How to safely remove vermin and protect your home

One of the most disgusting things you can discover is that your home has become infested with pests and vermin. These vermin do not only pose a threat to the comfort of your home, there are also numerous health issues that occur when your home has become infested. Therefore, it is crucial to eliminate vermin once they have entered your home. In today’s blog we will be looking at how to safely remove vermin and protect your home.

Eliminate Attractants

Vermin are drawn to areas where there is plenty of food and shelter for them to take advantage of. You can make your home less attractive by removing or limiting as many attractants as possible. Ways to remove attractants include keeping any human or pet food inside your home rather than outside, cleaning up any dropped food, fallen fruit or spilled birdseed, removing any debris and trimming back any plants that are near your home.

Stay Vigilant

One of the main things you can do to protect your home from vermin infestations is to stay vigilant, keeping an eye on your homes exterior so you can eliminate entry points when they appear, keeping your yard free of attractants and maintaining the various seals around your home can help reduce the chances of vermin getting into your home.

Use Traps

One of the main methods for safely removing vermin once they are in your home is to make use of mechanical traps. Mechanical traps have the advantage of not posing any risk to pets or the residents of the home as they don’t make use of any toxic chemicals. These traps can be classic snap traps, glue traps, live capture traps if you want to be humane or newer electrical traps. When emptying traps be sure to wear protective gear like face masks and rubber gloves to prevent exposure to bacteria and viruses that might be carried by the vermin.

Call a Professional Exterminator

There is no safer way to remove vermin from your home than by making use of a professional extermination service. Professional exterminators have the tools and knowledge necessary to identify vermin, their entry points and what traps will likely work best. Professional exterminators can also provide helpful advice on preventing future infestations.

Armed with these tips and tricks you should have a good foundation for protecting your home from vermin. If you have any questions about extermination services, please feel free to contact us.

Gilpin’s Pest Control is a family-owned business operating on the Lower Mainland in Greater Vancouver and the BC Interior including Kamloops, Revelstoke, and Sicamous. After 35 years in the business, we do a stellar job and are proud of our rapid response time. 

If you have any questions about this article or you would like to talk to us about pest control needs, please call us toll-free at (800) 770-2428.