Rats pose a serious threat to Central Florida Property Owners

Get Rid of Rats by Securing Roof Vents

Do you have roof vents? If you live in a home you do. The soil vents, also known as a vent stack can let rats into your home. If you have overhanging trees, textured walls, or anything that would let a rat climb on your roof, then you should have aluminum screens installed on all your soil vents.

Rats climb down and get into your plumbing system and get into your home through the toilet. You wouldn’t want to see a rat coming up for air while you’re on the toilet!

Of course this is just one way rats can get in. They are very persistent and smart animals. Why do you think they are always used for testing!

Animals in the Attic will close all entry points and seal up your home and attic from rats. Once your home is sealed, Animals in the Attic will trap and remove the rats, then treat your attic to kill the bacteria from their urine and feces. And most important, Animals in the Attic guarantees their work for as long as you own your home!

If you have seen or heard signs of rats in your home you need to act quickly.

For a detailed inspection of your home or business call James at Animals In The Attic Brevard for a free home inspection. He knows where to look and how to stop rodents from entering your home. And of course if you already know or suspect you have rats don’t wait any longer.

321-614-6005. Only Animals in the Attic Brevard gets them out and keeps them out – Guaranteed!

Roof Rats Love Your Attic – Remove Rats From Your Home

In this video we see James of Animals in the Attic Brevard take the first steps in ridding a home of rats.

Rats love attics, and every home has potential entry points through roof plumbing vents, loose soffits, electrical pipes, ridge vents, anywhere with a quarter sized opening will let in a full sized rat. Animals in the Attic Brevard prefers to secure holes even as small as a finger to prevent entry.

If you have the signs of a rodent infestation, like; noises, smell, or have seen rat droppings then call James at Animals In The Attic Brevard now before your problem turns into a nightmare.
Rats breed at an alarming rate, the longer you wait, the bigger the problem. Call
321-614-6005 for a free home inspection now.

Removing Rats From Your Home – Unsuspecting Entry Points

You Never know where rats could be entering your home. In this video we find an electrical conduit pipe that has rusted at ground level giving a perfect entry point for rats, mice, and who knows how many insects.

Don’t leave your home exposed!

Call 321-614-6005 now. Only Animals in the Attic Brevard gets them out and keeps them out – Guaranteed!

Your Ridge Vents May be Letting Rats Into Your Home

Some ridge vent installations leave small holes large enough for a rat to enter your home. A FULL SIZED RAT CAN ENTER YOUR HOME THROUGH A HOLE AS SMALL AS A QUARTER! Animals in the Attic knows where to find these holes and how to plug them. This of course is just one part of many to secure your home and prevent rats and other rodents from entering. Call James at Animals In The Attic Brevard now for a free home inspection.

321-614-6005. Only Animals in the Attic Brevard gets them out and keeps them out – Guaranteed!

Rats Threaten Property Owners

Rats are a serious problem in Central Florida homes and business especially in coastal areas. They are some of the most common and formidable pests in the world, damaging and contaminating food, structures and human health. Although people rarely see rats, signs of their presence are relatively easy to identify. Two primary species of rats inhabit North American homes: the roof rat and the Norway rat.

Norway rats, sometimes called brown or sewer rats, are identifiable by their stocky, gray-brown bodies. Their tails are shorter than their body length and their ears are small. Norway rats are larger than most other rat species. They burrow in gardens and fields, as well as beneath building foundations, trash or woodpiles. Norway rats line their nests with fibrous materials, such as shredded paper and cloth. These rats tend to inhabit the lower levels of buildings.

Roof rats, sometimes called black rats, are superb climbers that tend to nest aboveground. In the wild, roof rats inhabit shrubs, trees and dense vegetation. In domestic environments, they seek out secure, elevated places such as attics, walls, sheet rock ceilings and cabinets. They may enter homes through trees close to windows or eaves. As opposed to the Norway rat, roof rats tend to limit their geographical range to warm and ocean-influenced climates.

Rats carry diseases and bacteria that are harmful to humans. Including: the transmission of bubonic plague(Transfer occurs when infested rats or rat fleas bite human beings) to typhus and Hantavirus (airborne transmission), Leptospirosis, which can result in liver and kidney damage (transferred by urine) and Lymphocytic choriomeningitis, a viral infectious disease (transmitted through the saliva and urine).

Animals In The Attic will eliminate the rats, exclude them from your property permanently and decontaminate the areas affected by urine and fecal matter neutralizing diseases/bacteria harmful to humans and pets as well as the odors that attract more wildlife. See our decontamination page for more information.

Call 321-614-6005 now to resolve your rat problems permanently. We typically can arrive for your complimentary assessment in just a few hours and have your issues resolved in as little as a few days. Guaranteed! See our Lifetime Wildlife Guarantee page for more information.

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What is that sound in my attic?

There are several different animals that could take over your attic and call it home. There are a couple ways to tell what critter is living in your attic. The best way is obviously seeing them enter or leave your attic however due to the nature of wildlife that probably wont happen. They are typically cunning, smart and elusive creatures that take refuge in attics across the globe. Therefore seeing them is rare. The next best thing would be to go into the attic and examine the feces to determine what kind of animal is up there. Lastly, and probably most likely you will be listening to what time of day you hear the noises and narrowing it down from there. Let’s discuss the most common types of animals to enter attics and when you will hear them. Squirrels are diurnal so if you hear noises during the day especially early morning or dusk you more than likely have squirrels residing in your attic. Raccoons are nocturnal and most of the noise you will hear will be at night as they exit and enter the attic in the nightly rounds for food. They are big animals so you will hear loud stomping and scampering. Also, raccoon babies are very vocal so if you hear any chirping, squeeking or the like there are probably babies up there. Rats are also nocturnal you will here them scratching and scampering around during the night.

Rats, your home, your health, your peace of mind

Rats Threaten Property Owners

Don’t feed the animals!

Parks all across the world post signs saying “don’t feed the animals”. Why you ask, because bad things will happen! The most important and destructive result is when humans feed wild animals they grow to expect it. And what happens when there isn’t any left or when they come looking for food unexpectedly? Well, we have all seen it on Nat Geo and it isn’t pretty.

The results from feeding animals outside your home usually ends up with similar but not so deadly consequences. For example, a women who feeds the duck in her pond everyday will create a following and soon many ducks will show up for their daily meal. What happens to the food left behind? How many different types of wildlife prey on ducks? Start feeding them and you will find out. Rats feast on foods left behind from bird feeders and folks “just feeding the ducks” drawing them closer to their home and eventually hosting them in the attic. Opossums, snakes and raccoons all eat rats so they won’t be far behind. Soon you have created wildlife issues for yourself and your neighbors. Our staff at Animals in the Attic has witnessed this effect countless times. It usually seems to be the next door neighbor who gets the wildlife issue due to someone in the area feeding ducks, birds or squirrels. Whenever we ask do you have a bird feeder or feed the ducks they always seem to know what neighbor is the culprit. So, take the warning signs from every park on the planet and don’t feed the animals!

If they can smell it, they will come

Rats in the AtticAnimals communicate in many ways through bodily waste. Odors from urine in some female mammals can let their male counterparts know they are ready to breed. In others, a scent left behind from urine can guide it at night through the paths they have made to “home”… usually your home.

For the discussion of wildlife or rodent issues within the home or attic (as it is in most cases) we need to understand how urine and feces left behind can attract other species of wildlife. These odors, if left untreated will act as an attractant and draw other animals to your home. Raccoons for example eat rats and will be compelled to enter an attic that smells of urine for a meal. Opossums also eat rats and will follow their scent just about anywhere to get a meal.

At animals in the attic we decontaminate the effected areas of your home or business to destroy disease causing bacteria harmful to humans and pets and we deodorize the area to remove the attractant smells wildlife leaves behind. This decontamination process combined with our state of the art exclusion services (animal proofing) will provide you with the best defense against any further wildlife intrusion.