I’m a pest control expert – my £2.39 hack will banish rats from your home… but it takes some perseverance
A PEST control expert has shared the hack he uses to ensure pesky rats and mice don’t return to your home.
Most households dealing with a rat infestation jump to buy traps and set them up around the home – but they’re being warned to rethink.
Protecta Pest Control Services shared an in-depth explanation on why putting down new traps might work against you.
The pesky invaders are actually scared of new objects, in a phenomenon called neophobia.
Protecta Pest said: “Neophobia, a natural behaviour in rodents like rats, is an aversion to new or unfamiliar experiences or objects.
“This trait is prevalent across rodent species and is considered an adaptive response to potential threats.”
The pest control experts explained that in order to eradicate the rats, the animals must be gradually introduced to new traps.
Rodents are also social animals, and are more likely to interact with a new object when a fellow rodent is nearby.
They continued: “Protecta Pest Control employs this knowledge to enhance the efficacy of their pest control measures, using the social nature of rats to their advantage.”
If you’re looking to rid your home of pests, make sure to set up the traps and leave them for a while before you see results.
Looking for affordable and effective rat traps?
Mad4Tools.com is selling spring-action rat traps for only £2.04 each on their website.
Asda offers three pre-baited rodent traps for only £3.97 online.
The Range offers a rat snap trap by PestFix for £2.39 online, and larger packs if you have a big rodent problem.
Amazon sells two large heavy duty rat traps that are reusable if you have a major rodent problem.
A two pack from Ratkil Rat Traps retails for just £10.99, and offers next day shipping.
Another pest control expert revealed the worst things he’s been called out to deal with around the holidays.
Stuart Halliday, 42, owner of Kill and Cure Pest Control, says mice and rats are the number one thing families should be worried about during the festive season.
Even Christmas Day isn’t a day off for Stuart, who has had to rush out to customers’ homes to deal with rodents in previous years.
He explained: “One time a woman burnt her turkey, so she opened up her back door to let the smoke out.
“She came back in the kitchen half an hour later and there was a rat eating her Christmas pudding. It wouldn’t leave and she was horrified and called me in.
“I couldn’t catch it – I had to shoot it on the kitchen counter. The pellet went through the rat and into the Christmas cake.”