Will repellents get a rodent out of the attic?

Rodents like pigeons have been living with us humans for a very long time. Although it must be stated that we wanted to keep the pigeons, while the rodent’s kind of liked the free food, so they stayed. Unlike pigeon that is of use, what use might anyone have for rodents unless you want lab rats or we are using squirrels to crack nuts for us?

Rodents can be very destructive to the environment, for both the physical damage they cause and the health risk. The most like ones that are going to infest in your house are rats or squirrels. Even for squirrels, you will find very few people, who’ll let them do their thing.

You are a fool to leave a rodent infestation as is. But people are even bigger fools to resort to using repellents is hopes to deal with our little monsters. Do they even work? Let’s find out.

Sound Deterrents

The most modern and technological method. Being technology seems to be it’s only strong points. People just love to laze around and have their work done for free. Plus, this is TECHNOLOGY, it ain’t like those old ways.

Ultrasonic sound deterrents are told to produce ultrasonic sounds that are inaudible to use humans, but to rodents, it is extremely irritating, and they soon move out of the designated place.

It has yet to prove it’s worth. There is no proper study backing the theory. It has been told to reduce their numbers but is in no way a one-stop solution.

Light repellent

Light repellants techniques try to give the rodents a taste of their own medicine. They irritate us so why not irritate them with lights; they hate it. You’d be extremely surprised at how much rats can adapt to their surroundings. After a few days, rats won’t give one extra look to your hard work and creativity. There is a small, thing you are a misunderstanding. For you, they are just a nuisance. For them every day is survival.

Smell repellants

How could we forget the smell repelling methods? They are always rumored to work, aren’t they? People generally use ammonia, soaked rags or mothballs for their pungent smell. Then there is the predator urine commercially available.

They may work on other animals, but seriously have you seen the place rats go to. Corpses, gutter, and sewers and, etc. why would some meager smell like ammonia or mothballs be enough to force them out. And predator urine has a little too man contradictory reviews, so best if you avoid it completely.

What works?

Rather than wasting time, money and your little brain on these problems, try trapping or exterminating them. If you have no problem dealing with corpses, boy are you in luck. Snap traps and body traps have proved to work too effectively against rodents. Just bait them leave them for the night.

For those who prefer not to go lethal, try live caging. For this, you need to know where the pests move around. Safe and efficient. Then comes the guaranteed removal. The one-way exclusion techniques.


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