Yearly Archive February 20, 2020

We have all run into a situation where rats or mice have been present and have left their ugly calling cards. Here are a few approaches to getting rid of those rodent memories. Use cross-ventilation when entering a previously unventilated enclosed room or dwelling prior to cleanup and you certainly should use a good quality mask. Wear rubber, latex, vinyl, or nitrile gloves. Do not stir up dust by vacuuming, sweeping, or any other means rather thoroughly wet contaminated areas with a bleach solution or household disinfectant. A bleach mixture of 1 and 1/2 cups of household bleach in 1 gallon of water. Once everything is wet, take up contaminated materials with damp towel and then mop or sponge the area with bleach solution or household disinfectant. If there are carcasses, spray with disinfectant and then double-bag along with all cleaning materials and throw bag out in an appropriate waste disposal system.  

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The Norway rat is a large, robust-bodied rodent -the most important pest rat across B.C. Norway rats have small ears but have outstanding sense of hearing, tasting, touch and smell, and although their eyes are prominent, Norway rats have a poor sense of sight, seeing up to 10 feet. They are crepuscular creatures, which means they are active around sunset and sunrise, but not normally during the day or the middle of the night. Norway rats are exceptional leapers, runners, swimmers, and are capable of climbing pipes, bricks and tree trunks. Norway rats dig burrows into soil to use as safe havens and nesting sites. The Norway rat adventures into cracks, crevices, and holes in streets, sidewalks, and building foundations to use as burrows. Holes as small as 12mm high is enough to allow these rats to enter and exit burrows! Adults can produce nearly 40 offspring per year over four litters. Rodents spread disease, damage property, and cause emotional suffering. Managing rodent infestations is usually a combination of exclusion, trapping, and baiting. Rodents are quite crafty and complex and control of rats is a serious business that is best left to pest management professionals, so please call us if you are finding evidence of rodents in your home!

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Temprid SC -suspension concentrate insecticide has a double action by joining real residual insecticides: beta-cyfluthrin and imidacloprid. Temprid, provides quick knockdown (not as quick as permethrin) and long residual control of over  51 pests, including ants, spiders, cockroaches and other key perimeter pests. The double action works extremely well on insects like ants, one of the best ant control products in Canada. Temprid SC is labeled for indoor and outdoor use, when sprayed outside the foundation of the house is sprayed about 3 ft. up the side of the house, and about 3-5 ft. out from the structure from the base of the foundation – this gives a powerful contiguous barrier against pests.

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Biological pest controls include predatory or parasitic insects, bacteria or fungi, and biopesticides. Here are four biological controls that will be readily available to the home gardener.

A – Fungus that kill insects: soil-dwelling fungus that controls grasshoppers, bed bugs, other insects and plant diseases. Used in agriculture, there is incredible development potential in the area of insect and disease killing fungi.

B – Voracious insects: most gardens already contain many predatory insects. Most predatory insects less frequently happen in groups than plant feeding insects. Predator insect species include insects such as ladybugs and mantis. The use of predators is most effective when the right conditions are present such as the combination of insect, temperature, and timing.

C – Parasitic insects: these guys manage pests by laying eggs on or in another insect, which becomes a food basis for the offspring, such as tiny wasp that parasitizes whitefly.

D- Biopesticides and bioherbicides: biopesticides and bioherbicides are derived from natural sources like bacteria, plant compounds, fungi, mustard seed meal, clove and other herb- based oils. These are all made to kill insects and weeds.  

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The rat lungworm, is a parasite of rodents that can infect humans after ingestion of larvae within uncooked slugs, snails or other invertebrates. Infected rodents can pass larvae of the worm in their feces. The infection travels to the brain, causing meningitis: inflammation of the membranes surrounding your brain and spinal cord. Treatment is uncertain, as anti-parasitic drugs may worsen brain inflammation. Originally from Southeast Asia and the South Pacific, it is now in the Americas and Australia. The most common reactions included headache, joint pain, fever, stiff neck and vomiting.  When traveling to Hawaii, never eat uncooked slugs or snails and carefully wash uncooked fruit and vegetables.

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Ever leave behind the tiniest crumb a counter top or floor, only to come back to find a group of tiny ants feasting on it? Sugar ants have exceptional odor sensing abilities and sugar, in just about any form, are highly attractive to these guys. To prevent sugar ants from entering your house, clean up after prepping, cooking or baking, take out the trash, recycle frequently and regularly mop floors. Getting rid of sugar ants can be daunting task (messy and time consuming) as all internet home remedies and retail products that promise to kill sugar ants never successfully work, other than putting money in the retailers pocket. One of the best solutions for handling a sugar ant problem is to call a pest management professional.

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Rats have up to 70 whiskers – that vary in size, length and shape. Rat whiskers are called whisker specialists, as they have super-sensitive, movable hairs that are used to explore and sense their surroundings. Rat whiskers can be described by a unassuming mathematical equation known as the Euler spiral – spiral patterns are found throughout the natural world. The size and natural shape of each whisker can have a powerfully effect the way it distorts and the palpable signals that reach the follicle. This means that being able to describe the whisker’s shape with a mathematical equation helps to understand the signals that the follicle receives.  

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Rats have a variability of qualities that make them challenging enemies. To start with, they are exceptionally destructive, any buildings, infrastructure or electronics are just a challenge for rats’ potent incisors. Next rats are agile -they can jump, climb, swim and scurry to get where they want or escape danger. Rats are also very sensitive as there are equipped with devoted whiskers that help them perceive and evade dangerous surfaces, such as sticky glue traps. Like pigs, rats are omnivorous. They can and will eat anything they come across to sustain themselves, from animal feces to garden fertilizer, plastic to full on cannibalism. When it comes to reproduction, rats are rather prolific. They breed at four weeks old and one female can have up to 6 litters of a 12 pups a year -that’s 72 pups. And finally, they are ingenious and adaptability -they spend their whole live looking for ways to get into your house.

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Squirrels that favour one side of their body are slower learners compared with those who use both paws. A study found that squirrels that favour one side of their body performed worse at tasks that required learning. Many animals have a preferred side of the body for carrying out certain actions, though the strength of this preference can vary. This could help animals survive, as being strongly lateralized is linked to better cognitive performance. In humans research suggests that ambidextrous people may be more creative.

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