Rat Pest Control on the Natural Side

Jan 1
13:02

2013

Ma. Theresa Galan

Ma. Theresa Galan

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You can get rid of rats and get rid of them for good without the expense of hiring a pest control professional. If rats have invaded your home or storage buildings, don't panic. You won't need to call costly, professional exterminators. You can do it yourself with a little knowledge and a few efficient tools.

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Rats sneak into your house because they get everything they want from you! Your house is their one stop shop to satisfy all their needs. Hence,Rat Pest Control on the Natural Side Articles they don't mind eating your dinner, tearing apart your favorite bag or clothes, churning up the wood and biting the cables across your home. Besides this, they also litter all over your house, transporting the germs from the sewage pipes to your interiors.Most people will agree, charming as they are, rats are not welcome in certain places - houses in particular.They are more intelligent than the other creatures as well. So, it takes a strategic planning to end their invasion in your premises. Apart from traps, medicines and sprays, you can get rid of rats with some innovative natural rat repellent ideas which can be made in your home.

Begin by looking for obvious signs to confirm the pests are rats. Search for droppings in areas naturally frequented by rodents. Inspect areas where food is stored as well as areas where vermin can hide. Look behind furniture, boxes, stored items, and other places where rats are likely to take cover. Adult rat droppings can be as large as ¾ of an inch in length, and adult mice droppings measure only about ¼ inch in length.

There are ways which help you  get rid of  rats without using any toxic, harmful or poisonous chemicals. The natural rat repellents are made from natural organic herbs. These repellents don't cause harm to any creatures while ensuring that rats don't enter your premises.

The Various Types of Natural Rat Repellents
  • Naphthalene balls are ideal to keep in any place like toilets, sinks, cupboards, pipelines, sewage lines, etc. The rats don't like the aroma emitted by naphthalene balls.
  • Mix ¼ cup boric acid and ½ cup peanut butter to create marble sized balls and place them near rat infested areas. This mixture kills rats.
  • A pleasant way to stop rats from entering your premises would be to grow peppermint, spearmint and citronella plants. If you can't afford these plants, make or purchase these oils. Rats don't like herbal aromas.
  • Raw sweet potato forms a cyanide reaction in a rat's stomach; hence, mixing them with any of your food is a good natural rat repellent.
  • Raw dry beans and peanuts contain nutrients which can kill rats. It blocks the digestive system by aborting the necessary vitamin A and enzymes needed for the rats to digest the protein and starches. This leads causes the red blood cells to cluster and eventually kill the rats

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