No one wants rats inside their home – with bodies up to a foot long, and weighing up to one pound, rats are the quintessential unwelcome rodents. Mostly found in cities and rural areas, rats are less likely than their smaller cousins, mice, to gain access to your home but when they do, they can do more harm. Chewing electrical wires, even walls, and generally being unclean, rat pest control should be a top priority of homeowners.

Rats can enter your home during all seasons of the year, but most frequently enter in the fall when their food supplies run out. The seeds and plants on which they normally feed diminish and they go in search of new food sources – including those inside your home. Rats are good climbers and can scurry through holes and vents in you house's exterior wall. Any hole larger than the size of a quarter allows a rat to sneak into your home. Garage doors also allow rats easy access to your home.

Tips for Rat Pest Control:

There are two things to remember when trying to prevent rats from entering your home: first, don't attract the rats; and second, make sure they can't get in when they try. Specifically:

* Keep stores of firewood away from your house.

* Keep piles of debris, stones, and bricks away from your house.

* Seal any hole or crack larger than 1/4 of an inch. Use a wire mesh for large holes, since rats can gnaw through insulation.

* Weatherstrip your doors, especially the door leading from the garage to the inside of your home.

How can professional pest control help control your rat problem?

When you have tried conventional means and still are unable to rid your house of its rodent problem, call professional pest control experts. They can perform a more thorough analysis of your home and potential weaknesses in its defense against rats.

Rid your home of annoying pests today. FIRRING, the icelandic pest control company, will treat the inside and outside of your home to eliminate mice, ants, roaches, and other pests for good.