A few years ago, we had a serious mouse invasion of our home. I say invasion because that's what they little beasts did. The house next to ours was vacant for a long time, and their yard became overgrown with tall grass. I guess the mice found this a great place to live in the summer, but once the cooler autumn months hit, they started looking for a warmer environment with a food supply, and we were the closest target.
At first, we just heard a little scratching, but soon enough we started finding droppings and seeing the creatures scamper when we walked into the room. We wanted to be humane, so we bought some traps that didn't kill the mice outright, but as the onslaught continued we became less and less civilized. We laid out poison, set more traps and at one point I actually saw my dear, sweet wife stomp one of them into nonexistence. In the end, we won, but it made for a horrible fall and winter.
The only other thing similar to that in my experience was living in an apartment in Japan with a bad roach problem. We would come home from work and flip on the lights, only to watch the walls literally change color as the creepy crawlies scampered for cover. We laid out roach hotels in strategic locations that would almost immediately fill up with roaches of all sizes, some as big and as fat as a sausage, others quite a bit smaller. After a day, the smaller ones that were stuck in more strategic positions would begin to eat the bigger ones, so that when we opened the trap, there would only be spare parts left over.
All of these horrific experiences have firmly converted me to the need for pest control. You can have the cleanest, nicest house in the neighborhood and still be invaded by pests from the outside. They like to hide and lay eggs in cracks near your foundation, or around the water spouts that stick out of the side of the house. Any crack big enough for a dime to squeeze through is a doorway for insects and wee rodents, and wee rodents will eat your books, clothes, and other things that no one would consider food to become big, hairy, disease-bearing pests. In a climate like Austin, Texas, they grow all too fast, and year-round pest control will be something that will prove a wise investment.
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White Knight Pest Control (http://www.whiteknightpest.com/) has a three fold mission to the customer, the employees, and to the company. To know more visit at http://www.whiteknightpest.com/ about pest control in Austin TX. Art Gib is a freelance writer.
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