Don’t Invite Pests Into Your Home

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With winter coming, we all know that many of the outdoor pests we hate, like spiders, ants, mice, rats, stray cats and rabid dogs, all want to come inside. They want to come into our homes and make what is ours, theirs.

And we, (or our kids) often invite them into our home and allow them to enjoy of our warmth and eat our food. They build webs on our walls and ceilings, bite us, make a mess of our house and bring in diseases. All of us need to learn how to control these pests to keep them out of our homes this winter. Here are some recommendations.

First, never leave food lying around. Crumbs on the floors, open containers, half eaten snacks still on the table are all formal invitations for rodents and ants to enter into and eventually infest your home, making you extremely uncomfortable and possibly outnumbered. Sweep and mop your floors often. And before you 

sweep and mop, dust the walls and ceilings.

Second, keep doors and windows shut and protected with bug-proof screens. Open doors give vermin easy access into your home. Pests like mice and rats, can’t squeeze in cracks like ants and spiders can. They need a larger opening. By keeping your doors and windows closed and by installing screens, you will be saving yourself from filth, disease and the expense of hiring professional pest and animal control removers.

Third, stay tidy. Make your house clean and de-cluttered. Pests love messes and piles of clothes on the floor, cluttered places where they can easily hide and stay out of your view, to live longer and reproduce often. If you stay clean and tidy, pests won’t have a place to hide.

Pest and unwanted animals are a pain to get rid of if they get out of hand, but following these tips will help you control pests and keep your home, yours.