Problems That Winter Rodent Issues Cause in New Jersey Homes

Rats and mice are a problem all year long in New Jersey but are certainly more common throughout the winter months. Rodents are looking for food, water, shelter, and warmth. Once they find these things, they will settle in for the long winter season. Unfortunately, they breed rapidly and will raise their young and rely on your home for survival. If the thought of rodents taking up residence in your home is unnerving, you should probably think about proactive rodent protection.

A telltale sign of a rodent infestation is fecal droppings scattered around your kitchen, pantry, bathroom, attic, basement, and other areas of your home. You may also find that the food in your cabinets or pantry has been tampered with. You may find torn or chewed packaging or even worse, feces inside the food. In either case, that food will need to be discarded to prevent sickness.

As a homeowner experiencing a rodent infestation, you are putting your family and home at risk for dangerous health problems and destruction of property if you ignore these pests. Common problems rodents cause include:

• Rodents will chew on just about anything in your home. They cause damage by using materials like wood, paper, cloth, cardboard, and insulation to build their nests. In order to keep their ever-growing incisors at a reasonable length, they will gnaw on things at random such as furniture and door frames. If rodents were to chew a live electrical wire, it could create a spark that could start a fire. They could also chew on a plumbing pipe which could cause flooding and water damage.
• Rodents will contaminate food and surfaces when they leave behind urine trails, fecal droppings, and hair. This contamination can cause humans and pets a variety of illnesses. These illnesses include salmonella, hantavirus, tularemia, and plague.
• Rodents will introduce parasites into your home causing a secondary risk of exposure to other dangerous pests that also carry a variety of diseases.

It is important to get help in the form of professional pest protection that can solve several problems simultaneously. In New Jersey, Arrow Pest Control is a trusted company that is ready to help you protect your family and home. Our home pest control can give you quality pest control coverage that best suits your needs and budget. Whether you are looking for proactive protection or are currently experiencing signs of an infestation, our experienced pest technicians can take control of the situation efficiently and effectively.

Call Arrow Pest Control in New Jersey for more information today!

Home Protection Program

Service consists of the elimination of your current pest or rodent problem, complemented by both interior and exterior year-round protection of your home, which is inclusive of three seasonal visits. The program covers your entire property including attics, mailboxes, playsets, sheds, and fences.

Pests targeted with Arrow’s Home Protection Plan services include ants (excluding carpenter ants, pharaoh ants and acrobatic), bees, boxelder bugs, carpenter bees, carpet beetles, centipedes, cicada killers, clover mites, crickets, digger bees, earwigs, fabric & paper pests, fleas (inside only), ground beetles, hornets, mice, pillbugs, millipedes, rats, roaches, silverfish, sowbugs, spiders, springtails, stored product pests, and wasps.

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