Rodents

Nothing can keep you awake at night more than listening to rodents running and scattering around in your home. No one wants to have these fluffy critters, as cute as some of them can be, scurrying around where they live. Rodent infestations can range from being merely annoying to spreading serious diseases like the hantavirus and destroying your property. Here are some of the rodents you may encounter:

• House Mice – As their name suggests, house mice often find and eat food meant for people or their pets. They particularly enjoy sweets and nuts, but will also eat grains, such as bags of rice or dry dog food.
• Ground Squirrels – Based on their name, ground squirrels may not sound like a common household pest, but they can be a major threat to both outdoor areas like gardens and your home itself.
• Norway Rats – Norway rats have many names, including sewer rat, brown rat, street rat, common rat, water rat, Parisian rat, Norwegian rat, wharf rat, and Hanover rat.
• Pocket Gophers – People with gardens, whether for food or decoration, are terrified of the damage that gophers cause.
• Roof Rats – Roof rats are rightly named for their affinity for heights. They can be noticed running along tree branches or power lines as a means to reach the roof of your house.
• Tree Squirrels – Tree squirrels, as you’d presume, are members of the Scirudae, the squirrel family that, for the most part, lives in trees, unlike ground squirrels.