means we remove what we catch.
The inspection, the trapping and exclusion visit, and at least one follow-up to check the traps and the seals.
REPLACE: typical visit count and follow-up interval
Not through a hole that has been closed properly. New rats test the same roof line every cool season, which is why the exclusion matters more than the traps.
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