Rodents, such as rats and mice, are small mammals known for their gnawing habits and rapid reproduction rates. They are considered pests primarily due to their ability to damage property and transmit diseases. Rodents often chew through wires, insulation, and packaging, causing significant structural damage and fire hazards.
Their droppings can contaminate food and surfaces, posing health risks to humans through diseases like salmonella. Their adaptability to various environments and quick breeding cycles make them challenging to control once they infest homes and businesses, requiring the need for effective pest management strategies.
Rats and mice are commonly found in areas that provide easy access to food, water, and shelter. These include sewers, garbage dumps, and building basements. They often infest restaurants, warehouses, and residential areas where food waste is plentiful.
Rats can burrow into the ground near buildings, while mice tend to nest inside walls, attics, and cupboards. Both species thrive in areas with poor sanitation or clutter, such as alleys and abandoned buildings. Their ability to squeeze through small spaces allows them to exploit gaps in infrastructure, making infestations particularly challenging to control once they take hold.
Rodents are small mammals, often brown to grey in colour. Rats are typically larger with a thick, robust body measuring up to 30cm, whereas mice typically measure up to 10cm and are more slender.
Roof Rat
Roof rats have a head and body length of 16-20cm, and a tail length of 18-24cm. Root rats have a tail that is longer than its body which makes it easy to identify. Roof rat colours range from black to light brown.
They prefer fruit or vegetables but will consume virtually any human food. Because of its habit of consuming fruits and vegetables, they require less water than other rats. Roof rats are commonly found in roof voids, walls and other areas around the home.
Norway (Brown) Rat
Brown rats are stocky, with scruffy reddish-brown fur, small eyes, short ears, a blunt nose and a short, thick tail. They have a combined head and body length of 18-25cm.
Norway rats will eat any human food but prefer garbage, cereals, meat and fish and require regular access to water. These rats are found mainly in and around coastal cities .
House Mouse
House mice have have a slender body, large eyes and ears, and are brown-grey in fur colour. They have a combined head and body length of 6-10cm.
House mice live both indoors or outdoors, usually coming inside in cold weather. Because of their small size, they can enter through almost any crevice. Once inside a building, mice will set up home in any secluded space such as roof and wall voids, inside furniture or cupboards.
Check the exterior of your home and seal up any gaps or holes around windows, doors, and pipes. House mice can fit into some of the smallest openings to so be sure to check thoroughly.
Store food in airtight containers and clean up spills and crumbs immediately. Use tightly sealed bins and dispose of waste frequently and store food in airtight containers and clean up spills and crumbs immediately.
Rodents are expert climbers. Keep shrubs, plants, and tree branches away from your home’s exterior. Ensure your outdoor spaces are free from excess clutter to reduce the areas in which rodents can nest.
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Yes! All of the pest control products we use are AEMPA approved and are safe for use in sensitive environments such as homes, schools, hotels and food handling premises.
It is important to note that for services where we are applying a pesticide in spray form, we recommend that children, pregnant people, and pets are off-site or removed from the areas of treatment for the duration of the service and for approximately 2 hours after the service to allow for drying. Our products are all odourless and colourless and once dry.
Whilst our products are approved for use in homes, we recommend that you are not in the home while a treatment is being carried out and for up to 2 hours after to allow the solution to fully dry. Depending on the home and treatment being done, it will take our team 45-90 minutes to complete the service.
It is okay for adults to stay in the home in an area excluded for treatment if it is not convenient to vacate however, children and pets must vacate the home. Your technician will complete a service report on completion with any recommendations and send a copy through before locking up and leaving.
We recommend that you sweep and mop your floors in preparation before our service as pesticides bind better to clean, dry floors and are more effective. You can view our full preparation list here. Ideally, avoid mopping again for as log as possible after a treatment, generally 3-5 days. Spray treatments are applied around the edges and skirting boards of rooms and if you do need to mop, avoiding the edges of the floor will help prolong the treatment’s effect.
As our treatments cover a variety of pests and conditions, your qualified technician will apply a range of pest control products throughout your home during treatment. These products generally consist of a residual spray, gel baits and insecticide dusts.
Your technician will make note of activity levels, the species of pests and areas of concern in your home and make recommendations on the service report at the end for follow up services, proofing and cleaning that will assist in keeping pests away.
Not always. Spider treatments are most effective when they are applied to the web. If the spider is present then the treatment will act quickly, however in some cases, it will take time for the spider to return and to pick up a lethal dose as it interacts with the insecticide. You may see immediate results following a treatment however it is common to see activity for up to 5 days as pests come into contact with insecticides.
We are confident in our ability and the services we offer, and as such, we provide a 60 day pest-free Guarantee on home pest control services.
Warranties are subject to conditions and may not be applicable depending on the condition and housekeeping of a home. Your technician will discuss your warranty eligibility with you on completion of a service and will provide recommendations on proofing and housekeeping steps that need to be taken before a warranty is provided.
We offer our Pest-Free Guarantee to rectify a pest re-infestation in treated areas. It is common to see the occasional pest following a treatment. Please allow at least 2 weeks post-service before you activate your warranty to allow the treatment to have full effect. Additional call out fees may apply to visits not covered by warranties. No external areas are covered by a warranty.
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Unit 8, 849 South Dowling Street
Waterloo, NSW 2017
P: 02 9157 5706
E: info@oracleservices.com.au