They are also food hoarders.
Rats in roof perth.
In perth some of the most common rodent species are the house mouse brown rat and roof rat.
Listen for any noises in your roof.
Perth has a high number of rat pests which keep on moving all around the location.
Noises in the attic are worrying and can be an indication that rodents or other wildlife may be living in your roof.
They can resemble a large grain of rice.
The bush rats brown rats palm rats long haired rats roof rats house rats norway rats rice rats and marsh rice rats.
Attics lofts or ceiling cavities are ideal environments for possums rats and mice who damage stored items and electric cabling by gnawing and possibly causing fires they are also ideal environments for nesting birds that can spread disease mites and fleas.
The sicko rats like to chew the electrical wires in your roof and it is a fact that rodents cause 6 of house fires.
Look out for brown rub marks on walls stains on roof plaster and droppings.
Fremantle rats have been known to start fires.
You can hear them scuttling scratching or gnawing you can also sometimes smell them.
But they normally die in the garden.
But as they say someone s gotta do it.
Scratching noises think you might have rats in your roof.
There are a number of species of rats however we will only concern ourselves here with the 2 types that are most prevalent in western australia homes and offices the black or roof rat and the norway or brown rat.
I live close to the river in perth.
One of the less glamorous parts of the perth pest control industry is removing dead mice rats and possums from roof voids sub floors underneath buildings and cavity walls.
Mainly perth has bush rats rice rats house rats roof rats black rats brown rats norway rats long haired rats and marsh rats.
Brown rat droppings are dark brown in a tapered spindle shape about 9mm 14mm long.
Roof rats love fruit trees nuts berries avocados slugs and snails.
If they do die in your roof space they really do stink for a bit 3 4 days tends to be normal.
Don t let your dog eat the dead rats as he she will get sick as a dog.
We get rats a lot.
Of these 2 varieties the black rat is much more common in our homes.
Types of rats in western australia.
Listen for noises often you can hear them gnawing and scratching.
In perth roof rats are one of the most common rodents found in the home.
Look for stains on your ceiling plaster and brown rub marks on walls.
Get the safest extermination techniques as fast as you can from the authorized pest control operator to prevent the harborage of rats.
Acquire rat removal perth to rule out the destructive pests.
Whether you have thrown some baits around yourself or paid a professional.
You should know the rat species which are breeding in your house and office areas.
May 5 2016 by.