Rodents Control Services

RODENTS are intelligent mammals and related with mankind from hundreds of years. They depend on man and its property for food and shelter. Rodents are prolific breeders; young ones attain sexual maturity within 12 weeks in ideal conditions. One pair can rapidly multiply to 800 in one year. They are agile, good climbers and swimmers. They can easily climb on pipes, cables and enter into structures. Why to control Rodents? Rodents cause more damage by contamination with urine, feaces and hair, which reduces the sales value of the product. Rodents have compulsive gnawing habit & because of this habit they destroy many articles like packing material, clothes, electric cables, lead pipes etc. They normally lives in burrows and due to their burrowing habit they destroy structures such as floor, buildings etc. They also cause damage to the root system of plants leading to heavy loss to agriculture. Rodents are carriers of more than 40 diseases like Leptospirosis, Salmonellosis, Plague (Epidemic disease), Trichinosis etc.

Common species observed in India

House mouse (Mus musculus)
Smallest species of the rat. Head + body length is 70-110mm, large ears and relatively small eyes, they have characteristic musky odour that identifies their presence. The house mouse is a good climber. They can jump more than 1 ft. on to a flat surface and squeeze through just 6 ½ mm diameter opening.

Roof Rat (Rattus rattus)
Moderate body size, common rat found in our homes. Dark brown to black in colour. They are also known as house rat and black rat. The ears are thin, translucent, hairless and relatively large. The tail is longer than body + head length. They are good climbers and prefer foods like seeds, vegetables fruits and cereals. They generally follow the same route leaving characteristic rub or swing mark on vertical surface.

Norway Rat (Rattus norvegicus) Large size, brown in colour. The tail is shorter than body + head length. Ears are thick, opaque and short with fine hairs. They are excellent swimmers and grow rapidly in sewers and drainage systems, therefore also called as sewer rat Bandicoot rat (Bandicota indica) The largest and most aggressive rat in India. Large sized active burrower and is responsible for much structural damage to the storage buildings, ground, flooring and also spoils stored products. They are good swimmers and non-fussy eater. It is also serious a pest in poultry and agriculture.

Mode of treatment

Proofing
This technique restricts the access of the rodents in an area. Various entry points are noted during the inspection of our technical executive and report is prepared, which helps in taking corrective action against rodents. Fitting rat guards to the drainpipes and various other proofing measures such as fitting hard metal strips to the bottom edges of door can be done to minimize rodent population entering in the structure.

Mechanical Measures
Mechanical rodent control techniques are more appropriate in house holds. The commonly used method is trapping. The treatment comprises placing mechanical traps and sticky or glue traps in rodent runways.

Chemical Measures
Various type of rodenticides are used depends on rodent population & species. It is strongly recommended that only anticoagulant rodenticides should be used in buildings. Bait shyness with anticoagulant is unusual even at higher concentration. Systematic placement of rodent bait stations and rodenticide is necessary for keeping rodent population under Economic Threshold Level.

Rodent Bait Stations
Rodent Bait Station is the important constituent in chemical and mechanical control of Rodents. The Rodent Bait Station is a rectangular metal box in which rodent bait or Glue trap is kept.

Advantages of Rodent Bait Station
1) Rodents have a habit of eating in dark places, so get attracted easily towards Bait Stations.
2) Rodent Bait station is a labeled instrument and hence it becomes very easy to detect the places where rodenticide is kept.
3) As the Rodent bait is kept under box it is not easily accessible to pets and children and hence safer for pets and children.
4) Contamination or dilution of rodenticide can be avoided, and therefore the bait remains effective for a longer period.