How To Get Rid of
Rats in the Attic
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The first topic to address, is why are we having this problem with Rodents at our home or in our attic in Austin, Texas? Well the answer is actually a lot simpler then you would think, it was the Rodents land in Austin first, they were here before we were. Rodents are wildlife animals, they are used to living around trees, forest, bushes, shrubs etc. But as we have populated and continued to grow we have moved into their setting. We have taken away the Rodent’s natural setting and replaced it with homes, HOA’s, Apartment complexes, Malls, just regular growth and construction. Well by doing this we have created a hand full of OPTIMAL settings for Rodents and nuisance wildlife. As humans we create garbage, mess, waste, all of this creates additional food for Rodents. So now you take their natural setting of a forest, replace it with homes, and then add food. Well what do you think the Rodents in Austin, TX are going to do? THRIVE! And that is what they are doing we are providing the Rodents with an abundant amount of food, our trash, and we are desensitizing them, meaning they no longer have to hunt and be resourceful to eat and stay alive, but just the opposite. All they have to do is knock our trash can over and buffet! This makes Critter Control an important business.

Well now let’s talk about why the Rodents in Austin, Texas are getting into your attic. It’s simple, the attic is a PERFECT place in Austin for the Rodents to create a shelter. It’s hot, it’s nice and comfy with the insulation, there are no outside elements like rain or wind so they are protected, and best of all, there are no predators or enemies. If I was a Rodent in Austin, TX I sure would rather live in an attic then a tree! So you take the perfect conditions of your attic in Austin, Texas as a shelter, then you add your trash cans right on the outside of the home, and you just gave the Rodent all the things that they want to live. Why would they ever want to leave your residence? Free Rent, Free Buffet, Cozy bed, and that’s why you have Rodents in your attic in Austin or rummaging around your lawn and home in Austin, Texas.

How to fix your Rodent problem in Austin and how to remove the Rodents in Attic: 10 Simple Steps for Effective Animal Control in Texas

1st step is to Identify that you do indeed have the problem. Are you seeing a lot of rat poop in the garage in Austin, TX? Are you hearing light noises in the attic in Austin? Are your trash can being torn up or ripped open every night and trash being taken out of the cans? Well if you have the tale signs of a Rodent infestation then keep reading. What I normally like to do and tell my customer’s when they suspect that they are dealing with a nuisance Rodent is document it. So make sure it is a Rodent, since all animals’ removal method in Austin, Texas is different.

Check the property and lawn: Feces in Austin, TX: Are you seeing rodent poop in Austin like this in your yard or in your pool? Are you seeing rodent paw prints on your trash can in Austin, Texas, on the wall, on the pavement, do you see rodent tracks in Austin, TX? Are the rodents digging up the yard? Confirm the activity on the exterior is indeed rodents. The next step that you are going to want to take is to see if they have made it into the attic or not. You will not always hear rodents in the attic. They can be agile, they can be quite, and rodents in the attic are not always loud. So what you are going to want to do is get into the attic and perform and inspection in Austin, TX. Any time you think that you have animals in the attic, especially rodents in the attic, you want to be 100% careful and safe. If you do not feel safe or do not want to take the chance call me, Brendan Mangnitz in Austin, Texas, and I can talk to you over the phone and even do an inspection for you or send you one of my inspectors in Austin to help out. I recommend hiring an Wildlife Removal Melbourne, FL specialist in Austin, TX for safety reasons, but if you do want to do the inspection then continue reading?

Anytime that you enter an attic for rodents in Austin, Texas there are a few things that you need to keep in mind. rodents are dangerous, they are territorial, they are Nasty and have tons of bacteria, so you want to make sure you are prepared. rodent feces in Austin, TX is one of the most Bactria infested feces that we deal with her on the regular so you will want to make sure you wear a respirator like the one on the left. There are a few issues with rodent feces that I will touch on to make sure you are protected, get it removed, and the attic and your home in Austin is contamination free.

Wildlife in Austin, Texas are known to carry many different zoonotic diseases, meaning they can be transmitted to humans. We will discuss each of those in detail. We are not intending to scare you by discussing the diseases associated with rodents, but feel you should be informed of the health risk to you and your pets. The following is a list of some of the zoonotic diseases that you and your pets could be exposed to from wildlife in your attic.

Leptospirosis: The bacteria that cause leptospirosis are spread through the urine of infected animals in Austin, TX, which can get into water or soil and can survive there for weeks to months. Many different kinds of wild and domestic animals carry the bacterium. These can include, but are not limited to cattle, pigs, horses, dogs, rodents, and wild animals. When these animals in Austin, Texas are infected, they may have no symptoms of the disease. Infected animals may continue to excrete the bacteria into the environment continuously or every once in a while for a few months up to several years. Humans can become infected through: contact with urine (or other body fluids, except saliva) from infected animals or contact with water, soil, or food contaminated with the urine of infected animals. * There have been cases this year in Florida of leptospirosis including at least 2 cases in Austin.

Canine Distemper: Canine distemper in Austin, TX is a viral disease that affects animals in the families Canidae (dogs, wolves, foxes, etc.), Mustelidae (ferrets, weasels, otters, etc.), Mephitidae (skunks) (We also handle Skunk Removal!!), Hyaenidae (Hyenas), Ailuridae (the red panda), Procyonidae (racoons, ringtails, etc.), Pinnipedia (seals, walrus, sea lion, etc.), some Viverridae (racoon-like animals in South Asia) and Felidae (cats) (though not domestic cats; feline distemper or panleukopenia is a different virus exclusive to cats). The disease is highly contagious (via inhalation) and fatal 50% of the time, thus making it the leading cause of infectious disease death in dogs. The virus infects the gastrointestinal tract, respiratory tract, the brain, and spinal cord.

It is most commonly associated with domestic animals in Austin, Texas such as dogs and ferrets, although it can infect wild animals as well such as rodents. It is a single-stranded RNA virus of the family paramyxovirus, and thus a close relative of measles and rinderpest. Despite extensive vaccination in many regions, it remains a major disease of dogs. Hantavirus: Infection with hantavirus can progress to Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS), which can be fatal. People become infected through contact with hantavirus-infected rodents or their urine and droppings. Centurian Wildlife Control can help in and around the home remains the primary strategy for preventing hantavirus infection. All cases of Hantavirus infection are reported to the CDC.

Histoplasmosis: Histoplasmosis is an infection caused by breathing in spores of a fungus often found in bird and bat droppings in Austin, Texas. Histoplasmosis is most commonly transmitted in Austin, TX when these spores become airborne, often during cleanup or demolition projects. Soil contaminated by bird or bat droppings also can transmit histoplasmosis, so farmers and landscapers are at a higher risk of the disease. We also specialize in Bird Removal as well as <Bat Removal. In the United States, histoplasmosis most commonly occurs in the Mississippi and Ohio river valleys. Most people with histoplasmosis never develop symptoms and aren't aware they're infected. But for some people — primarily infants and those with compromised immune systems — histoplasmosis can be serious. Effective treatments are available for even the most severe forms of histoplasmosis in Austin, TX.

Rodent Roundworm in Austin, Texas: Baylisascaris infection is caused by a roundworm found in rodents. This roundworm can infect people in Austin as well as a variety of other animals, including dogs. Human infections in Austin are rare, but can be severe if the parasites invade the eye (ocular larva migrans), organs (visceral larva migrans) or the brain (neural larva migrans). Rabies: Rabies is a preventable viral disease of mammals most often transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal. The vast majority of rabies cases in Austin, Texas reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) each year occur in wild animals like rodents, skunks, bats, and foxes in Austin, TX. So with all these Diseases and Bacteria MAKE SURE YOU WEAR YOUR RESPIRATOR AND MAKE SURE YOU STAY PROTECTED AND REOMVE ALL THE BACTERIA POOP AND CONTAMINATION FROM YOUR ATTIC.

Next step once your lungs are protected you will want to make sure you were safety glasses and gloves. I ASLO strongly recommend you take your phone in the attic in Austin, Texas with you or even a blue tooth speaker and you should blare some music. rodents in the attic in Austin will be afraid of all this noise. They will think that there was a party in your attic and will become afraid and want to hide or leave. This is what you want when you do an inspection, if you are doing an inspection of rodents in the attic yourself you do not want to come in contact with a mother rodent she may get defensive and you do not want to run the chance of her attacking you. So blare some music, have a disco in the attic, whatever just make sure you make a lot of noise to scare the rodent.

Once you are certain the the rodent is out of the attic in Austin, TX, go ahead and take out your flashlight and do an inspection remember to walk on the beams in your attic, you don’t want to fall through the attic in Austin, TX like my buddy James did when he was doing an inspection. Walk around the attic in Austin, Texas and look for the evidence of a rodent infestation. Do you see rodent poop or Raccoon Poop in Austin, TX do you see urine in Austin, TX, do you see rodent trails in Austin, Texas? If you do then you can confirm that you are having an issue with rodents in the attic. If you do not see any of the sign, great, you caught the issue before it became a real big problem. Either or what you are going to want to do is continue ready for the steps below for how to trap and remove the rodent from your attic, lawn or property. Then next you will want to close off any of the openings on the home to prevent future rodents from coming back. If you do not have them in the attic but just on the lawn you still want to close off these openings or access points otherwise it’s only a matter of time that the rodent will want to explore and go into your attic. Its always a good thing to be proactive and preventative when dealing with rodents. The damage and destruction rodents can cause in Austin, TX can get into the $1000’s of Dollars.

Ok so Next Step: Removal of the rodent in Austin: Trapping! Trapping is the most successful and humane way to remove rodents. There are deterrents for rodents that you can use, and I will discuss tools to trap rodents, but in all honestly the best way to remove rodents is to Trap them. I prefer Havahart rodent Traps. You generally want to buy and use 2 traps when dealing with rodents in Austin, TX in case there are several in the area. You want to put the traps around the property in Austin, TX where you are seeing the signs of a rodent infestation. So put the traps around the garbage, put them on the areas on the lawn where you are seeing the activity. Once you have determined the correct place for the rodent traps you will want to set those rodent traps. Here is a video of me, Brendan Managnitz, setting a rodent trap at our Office in Austin, Texas.

Next you will want to make sure that you properly bait the trap in Austin, TX. There are several different baits you can uses. Peanut butter works very well, Slim Jims are good bait, Marshmallows or jelly works good for trapping mice, Cheetos work pretty good. Honestly Rats will eat anything. *Note-Be very careful when setting Snap Traps for Raccoon Removal in Austin, TX. The victor Rat Traps can be very stong. I have broken my thumb nail on them several times. They are scary and strong, but I am telling you they are the best when it comes to rat traps! *Note- Sometimes rodents are smart enough to steal the bait from the traps by reaching through and grabbing handfuls of bait without setting it off. They will also flip the traps. If you run into this, there are a few tricks you can use to fool them.

Rodent Trapping and removal in Austin, Texas can take some time. I generally give it a total of t weeks trapping in Austin from start to finish until I catch all the Rodents. Normally Rodents in Austin, TX travel in pairs or groups, so even if you catch just one Rodent I would recommend keeping the Rodent traps out there for a extended period of time. Be patient, give it time and don’t mess with the traps. Let the bait sit there for a few days and try to catch the Rodent. Bait will normally stay good for about 72 hours depending on weather conditions, but remember Rodents in Austin, Texas are used to eating trash, so the Rodent will not be picky if it smells a little. Generally give yourself about 2 weeks for rat trapping in Austin. When you're in the Attic set the traps in all the areas where you're seeing rat feces and urine these are going to be the areas in the attic and in the insulation that seem like there's Trails in Austin, TX or if you look in the insulation you see little holes in the insulation. This is where the rats in Austin, Texas are actually burning underneath the insulation so take the rat traps and strategically placed them right by the entrance of these rat holes that way when the rat comes out at night and you're going to catch the rat in the Trap.

Urine in Austin can be very stinky if you go into the attic and it really has a musky odor chances are that's the smell of the rat urine and the rat poop these are also going to be areas in which the rats live so on top of AC handlers you might see a lot of rat feces in Austin, TX and rat urine stain put rat traps here as well like I said before you want to use about 6 to 12 traps if your infestation of rats in Austin, Texas seems very high then put more traps keep the trap's out there for 2 weeks check the traps every 72 hours until an entire week goes by where your not catching anything want to confirm that you know if not catching anything anymore and you're not hearing any more noises of the rats in the Attic in Austin move on to the next steps.

Once it is confirmed that all the Rodents in Austin, TX are gone, trapped, and the Rat Removal is preformed, the next step in How to Remove Rodents in Austin is going to be an Exclusion. An exclusion is where you seal up the home from any of the openings, damage or access points that the Rodent or other animals have used to gain access to your attic and home. This is more on the handy man side of things. If you are not good at handy man or construction work you may want to give me a call in Austin, Brendan Mangnitz, and I can go out there with my exclusion crew in Austin, TX and take care of the Rodent damage for you. If you want to try it, then keep reading and good luck! You want to use only the best materials anytime you are dealing with Rodents. They are strong and fierce, and very determined. The foam that they sell at the hardware store in Austin, is 100% GARBAGE. Rodents in Austin can chew right though this, this just makes them laugh. You want to use only Steal, Metal, and Concrete products. Identify all the areas on the home that have gaps or openings, this will also help with Rat Removal. You then want to seal off these areas ensuring that future animals cannot get into the structure in Austin, TX. Take your time and do a good job closing off your home from the Rodents, take a look at the roof, walk the soffits, and really make sure you get any ears that can be potential access points. Roof Returns in Austin are company areas that Rodents generally use, you will want to close these off using metal and concrete. See the way I closed off this Roof Return on a home, this is how you do exclusion work to guarantee that you will not have a future issue with Rodents in Austin!

Final and Last Step! Clean up the mess behind. No one said this was all fun and trapping games, rodent removal in Austin, TX is hard and dirty work in Austin, Texas, but its got to get done. Now that you have trapped the rodent in Austin, gotten the rodents out of the attic in Austin, TX, did the animal exclusion and repair work, you are on the final steps to completing the job. The last thing that you want to do is remove all the mess that the rodent left behind in the attic in Austin, Texas. This is honestly one of the most important parts of rodent removal and my how to guides for removing rodents and getting rid of rodents, but so many time homeowner’s skip this step and have more and more issues in the future, which is why many choose to hire a Wildlife Experts company. Why: Feces Urine contaminates, this is all bacteria in the attic. Do you want this over your head at night when you sleep? NO that is why it must be removed. There are duct works and airways in Austin that lead from the attic into your home. Just look up, you see those vents in your ceiling? Where do you think the duct work and vents are? Your attic, and what if there is an opening or cut in the ducts from the rodents, well then you re breathing in all that bacteria that was left in the attic. Remember the harms from the rodent poop I was talking about before? Well that’s in your attic, you want to remove that asap. Breathing in bacteria from a rodent infestation can be fatal and causes many other severe respiratory issues. You will want to wear a full Protective suite and make sure you are fully covered and protected, you can uses a shop vac with HELP filter or use your hand and bags and start removing all the insulation that has been contaminated and also all the feces and urine areas, these are called Latrines, when rodents defecate in one single area in Austin, TX. Once ALL the contaminates from your attic and from the rodents are removed you will want to apply a product such as DSV to all of your attic in Austin, Texas. You can use a little pump spray like this one from your local hardware store in Austin and apply all the product to the insulation and attic. Call us to learn more about Squirrel Removal . Make sure you read the label and use the correct amounts. Here at 247, I, Brendan Mangnitz, use heavy duty equipment like an atomizer , when I am doing any type of attic sanitation in Austin, TX. For my customers in Austin, Texas I wasn’t to make sure that EVERY single section in the attic is fully taken care of and nothing is left behind. If you are ready this how to article and want to do this yourself just make sure you do a very good job, don’t cut any corners, and be extremely proficient to ensure the safety of your family in Austin.

And that is my How to Guide when it comes to rodents in Austin, TX in the attic or your property and how to remove them. If you are interested in learning more, read my list of best rat trapping tips and read our partner's tips at www.CenturianWildlife.com. Like I have mentioned my name is Brendan Mangnitz I have being doing wildlife and rodent removal in Austin, Texas now for over 6 years. I have worked and trained 100’s of people of the past years. It takes time, skill, and patience to become a Pest Control expert but removing rodents can be very fun, dangerous, but is also something that we deal with on the daily here. rodents have learned how to thrive and do great in the urban setting. This is not something that is going away. With more and more houses coming up every day in Austin, more lad being constructed and developed we will always have issues with rodents in the attic. We can also handle any animals outside the home, in fact Snake Removal is just another one of our specialties. We are also equipped to handle any Armadillo Removal issues as well. Just read and learn how to protect yourself you family and your home in Austin, TX and you should be good to go. If you have any questions you can email directly at brendan@Critter-Marketing any time of the day or night 24/7 THANKS! If you are interested in reading more on Marijuana News you can follow the link to learn more.