Archive for the Rats Category
Posted on August 6, 2010 with No Comments
BBC.com published an article this morning about the growing rat population in cities. The article focuses on the city of Bradford in the UK, but the information is relevant for homes and cities everywhere. Researches have learned that cities with bad rat problems are caused by two major factors: litter on streets and fatty food disposal. 
Rats love food; fatty, greasy food in particularly. After people cook on the stove, they usually leave the pan in the sink still with grease and fat in it and then wash it down the drain with some residue from the prepared food. The fat will harden and be left in the sewers, which is a nice treat for rats. Pouring fat down the drain also cause drains and sewers to clog, which is not good either. Rat are a very unpleasant rodent to have in and around your house. JP McHale is a rat exterminator in New York and would love to help with your problem. Contact us by phone 800-479-2284, email, live chat, twitter, or facebook.
Posted on July 28, 2010 with No Comments
Billy the Exterminator gives great tips to store items in your attic properly so pests won’t get in, check it out!
Tips From Billy
Tags: attic, Pests, storage, video
Category: Carpet Beetles, Crawling Insects, Do It Yourself, Insects, Mice, Pests, Rats, Saw Tooth Beetle, Silverfish, Videos
Posted on July 19, 2010 with 3 Comments
On Friday, one of our technicians was called out to check one of the hibachi restaurants we service. As he crawled under one of the tables, he picked his head up and lightly banged it under the table. 
Little did he know his head had hit a glue board which is used to trap mice and he ended up getting the board stuck to his head! Instead of catching a rat, the glue board caught an exterminator! JP McHale is a Westchester Pest Control company. We are licensed in rat extermination and would love to help you with your rat problem! Contact us by phone 800-479-2284, email, live chat, twitter, or facebook.
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Posted on July 19, 2010 with No Comments
Yesterday New York 1 reported that an apartment building in the East Village has been infested with rats. There are rats in the windows, halls, and even ceilings. The tenants are not happy at all with the issue but have got very little attention from state and city officials that they have tried to reach out to. They claim the conditions are not sanitary and this can pose as a threat to the tenants. When the news station visited the building there were two dead rats outside the building and one dead rat in the hallway. The rats will even eat through walls. In just one apartment exterminators found 2 dozen dead rats. 
Rats can carry diseases so if you find a rat or rodent in your home, please contact a pest control company immediately. JP McHale is a Westchester Pest Control company. We are licensed in rat extermination and would love to help you with your rat problem! Contact us by phone 800-479-2284, email, live chat, twitter, or facebook.
Posted on June 16, 2010 with No Comments
In today’s paper, an article on the front page of the NY Post talks about the on-going issue of rats living in the subways. Previously, the MTA (Metropolitan Transportation Authority) treated the pest problem by setting up bait stations with position inside with hopes of killing the rats. 
The rats still came back. The city is now going to approach this problem the scientific way. Researchers are going to study 29 factors in the subway including holes is the walls, where the trash is located, and where the poison baits is stationed. A Health Department member says that rats live in cinder block walls, like people in an apartment building, and up to 8 to 12 in one block! Rats cause many problems to people in the subway and the way the trains run. Rats are known to chew electrical lines, leave their droppings everywhere, and even scare some people to the extent of people jumping onto the tracks! Wherever rats can find food and water, they will stay. Rats reproduce heavily so if a rat finds a comfortable environment, there will be many more to come. The city hopes to think up a new plan to exterminate the rats in the next year or two. If you have a rat problem, contact us by phone 800-479-2284, email, live chat, twitter, or facebook.
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Posted on June 14, 2010 with No Comments
Over the weekend one of our techs was called out for a rat inspection. 
He thought it would be like any other job and could solve the problem easily. Little did he know, when he found the rat after looking for a while he realized it was a much bigger problem than he expected. The rat was the size of a cat! He said he had never seen anything like it before because the rat was huge! If you have any interesting pests stories we’d love to hear form you!
Posted on June 8, 2010 with No Comments
Yesterday, one of our techs were called in to treat a rat problem a customer had. Our customer was waring flip flops, walking around when all of the sudden a rat came sprinting by. Unaware of what was happening, the customer accidentally steps on the rats tail. The rat then immediately bit him! When ever you are dealing with a rodent or even pests, make sure you are protected and wear the proper gear so you do not get bitten or harmed.
Posted on May 28, 2010 with No Comments
Today IOL published an article about a different approach that the stadium is going to use to keep pests out of the stadium. There has been a bad bat, rat, and pigeon problem in the stadium and instead of using poison, the stadium is going to try and get rid of the pests with “birds of prey”. Pigeons are a major problem and if they get rid of them, the other pests will subside. Pigeon droppings attract rats and the birds carry diseases and
ticks. They build nests around the stadium and lay eggs so more can reproduce. The brand new stadium holds 46,000 people so the stadium wants to ensure that all of the people are safe by getting rid of the pests. They think that by attracting bigger birds to scare away the pigeons, the pigeons won’t come back. Throughout the three years the plans to get rid of pests have changed, but the stadium feels this approach will be very effective. If you have a rat problem or any other pest problems, feel free to contact us by phone 800-479-2284, email, facebook, twitter, or live chat.
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Posted on May 24, 2010 with No Comments
A recently published article from the Times Colonist discusses the writer’s opinion on the proposed bill to ban the sale of non-neutered rabbits. 
The writer expresses how rabbits and rats are similar; both are rodents, reproduce a sufficient amount, and can be vicious. Luckily only one of them is usually found in homes, but not the fluffy white one everyone would rather. Rats can enter homes through the smallest of cracks and can do some damage to homes. Rats tend to chew on wires and rummage through any food they can find. To prevent them make sure you secure all cracks and crevasses and don’t leave doors open. To learn more on how to prevent rats contact us by phone 800-479-2284, email, live chat, facebook, or twitter.
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Posted on February 25, 2010 with 3 Comments
Waybright Elementary School in Mass. has recently reopened after a rat sighting caused the school to close for a day. During school, a student saw a rat running down a stairwell. This isn’t the first time the school has had a problem with rats. In December, a construction project disrupted where some rats where living, causing them to go into the school. The school called a pest management professional, sealed off entranceway and set traps. Until they were sure the problem went away, they asked students to not leave food in classrooms and stopped serving hot lunches. They thought the problem was gone until the lone rat was spotted.
There were no signs of more rats being in the school. They didn’t find any feces or rats in traps that would indicate more than the lone rat. During the incident in the winter, there was evidence of burrowing by the rats. However, the building was swept and no burrowing was located this time around. The school reassured everybody that every precaution was taking place to prevent further incidents. They also said this is not an event isolated to just the school. Homes around the area have been having similar problems. The school has spent upwards of $30,000 already clear the rats out of the school, and expects to spend more money in the future.
If you have seen a rat or mouse in your home please contact us for a free inspection. Winter is the most common time to see a rodent in your home.
Wicked Local reported about this story first.
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Rats love food; fatty, greasy food in particularly. After people cook on the stove, they usually leave the pan in the sink still with grease and fat in it and then wash it down the drain with some residue from the prepared food. The fat will harden and be left in the sewers, which is a nice treat for rats. Pouring fat down the drain also cause drains and sewers to clog, which is not good either. Rat are a very unpleasant rodent to have in and around your house. JP McHale is a rat exterminator in New York and would love to help with your problem. Contact us by phone 800-479-2284, email, live chat, twitter, or facebook.
