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Key Ways to Prevent Rodents on Your Property
My office has received several calls regarding rat sightings due
to the mild winter. Below are some tips to prevent rodents on your property:
1.
Cut off their food supply by:
-storing garbage in a container with a tight fitting lid
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feeding pets outdoors and cleaning up after them
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cleaning up bird seeds from the ground
-keeping the area around your barbecue free of food scraps
-ensuring backyard garbage composters are rodent-proof
2.
Eliminate harbourage areas by watching for and taking action on rat burrows under or around garden sheds, wood piles, miscellaneous materials in your yard.
3.
Store
rat poisons and traps
in their original containers with label and
instructions and keep away from children, pets, livestock and wildlife. Use by following the manufacturer's instructions.
4.
Communities must work together to prevent the rat infestation from becoming established. All property owners should take all of the above-mentioned prevention measures to ensure there is no infestation in their neighbourhood.
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