Your backyard is the place you garden, spend time with family and friends and let your kids run and play. It should be a place you are confident is pest-free too. Follow our tips for a pest-free backyard, then call us at American Rat Control for more information about...
Tips for Pest-Free Baking for the Holidays
As you begin your holiday baking, there is one ingredient that you certainly don't want to encounter in your pantry--a rat! However, rats, mice, ants, weevils, and other insects can be especially attracted to this very spot in your home. Luckily, if you are willing to...
10 Winter Pest Prevention Tips for Your Home
As winter arrives, does this mean that pests around the home are not an issue? Actually, no. Mice, rats and other household pests may be active all winter long, especially here in the Los Angeles area where temperatures seldom dip below the high 40’s. If there are...
Rodent Library: What Type of Rat Infestation do I Have?
If you notice rats, or signs of rats, in your home, your first instinct is probably to try and take care of the situation as soon as possible. However, it can make sense to step back and observe for a bit. The reason for this is that when you know what type of pest is...
5 Potential Rat Health Hazards Lurking in Your Home
Mice and rats in your home are not just unpleasant. They can actually be dangerous. Rodents can carry a number of contagions that can cause illnesses. Because of this, it is important to perform proper removal if a mouse or rat infestation is discovered and proper rat...
Five Signs You May Have an Autumn Rat Infestation
Few household pests are as frightening to home and business owners as rats. Not only are rats creepy, crawly creatures, but they also carry diseases everywhere they travel and can even destroy your building from the inside out. Luckily, a good pest control company,...
A Traveling Infestation – Mice in Your Car
Dealing with a rodent infestation is never a pleasant affair. Having the sanctity of your home violated by fuzzy little invaders is not only an inconvenience, but a serious health and safety risk to you and your family. But did you know there's another area of your...
Mega Multipliers: The Rithmatic of Rodents
Rats and mice are possibly the most successful mammalian species to share living space with humans. Even more than dogs and cats, rodents find a way to make themselves at home with people, invading our food stores, spreading diseases, attracting other pests, and...
Late Summer Pest Prevention
Even the sunniest California summer has to come to an end sometime, and while autumn in the Los Angeles area doesn't carry the sting it does to the north, the upcoming change in seasons still holds plenty of potential to give you a chill. Not because you'll be caught...
Why Do I Have Rats in My Home?
Living in the Los Angeles area is great. The weather is good, most of the time. It’s near the beach and million-dollar homes, and we're surrounded by lush landscapes and gardens everywhere. All this awesomeness is ideal for humans; but, even better for wildlife and...
Choosing the Right Pest Control Company
Dealing with a pest infestation—whether its roaches, rats, ants, or even gophers—is one of the most frustrating experiences you can have as a homeowner. And if it turns out the company you've trusted to help you solve your pest problem is unqualified and unlicensed,...
Myth-taken Identity: Do Rats and Mice Really Love Cheese?
Peanut butter and jelly. Dogs and bones. Cheese for rats and mice. Some pairs are tied so firmly together in our collective imaginations that it's hard to picture a world where they don't fit hand in hand. But when it comes to rats, mice, and cheese, a match made in...
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