How to Get Rid Roof Rats

 

Learn about Products to Get Rid of Roof Rats - What works to get rid of roof rats and what does not get rid of roof rats. How to Get Rid Roof Rats gives recommendations for how to get rid of roof rats. Learn how to get rid of Roof Rats in the attic for good.

Approximately 15,000 Residential Fires are caused each year by rodents, such as Roof Rats, chewing on attic wiring. Not know how to get rid of roof rats could cost you your home - and even your life.

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The product that was used to get rid of this home's 10 year rodent problem was Rodent Strobe's pest control strobes.

 

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"We had a terrible experience with roof rats in our attic. We tried pest control companies, traps and poison and nothing worked. Finally, we heard about the Rodent Strobe pest control strobe lights. After installing them, the rats were gone within just a couple of days and have not been back - we kept the strobes on to keep the rats from coming back in. These strobes are the only thing that worked! I highly recommend them".

C.P. Phoenix, AZ Used Rodent Strobe to Get Rid of Roof Rats in the Attic.

 

"Kevin, I just wanted to let you know that the rodent strobes we purchased for our fire station have worked perfectly. We have a station located in the middle of the Everglades and had a severe rodent infestation problem which resulted in $10,000 dollars in damages. We installed the rodent strobes and have had no infestation since. Thanks for a great product!" (This testimony was emailed to Rodent Strobe Inc. 10 months after the strobes were installed.)

Alan McLaughlin CHS-III

Fire Chief

Ochopee Fire Control District

Everglades City, Florida

Used Rodent Strobe as How to Get Rid of Roof Rats in the Fire Station.

 

 

"No more traps! No more smells! No more Norway Rats! Dear Sir, Thanks to your innovative approach to rodent control I have been able to say good-bye to a problem we've had for years. A conventional-foundation home in a dense urban area I have learned is a natural gathering spot for our pesky friends. About the only good thing coming from this is the friendship I have developed with my pest control man. Smelling "that Smell" and cleaning out the traps in my basement had become a nearly weekly ritual. No more! I knew there had to be a more effective solution. After visiting your website, I decided to give Rodent Strobe a try. Installation was a snap, and I have not had a problem in months. Now I only get to see my pest control man for his regular quarterly visit, but we're both okay with that. I have told my friends and neighbors about your innovative approach to rodent and squirrel control. Best Regards -"

Richard Summers Memphis (Central Gardens), TN

Used Rodent Strobe to Get Rid of Norway Rats in his Basement.

 

For seven years I had problems trying to figure out how to get rid of roof rats in my Scottsdale, Arizona home. I tried everything to get rid of the roof rats in our attic and walls. We had our home sealed twice and set traps to get rid of the roof rats numerous times, but we still kept having roof rats get into our attic. We hired 3 or 4 pest control companies and they could figure out how to get rid of the roof rats. We had periods of no attic noise and no smell, but the roof rats would come back following previous generations’ urine scent trails (which can last for years). One day after a recent roof rats re-infestation we heard a roof rat in the attic space right above our living room. As I heard the roof rat near a ceiling light fixture the light started to flicker and made an electric buzzing sound. I realized the roof rats were chewing on the wires in the attic and it dawned on me that “the smell” was not our biggest concern – A house fire was!

My efforts to learn how to get rid of roof rats once and for all intensified. These efforts led me to strobe lights for pest control. After trying strobes from several different manufacturers, I found what I believe to be the best strobe lights manufactured to date-and solved my own pest problems.

After two years of research, patent searches and counsel, product development and testing, field research and lab experiments, consultations with pest control professionals including owners of pest control companies and leaders in the academic arena, I have developed a line of sturdy and long lasting pest control products which have been proven to get rid of roof rats. Rodent Strobe is “the long term solution™”.

 

Kevin Peterson

President

Rodent Strobe Inc.

How Rodent Strobe works to get rid of roof rats for good:

The ciliary muscle in the eye controls the expansion and contraction of the roof rats pupil. The usual adjustments made by this muscle are small. In response to the strobes in a dark (naturally dark or becomes dark at night) environment this muscle has to make dramatic adjustments (140-180 times per minute). An ophthalmologist I spoke to, at a world-renowned clinic in Scottsdale AZ, likened it to this: Imagine you lift a ten pound dumbbell weight one time. Then imagine that you lifted the same weight 1,500 times in a ten minute period. Your arm would be hurting for days. The ophthalmologist said the strobes would have the same effect on rodent (and other animal pests’) eyes. RESULT: YOU GET RID OF THE ROOF RATS.

High Intensity Strobe Lights are How to Get Rid of Roof Rats:

A roof rats control strobe light in an attic space. Each flash last only 1/30th of a second and is super bright.

The High Intensity Pest Control Strobe, Designed to Get Rid of Roof Rats, pictured above uses only 4.8 watts of electricity - about the same as the average night light. This strobe covers a maximum of 900 sq .ft. (30X30) of attic space/area. For a greater "shock and awe" type of effect to get rid of roof rats - 500 sq. ft. (25X25) of coverage gives the maximum effect to get rid of the roof rats for good.

 

The High Intensity Get Rid of Roof Rats Strobe in the Photo above is made by Rodent Strobe Inc.

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Roof Rats in your Attic means wire damage:

 

25% of house / residential fires of "unknown cause" are attributed to Attic Squirrels, Roof Rats, Norway Rats and Mice chewing on wires?

 

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We get the term “rodent” from the Latin verb rodere (to gnaw or to chew). Rodents, such as Roof Rats, are constantly gnawing and chewing on wood and wiring because the roof rats teeth are continually growing. Roof Rats front teeth grow a half a foot in length each year. Rodents, such as Norway Rats, Roof Rats, Mice and Squirrels, have to chew and gnaw every day to keep their teeth’s length in check otherwise the roof rats teeth would grow too long - rendering the Roof Rats unable to eat and as a result the roof rats would starve to death.

 

As a result of roof rats and other rodents constant need to gnaw twenty-five percent of fires of “unknown cause” are attributed to rodents, such as Roof Rats, Attic Squirrels and Mice, chewing on electrical wires. A failure to get rid of roof rats in your attic could lead to your house catching fire in the middle of the night.

A radio in the attic as how to get rid of roof rats in the attic?

 

This will work for a day or two as how to get rid of roof rats - but that is about the total length of time that it will work. I know people who sleep with a radio or a television on all night with the volume up. When asked how they could possibly sleep with such noise they respond “Oh, I’m used to it”. The roof rats you are trying to get rid of will also get used to it. No one likes to be kicked out of their home – roof rats are no exception.

 

 

Pellet or BB Guns as how to get rid of roof rats in the attic?

 

Roof Rats are active at night. So you had better have a night scope on your pellet gun if you want to go hunting to get rid of roof rats. If you do shoot roof rats - what if you just wound the roof rats and the roof rats run to their roof rat nesting area – IN YOUR ATTIC – and the wounded roof rats die? Or - the roof rats have baby roof rats in the attic or in your house walls? Well, happy smells to you Annie Oakley. Besides, in many towns this is an illegal way to try to get rid of the roof rats.

 

Rat Traps as how to get rid of roof rats: some things to consider before you purchase.

This is a way to try to get rid of roof rats. BUT, there are several drawbacks. First, be careful for your fingers – if it can snap a mouse’s spine it can certainly break or severely hurt a finger. Children can get hurt. Family pets could get hurt. Emergency rooms are expensive.

Mouse traps, mice traps, rat traps are meant for smaller rodents. Roof rat control via this method could mean a large roof rat caught in one of these could suffer for hours. A large rat (and rats can get as large as a small cat) might possibly have to be killed while still caught in the trap. Pest control manuals recommend attaching snap traps to a larger board so a larger wounded animal caught in a trap doesn’t drag it elsewhere where it will die and smell and be hard to retrieve. I have personally seen a large rodent in an attic that caught its foot in a snap trap. The rodent then retreated with the snap trap attached to its foot into an inner house wall and became caught in between the attic wall and the open attic space because the trap would not fit back through the space between the wall and the attic. This animal would have died in the wall and would have rotted and smelled had it not been found and removed.

If you use a rat trap, or a mouse trap, or a squirrel trap that is designed to kill the pest - what if it has babies living in the attic or wall spaces of your property? They die and the smell is horrible! Plus then you have to go through the expense of having a pest control professional crawling through your attic and possibly cutting into your walls to remove the dead litter. But with Rodent Strobe if the strobes are turned off for short periods of time (several hours) during the first few days - the rat, or squirrel has a chance to remove its young and the whole family leaves. This is roof rat control that does not leave a rotting dead animal in your walls or attic. This is truly the best way to get rid of roof rats, raccoons, bats in the attic, rats in the attic, skunks under the house and opossums in the attic or crawl space.

Pest control manuals give guidelines on disposal of trapped and killed or injured roof rats. First, warnings are made that wounded roof rats can be very dangerous. Secondly, dead roof rats can carry diseases so wear the proper protective equipment. Third, It is recommended that the dead roof rats be sprayed thoroughly with a clorox and water solution before removal and disposal. Also be aware that the dead roof rats may have fleas that have been feeding on its blood and if one of its fleas bites you then you could be infected with a pathogen. Lyme disease, a disease that was once thought only to be in deer ticks, has now been found in fleas. The “black death” was spread by fleas on roof rats.

Rat traps and Roof Rats aka. Attic Rats.

 

Been there, done that. If you have roof rats – good luck, I had none. With literally dozens of traps and multiple baits – over seven years I didn’t catch any roof rats - not one. I could certainly smell the roof rats. I could hear the the roof rats in my ceiling and walls. I saw the roof rats droppings. I just could not catch the roof rats and neither could four pest control companies. You have got to have a really bad problem with roof rats to catch them – by “bad problem” I mean an over population and fierce competition

Moth balls in the attic as how to get rid of roof rats is illegal and toxic to humans.

 

The use of moth balls in an attic or other spaces as how to get rid of roof rats in the attic is illegal in all 50 states. If you use moth balls to get rid of roof rats, bats in the attic, and raccoons in the attic or any other vertebrate pest or even suggest their use to someone you are committing, at least a misdemeanor, and even a felony in many states. If you are considering using Moth balls to get rid of squirrels in the attic then you need to read this - Moth balls are toxic to humans and pets. Most moth balls are made from naphthalene which is derived from coal tar. The gas emitted from moth balls is heavier than air and will seep from your attic into the lower levels of your home – your living areas. Many people will recommend moth balls to get rid of roof rats in the attic and other pests. In states such as Arizona, California, Florida and New York this simple recommendation is a felony. Moth balls take oxygen out of the air. Their purpose is to suffocate moths in a contained environment. It is similar, very similar to running a car engine in a garage with the garage door closed. Several years ago a friend had a yard man tell her to put moth balls in her attic to drive out the squirrels. It worked for a while but the amount of moth balls she had to put in the attic spaces to drive out the squirrels made her house stink of moth balls. Now, my friend could not smell the moth balls after several days, but everyone who entered her house was over-whelmed by the odor. I have asthma and when visiting her it greatly bothered my asthma. Two years later the lowest places in her house, such as bathroom cabinets, linen closets, etc. still smells of moth balls. Many people who make this huge mistake then spend years trying to get the moth ball smell out of their house. Good luck! To this day, freshly laundered towels that have been placed in her bathroom cabinets soon acquire the smell of the moth balls. Again, my friend could not smell the moth balls but everyone who entered her house could. Same thing with roof rats, squirrels and mice - they get used to the smell - unless you use so many moth balls that the toxic vapors are so heavy that the squirrels or other rodents can’t stay – which means these heavier than air toxic vapors are seeping down into your living areas and into your lungs and into your blood stream. Did you know that babies that have been wrapped in blankets which were stored with moth balls have been found to have high levels of naphthalene in their blood streams? Moth balls for rodent control, been there – smelled that, in most cases it is illegal and very toxic.

 

Symptoms of Moth Ball Exposure:

 

Nose, eyes, and lung irritation.

Difficulty breathing, asthma worsening, asthma attacks.

Headaches, nausea, dizziness.

Cancer – moth balls are possible carcinogens.

Effect on infants - skin rash, anemia, jaundice.

 

 

 

Trying to get rid of roof rats by means of ultrasonic pest control, ultrasonic repellents, ultrasonic repellers?

 

Been there, done that too as how to get rid of roof rats in my attic! I wish I had my money back. That ultrasonic repellent (ha! ha!) device was expensive and the owner of the company told me how great it would work to get rid of my roof rats. Yeah buddy. Did you know that several of the leading vertebrate pest specialists - PhD. University Professors, experts in the field of how to get rid of roof rats have tried to get the FTC / Federal Trade commission to ban ultrasonic pest repellers because they do not work to get rid of roof rats or any other rats for that matter.

 

The Federal Trade Commission has published a warning to all ultrasonic pest repeller manufacturers and retailers telling them that if they claim that ultrasonic pest repellers actually repel pest that these companies will face prosecution from the FTC. Starting in 2002 the FTC started prosecuting companies that claim ultrasonic pest repellent get rid of pests such as roof rats.

 

There may be an initial effect to get rid of the roof rats because roof rats are neo-phobic but research shows that the roof rats will return and become habituated (get used to the noise). How long do ultrasonics work as how to get rid of roof rats? Research shows that the repelling effect last for 1-3 days, but after 3-7 days the roof rats become / get habituated to the noise and continue living in the space not bothered enough to leave their home. Additional research confirms that ultrasonic pest repellers may have a partial or transitory effect, but have no persistent effectiveness as how to get rid of roof rats. Most academic researchers urge legislatures and consumers to view ultrasonic pest repellents with skepticism. The New York State Consumer Protection Board has cautioned New York State citizens against purchasing ultrasonic repellent devices. In addition to this, contrary to the claims of many ultrasonic pest control device sellers, there is scientific evidence that some of these devices cause hearing loss in pets, most especially dogs . Even the US Army does not approve of ultrasonic pest control devices.

 

I traveled to San Diego to speak with the vertebrate pest expert who does the pest control products investigations for the Federal Trade Commission. When I told him I had a pest control product that I needed some help in designing container and field experiments for product testing the first thing he asked me (with a look of disgust) was “this isn’t another one of those ultrasonic pest repellers is it? – Those things don’t work”. I am pleased to say that he seemed very impressed with my product, especially when he was in a dark room with my strobe flashing and he was commenting that it was making him dizzy as he moved around the room. Then I observed him try several times to turn on the lights with the wall switch and his hand was meandering around for several seconds before he was able to secure his hand on the switch and turn the lights on. I was one happy camper.

With the Rodent Strobe line of pest control strobe lights as how to get rid of roof rats - the problem of habituation is completely solved. The rodents can not adapt to the constant high intensity lightning bright flashes. We have found that if squirrels or roof rats are living in a house wall that they access through a space that is protected by a high intensity strobe that the squirrels or roof rats will give up going to their nesting area in the wall. It just is not worth it - see Rodent Strobe's How It Works page.

Attic squirrels and roof rats are good mothers. If their young are in what the roof rat mother deems an "unsafe" area she will move them to another place that she sees as safe. We recommend that a person using our pest control strobe lights simply turn off the strobes for a few hours at a time during the first few days to allow the mothers to move their young. Then when all the attic squirrels, attic rats, raccoons, etc., are gone - turn on the strobes and leave them on (they are extremely energy efficient - only 4.8 watts for our squirrel control strobe). Problem solved! No dead, rotting squirrels or rats. No dead or sick family pets. No repeating and repeating the squirrel trapping, or rat trapping nightmare.

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Roof Rat / Attic Rats Facts - to learn more about how to get rid of roof rats:

Roof Rats' / Attic Rats' scientific name is Rattus rattus.

Roof Rats / Attic Rats get referred to as Black Rats (roof rats get this name from their black back fur and tails), Ship Rats (roof rats get this name from their ability to stow away on ships) Fruit Rats (roof rats get this name from their tree fruit consumption) and Tree Rats (roof rats get this name from their nesting in trees).

Roof Rats / Attic Rats are grayish brown to black to dark gray in appearance.

Roof Rats / Attic Rats have a gray to white belly color.

Roof Rats / Attic Rats get to about 5-10 ounces in weight but can get much larger.

Roof Rats / Attic Rats can get up to the size of a small cat.

Roof Rats have a long tail which can reach / get around to the roof rats snout.

Roof Rats / Attic Rats long tails are black in color and get a fine scaly appearance in adulthood.

Roof Rats / Attic Rats have big rounded ears which are long enough to get to and fold over the roof rats eyes.

Roof Rats / Attic Rats have a long pointed snout / face which aids in their ability to get their head through tight spaces. If roof rats can get their head through a hole then the roof rats can get their whole body through the hole.

The skull plates in roof rats heads do not fuse together as the do in other mammals. This allows the roof rats to squeeze their heads through spaces smaller than their heads because these skull plates will act like hinges and allow for the compression of the roof rats skull size. In other words roof rats heads can get small to allow the roof rats to get through small holes.

Full grown roof rats can get through an opening about the size of a US quarter coin.

Roof Rats / Attic Rats get active at night just after dark.

Roof Rats / Attic rats have very poor eyesight - so their vision is not what they rely on mostly to get around.

Roof Rats / Attic Rats have a keen sense of hearing.

One way to know that you have Roof Rats / Attic Rats in your Attic / Roof is that Roof Rats seem to be overly sensitive to the noise of aircraft - particularly jet engine noise.

One way to know if you have Roof Rats / Attic Rats is that if you hear a sudden moving - scampering (as if fleeing) noise in your attic or walls and then a few seconds later you hear a jet engine aircraft flying over head - you probably have roof rats in your attic. The Roof Rats / Attic Rats will get to / be able to hear the noise of the jet engines before you do. This noise in particular seems to get to / startle roof rats in the attic and will startle the roof rats in your attic and walls more than other noises. The roof rats in your attic and walls hear this jet noise before you do and start to run to get away. A few seconds later you will get to / be able to hear the aircraft noise that startled the roof rats. This is a good sign that you are dealing with roof rats in your attic and walls.

Roof Rats / Attic Rats have a good sense of touch - through their whiskers. Roof Rats will feel their way through your attic and walls using their whiskers.

Roof Rats / Attic Rats rely heavily on their sense of smell.

Roof Rats / Attic Rats will follow their own urine scent trails to get to and to get from their feeding and nesting areas. Roof Rats / Attic Rats do not urinate all at once. Most mammals will empty their bladder when full. Roof Rats empty their bladders by the motion of running for example. As Roof Rats run through your attic and walls they are constantly "squirting out" small amounts of urine behind themselves. The scent trails that roof rats leave in your attic and walls can last for two years. Roof Rats / Attic Rats will, on average, live for about a year in the wild. Roof Rats, after their death, will leave a scent trail that can be followed by other roof rats, that want to get into your attic and walls, for a year after the former roof rats are dead. This is one reason why trapping and poisons - if you can get roof rats to go for them - are not a long term solution to get rid of roof rats.

Roof Rats urine glows / fluoresces yellow under ultraviolet light / black light. This to me is an interesting design in nature. Many predatory birds' vision is capable of viewing the ultraviolet spectrum. It was not known that roof rats' urine glowed in the ultraviolet spectrum until scientist were trying to discover how predatory birds were able to visually find rats and mice burrows in fields that were obscured by tall grass. How were these birds of prey able to tell where the rats and mice were nesting and thus focus in on those sites in hunting? One scientist had the bright idea of viewing the rats and mice trails and nest hole entrances underneath ultraviolet light and the nest and trails glowed florescent underneath this illumination. The predatory birds, of course, could see this glowing urine trail and highlighted glowing nest / burrow entrances and the birds would focus in on these places for movement and would get a meal. Intelligent design for rat control and species population balance.

Roof Rats inspections often get aided by the use of black lights / UV flashlights so the pest inspectors can locate the paths that the roof rats or norway rats or other rodent species are traveling and therefore help them to get rid of and control the roof rats / attic rats population numbers.

A Get Rid of Roof Rats in Attic and Yard checklist:

If you see roof rats' / attic rats' feces / droppings around your yard, garage, or pet dishes(outside) and pet food storage containers - then you may have roof rats you need to get rid of in your attic.

Check around your house, garage, storage room, fence tops for roof rats' droppings and even better use a black light to detect roof rats' / attic rats' urine trails and if you see any then you need to get rid of the roof rats.

If you hear noises originating from your attic or walls just after sundown - you could have roof rats in the attic because roof rats in an attic get busy starting their "day" at the end of yours. Noises in the attic is a good sign that you might need to get busy in order to get rid of the roof rats before they get busy chewing on the wiring - if they haven't already.

Are there signs of roof rats' nest in piles of wood or debris?

Do you have fruit trees with holes in the fruit or partially eaten fruit that might be the result of roof rats' / attic rats' feed or most likely using the oranges, grapefruit, etc. as a safe and tasty roof rats' liquid source?

Does your pet dog or cat show up with dead roof rats that the pet was able to get a hold of and chew on like a play toy - because the roof rats were poisoned?

Do you have garden food plants that show signs of roof rats feeding on them?

Do you have dog manure left out in your yard or neighbors' yards? - roof rats' favorite food is dog manure. Roof rats love to eat fresh dog manure. As a roof rat / attic rat specialist told me "it is a nutrient rich, moisture filled and safe food source for roof rats". Dog manure is a gourmet meal for roof rats living in your attic.

Shortly after dark do you see roof rats running across utility lines or roof rats running across fence tops to get from your attic to their food sources.

Roof rats accessing your attic will leave / get black smudge marks on rafters, pipes, beams and walls leading to your attic. The black substance is the urine, dirt, body oils and feces that will get on the roof rats fur. Roof rats living in your attic will scent mark each other by urinating and defecating on each other and rubbing in the urine and feces onto the other roof rats', living in your attic, fur. This makes roof rats' fur leave the black smudges on surfaces they climb or rub against to get into your attic and walls.

Are there roof rats' droppings around your garbage cans? How about roof rats urine detectable underneath UV light?

Have you ever seen drowned roof rats / attic rats the swimming pool, hot tub or children's play pool? I remember once going to take a swim at a bed and breakfast in a very upscale neighborhood where I was staying in Scottsdale, Arizona. I changed my mind - just before diving in - when I saw a dead roof rat / attic rat floating just beneath the surface of the otherwise pristine swimming pool.

 

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To get rid of roof rats in the Philippines.

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To get rid of roof rats in Scottsdale, Arizona.

To get rid of roof rats in Houston, Texas.

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To get rid of roof rats in Fort Worth, Texas

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To get rid of roof rats in Germantown, Tennessee.

To get rid of roof rats in New York City.

To get rid of roof rats in Australia.

To get rid of roof rats in Seattle, Washington

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To get rid of roof rats in Sacramento, California.

To get rid of roof rats in San Diego, California.

To get rid of roof rats in Mobile, Alabama.

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To get rid of roof rats in Portland, Oregon.

 

 

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