Rodents

Controlling rodents that have decided to take over your McAllen property is best done with the help of a knowledgeable, educated, and trained professional. The Bugworks Termite & Pest Control professionals know how to safely and humanely find and remove these unwanted intruders from yards, homes, and commercial properties.

We are a locally-owned and operated company and have a strong knowledge of the rodents that live in our region, when they are most active, what attracts them, and how to effectively eliminate them. By combining our knowledge and our high-quality rodent removal and exclusion services, we can ensure your Texas property is no longer a home to rodents.

Learn more about ridding your property of problematic rodents by giving us a call today!

No matter where you live in the Rio Grande Valley region, you could find rodents on your property.

Urban areas often experience a lot of rodent problems because the dense populations of people and many structures provide rodents with food and plenty of shelter options. But, homes located in rural areas are just as likely to experience problems with rodents. If your home is surrounded by land that rodents inhabit, they will see your home as a place they can escape harsh weather and predators.

If mice or rats ever find their way into your Texas home, they will quickly search out a place they can build a nest. Rodents, while curious creatures, prefer to live away from a lot of activity.

Attics, crawl spaces, boxes, storage areas, and spaces behind cabinets and large appliances often become places where rodents build their nests and retreat each day. At night these creatures emerge from their nesting sites to forage for food. In addition to discovering rodent droppings in your home, one of the most common signs of a rodent infestation is hearing running or scratching sounds during the evening hours.

In Texas, rodent infestations are a year-round threat as our structures provide them with a respite from hot weather, a lack of food outside, and predators. Rodents really don’t care where they live, just that their basic needs are met. A rodent’s adaptability means that any of our Texas homes could be a place that experiences rodent activity.

Like all rodents, mice and rats have front incisors that grow throughout their entire life. When in our yard or homes, they will use those teeth to cause damage. They will chew through wires, pipes, cables, insulation, and other structural elements.

The most likely reason rodents are in your home is to forage for food, and in the process, they will contaminate your family’s food with their saliva and excrement.

Health concerns are the biggest problem when mice and rats are in our homes. They carry and transmit diseases and bacteria that make us ill. Rat-bite fever, hantavirus, leptospirosis, and salmonella are examples of things spread by rodents.

Shed fur and excrement from rodents are full of allergen that will cause allergy symptoms, including breathing problems in people.