Financial problems are just one kind of problem posed by rodents in your home. In addition to the high bills of repairs and replacements, you also have to worry about the foul odors, fire hazards, and wire damage rodents can incur. If you suspect you have rats or mice in your attic or elsewhere in your home, call a trusted pest control company in Nashville TN. Remember, catching infestations early is the best way to prevent further damage.

The EPA says that rodents cause big-time damage to property, food supplies, and crops, while at the same time spreading diseases that lead to a serious public health risk. Plus, they cause $20 billion in damages to homes, businesses and farms every year.

Let’s explore the high costs associated with rat and mice infestation:

Foul Odors

The urine and droppings rodents leave behind can smell nasty, to be sure, but the stench of a dead rodent in your walls is even worse. Don’t resort to DIY snap traps because then you have to properly dispose of the dead rat or mouse, exposing you to disease. You also don’t want to set out rat poison. Why? Rats will eat the poison, then go and find a warm place to rest, and eventually die. This means they remain in your walls or in your attic, rarely having enough time or energy to make it out of the home. You’re left to deal with the smell.

Once you have found the source, you will then have to call a carpenter to take out a section of the wall and then remove the body, which further adds to your cost. Your best bet is to hire an expert exterminator in Nashville TN to effectively remove rodents from your home so you don’t have to deal with it.

Health Hazards

The threat of disease should be reason #1 to call an exterminator. When you or your pets come into contact with rodents, their droppings, or their urine, you are exposed to health hazards that include Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, Rat-Bite Fever, Hemorrhagic Fever with Renal Syndrome, Lassa Fever, and Salmonellosis, says the CDC.

Property Damage

Rats and mice bring about a lot of damage in a home’s walls, crawlspaces, and attics very quickly. Not only do they damage HVAC equipment and wires that could start a fire, they damage home and business structures significantly. On top of all that, if rodents have found their way into your home, chances are, they will get into your car too. There, they will nest in the engine area to stay warm. In the same way, they can make it into your shed and nest in your lawn mower in the off-season.

Once rodents get into your home, they nest in your insulation, fluffing it apart to make an area where they can have their babies. Then, they will leave urine and droppings, which will destroy your insulation and create cold pockets that reduce the insulation’s effectiveness.

Fire Hazards

Mice and rat teeth are constantly going through growth, giving them an irresistible urge to chew and gnaw on anything around them – like a teething infant. To them, it doesn’t matter if they chew on an electrical wire, boxes, or clothing. In the end, they cause up to 20 percent of undetermined fires in this country annually from chewing on wires.

Once they chew through the wire’s coating, it can short out your appliances or destroy your whole electrical system. This will cost a lot of money to fix. They don’t just eat wires, they also eat through plastic pipes, aluminum, soft concrete, and wallboards.

Nashville Rat & Mice Pest Control Company

Got rodents in your Nashville TN home? Let a pest control expert help. Just contact us at 615-502-2855 Got rodents in your Nashville TN home? Let a pest control expert help. Just contact us at 615-502-2855 and we can suggest the ideal rat and mice treatment for your particular rodent problem.