Damages caused to property
Rats are the most annoying creatures as they wander
around your house, kitchen and garden contaminating your food and destroying your
things. Rats are very well known for biting the insulation cover of the electrical wiring
and thermal insulation causing you enormous amount in repairing it. They are experts in
ruining your garden by making pits and destroying your vegetation. Apart from all these
they can make your place dirty with their facets and urine all over your place.
Damages caused to health
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Rat bite fever-a rat bite or a rat scratch can cause rat bite fever. Symptoms of rat
bite fever are vomiting, rash, fever and pain in joints and muscles. This disease is
caused by bacteria carried by rats.
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Leptospirosis- this is caused by spirochetes bacteria and its symptoms usually are
unnoticed. Spreads through the urine and facets of rats, this disease is very
harmful as it can even cause death due to organ failure.
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Plague- unlike other diseases these are caused through fleas on rats that spread
plague from one animal to another. The symptoms of plague are fever, swollen
lymph node, chills and weakness.
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Salmonellosis- salmonellosis is also caused by bacteria carried by rats. This
spreads through the urine and facets of rats. The infection can enter the
bloodstream and spread through entire body, common symptoms of
salmonellosis is diarrhea, fever and stomach cramps
How to identify their presence
You can detect their presence by identifying several signs. Rats
produce lots of dropping thus if you have rat in your vicinity then you will definitely find these
droppings in concentrated areas of your place. Rats usually gnaw on wood or plastic to keep
their teeth trimmed. Rats also have the habit of digging and excavating in gardens making
burrows in your garden also damaging your vegetations. There are other signs too like their rub
marks and their nest which they usually build from scraps like paper and cloth pieces.
How to tackle rat problems
The most common method of eliminating rat problems is by
catching rats using baits and traps. Rat traps are easily available in market and are easy to use.
There are different types of traps like glue traps, snap mouse traps and electronics mouse traps.
Other methods include killing of rats using poisonous baits which will kill the rats once the rat
consumes the bait. Although you can do these all by yourself but some may like to get a help
from pest control companies which will do your work and so that you can just sit and relax.
