Do not live in slavery to the pests in your home anymore. No matter how big the problem or small the problem, you have to take action yourself. Whether you pay a pest control service or not, take action with these tricks today to help out on your own turf.
Steel wool is a great way to deter mice and other critters. This metal is too strong for their teeth. Any opening bigger than half an inch should be plugged. These rodents can come through small areas.
You should regularly inspect the plumbing of your home and make sure you do not leave any traces of water, for instance under the pots you use for your plants or on your kitchen counter. Humidity can lead to a fungus infestation and leaks will provide pest with the water needed to survive.
Try a do-it-yourself spray. If you can't afford to have a professional service come out to spray your home for pest prevention, try any of the number of pest control sprays available at local hardware and box stores. Most come in easy-to-use bottles with trigger spray nozzles that allow you to spray around the foundation and windows of your home, both inside and out.
Don't rule out your pets as sources of pest problems. Bathe them regularly to take care of visitors hitching a ride from outside. In addition, know that pet food and water can attract ants sometimes. Clean up messes and bowls regularly. Furthermore, make sure that you store pet food in sealed containers.
One of the ways that you can prevent mosquitoes from coming to your house is to eliminate the standing water that you have outdoors. This can be anything from a puddle to a kiddy pool, as you will want to drain all the water in these, especially in the summer.
Opt for rock or stone when landscaping your yard instead of straw or wood chips. Organic material is the perfect habitat for many pests. If you want to keep them out of your home, both your home and yard should be as inhospitable to pests as possible. Pests will never make it into your home if they can't get past your yard.
Mice will come into your trailer if you leave it in storage during the fall or winter. Try natural products to repel these pests first. There are many effective varieties to choose from. Repellents aren't poisonous, and they do often smell nice and can keep the here mice away.
Take care of the problem right away. There is a saying that if you see one pest, there are hundreds more you don't see. That's why you need to take care of the problem right away, as soon as you might notice it exists. Don't wait and hope the problem will go away, because it is likely that it will only get worse.
Struggling with ants? You can remove them by creating a mixture of borax and sugar. The ants will be attracted to the sweet scent from the sugar, and they will be killed by the borax. Just mix a single cup of sugar and one of borax. Put holes in your lid, and then sprinkle it along your home's foundation.
Pests love to hide inside of the drains in your home. Therefore, you should ensure that you regularly clean them on a monthly basis. Pour liquid cleaner down your drain in order to flush out pests, or you could actually put a snake into your drain. Pipes accumulate mold and other growth that pests are attracted to.
Bee stings are painful, and can even be fatal for some people. Make sure bees do not build a nest on or near your home. If you notice bees near your home, check to make sure they are not building a nest. Wasp spray can be used from a distance to kill the bees before you remove the nest.
Use hairspray to kill flying insects. Hairspray is a great weapon to use because it harms flying insects without harming people or pets. Hairspray will stick to them so that they can't reach water or food. This is also great to kill bees with.
If your garden is filled with slugs, use beer as effective remedy. Take an aluminum pie pan into your garden and place it at soil level. Fill it with beer and sit back and watch your snail problems disappear. Snails are attracted to the beer, but cannot get back out of the pie pan.
If you see mice holes in the floor or walls, cut steel wool to size and insert into the holes. Mice will see the steel wool blocking their hole and attempt to chew through it, and the steel particles will kill them. Adding shredded steel wool to wood putty and using this mixture to fill any suspicious holes is effective against rodents.
Pests will be a problem no more in your home. Any time there is an issue, you will know just what to do. You can take all that money you would have paid an exterminator and treat yourself to a nice dinner and come home to a home that is pest free.
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