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Professional Rodent Control in Knoxville
Rats and mice are unwelcome visitors, indeed! So, if they've found their way into your Knoxville home, let us know. Waynes Pest Control has helped families get rid of rodents for over fifty years with our specialized professionals ready to solve your rat and mouse problem. We've provided more than 150,000 customers with affordable pest control using eco-friendly traps and sustainable removal services. So, reach out to us today for your highly effective rodent control in Knoxville.
Knoxville Rodent Control by Waynes
Rodents damage homes, spread diseases, and increase the flea population in a home. Fortunately, pest control and rodent control are at the heart of what we do. Even in the most challenging situations, we take rats and mice out of the equation.
First, our skilled service professionals inspect the home, seeking rodent entry points and nesting spots. Then, we'll analyze what we've discovered to strategically place environmentally friendly, mess-free traps to eliminate the population. Once the rats and mice end up in our sightless, odorless traps, our team will remove them from your house.
Commercial customers benefit from our SMART solution. We'll monitor the scenario with rodent-detecting sensors that continually send data to our smart data hub with non-toxic traps addressing any problems. Residential and commercial customers alike benefit from regular inspections.
Rodent control is an essential part of the Knoxville pest control services that Waynes provides to our customers in Knoxville, Knox County, Tennessee. Rodents vary from rats to mice, but all can cause an immense amount of damage to your property, as well as spread diseases and fleas, which catch a free ride on rats. At Waynes, we take rodents and other pests out of the equation.
Our skilled service professionals can handle even the trickiest rodent infestations. Our solutions involve analyzing the property, finding entry points and nesting sites, and then eradicating the infesting population through mess-free, environmentally friendly traps. Once caught in our sightless and odorless traps, our control team will remove them.
We also provide an EnviroSmart control service for commercial enterprises. Our systems successfully monitor infestations through sensors, while our non-toxic traps take care of the problem, with data continuously being fed back to our Smart data hub. Regular inspections will put you at ease, allowing you to focus on your home and business.
Rats have spread terrible disease outbreaks throughout history, transmitting germs through their feces as well as the fleas they carry with them (fleas also spread plenty of diseases on their own). Diseases related to rodents include the following: LCM (lymphocytic choriomeningitis), hantavirus, dysentery, mycoplasma, salmonella, leptospirosis, and more. Besides spreading disease, rodents chew through wood, plastic piping, electric wiring, and so forth in people's homes. This activity can lead to house fires, unsanitary leaks, flooding, and can weaken the integrity of a house's structure.
Waynes' rodent exterminator to the rescue! Once we get your call for help, we respond promptly to analyze the damage done by the infestation of rats and mice. Then, we'll actively solve the problem for you.
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Rodents Commonly Found in Knoxville
Rodents are abundant in the Volunteer State. Some of the most commonly found species include these:
- Rats: The brown rat and the roof rat (the latter also called black rats or ship rats) often settle on ground floors or basements, although some species gravitate to higher places in the home, like attics.
- Mice: The most common species is the house mouse that chews through homes, along with other species found in Knoxville, including deer mice, harvest mice, and meadow jumping mice.
With our rodent control in Knoxville, our well-trained team identifies the species and creates an efficient, affordable plan to get rid of them.
Attracting Rats and Mice to Knoxville Homes: What Appeals to Rodents?
Like any species, rodents seek food, water, and lodging to survive and potentially thrive. Rodents are omnivorous, willing to eat just about anything (even wiring and cables), so they may define "food" pretty broadly. They can find water through leaks or standing water on a property. As far as shelter, rodents may feel more comfortable hanging around outside in the summer. But, when cooler temperatures herald the beginning of winter, they'll hunt for a home—and your goal, through your rodent control in Knoxville, is to keep them out of yours.
Practical Strategies to Keep Rodents Away
A mouse can slip into a home in a space as tiny as a pencil width. So, as you inspect your home for entry points, look for small gaps and holes and larger opportunities for the rodent. While outdoors, look at your rafters, gables, eaves, and soffits along your roof and spaces around windows and doors—especially ones without weatherstripping. Check your home's foundation, crawl space vents, attic vents, and where utilities come into your house.
When indoors, look around windows, doors, fireplaces, kitchen cabinets, and appliances. Examine your basement's electrical, gas, water, sewer lines, closets, and vents. Thoroughly seal up gaps inside and out.
Put food away after eating in airtight containers, wiping up crumbs and spills—for people and pets. Take your trash out regularly, placing bags in tightly lidded garbage cans away from the house's foundation. Fix leaks and reduce standing water. Put composting bins and wood piles away from your home. Clean up brush, trim back shrubbery, and reduce hiding spots for rats and mice.
For a professional review, contact the experts in Knoxville pest control. Or call (865) 588-6686.
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Knoxville Rodent Control FAQs:
Practicing efficient rodent control could help you prevent an infestation from occurring in the first place. There’s no guarantee that rodents won’t end up on your doorstep anyway, but a home (or business) that actively takes measures to prevent this certainly lessens the desirability of their property to rodents. Some top tips include:
- Do not leave food scraps around. Even crumbs and dirty dishes can be appealing to rodents. Put all excess food in air-tight containers, even if rodents can eat through them. There’s no reason to invite them to dinner.
- Take out the trash regularly and keep it at a safe distance from your home if possible.
- Clean dirty surfaces and sanitize the home through vacuuming and mopping.
- Check for holes and gaps. Rodents can squeeze through surprisingly tight spaces, and seemingly impossible holes. They aren’t opposed to making their own, either.
- Homes with chimneys or businesses with ventilation should ensure that there is a screen that stops rodents from getting in.
- Avoid humid spaces if possible. Rodents like to nest wherever there is moisture.
- Don’t leave firewood stacked up against a wall, and keep shrubbery trimmed back from your home to limit the number of hiding spaces that rodents have access to. The fewer places there are to hide, the less appealing your property will be.
Sometimes, no matter what you do, rodents have their eyes on your property and are set to squat there. It is always worth contacting Waynes’ Knoxville, TN rodent removal team, even if you only suspect there is a marginal chance that an infestation is taking place. However, all the following are tell-tale signs that the furry critters have chosen to call your property home:
- Droppings that are thin and tapered to one end usually belong to rodents.
- Gnawing or chewing sounds coming from the walls, ceiling, or floors.
- Tooth marks in cables, plastic, wood, wiring, and even metal.
- An ammonia smell in the house is usually a sign that house mice are nearby.
- Squeaking noises are only common around nesting sites. Most rodents tend to opt for radio-silence when they are on the prowl around humans.
Our rodent control service begins with an inspection. After identifying the problem (and species), we’ll work with you to create a solution. This involves finding entry points and sealing them off, as well as locating any nearby nesting sites.
Waynes’ service professionals will create a perimeter of mess-free traps that captures the pests. Our Tennessee-based team will then report back and dispose of them. We also offer an EnviroSmart service for businesses and larger properties that utilizes sensors to monitor the situation.
Once the infestation has been handled, you should practice the rodent prevention measures listed above to limit the likelihood of rodents returning. Our team can also provide regular inspections to guarantee that sizable rodent populations don’t establish themselves again.
The cost for rodent control in Knoxville by Waynes will vary based on the size of your home and the rodent infestation's size, scope, and species. We'll happily provide a personalized quote for your specific situation. Connect with us online or call (865) 588-6686.
Rodent prevention is key! Deprive rats and mice of food, water, and shelter to keep them out. Waynes provides highly effective rodent control in Knoxville if they still get in. The process starts with a thorough home inspection and strategically placing eco-friendly, sightless, odorless, and mess-free traps. Then, our rodent exterminators will remove the caught rodents from your home. Reach out for our pest and rodent control!
They are almost certainly seeking shelter in a place that gives them access to food sources and a supply of water. To prevent them from getting in, examine your home inside and out to seal up potential entry points (including quite small ones; rodents can be pretty crafty!).
You can contact us online or at (865) 588-6686. Then, we'll come to your house to conduct an in-person inspection and create a plan to get rid of the current rodent population and keep them out.
