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Washington Rat Control and Information
Northwest Nuisance Wildlife Control traps, removes, manages and
controls most animal species, including rats.
Captured bushy-tailed woodrat |
Our rat control services
include the removal and
control of problem rats from urban, rural and suburban
areas. Here
at NNWC, we get hundreds of calls every year for rat control.
We have several species of rats around the Puget Sound
area. Washington rats include the Norway rat, black rat, roof rat and bushy-tailed wood rat, just to name a few. Our
company technicians have years of training in different techniques for
solving your rat problems. We DO NOT use any chemicals or poisons
of any kind. The damage that rats
cause is amazing, to say the least. Rats destroy vegetable gardens, get
into garbage, live under houses, in attics, chew on
electrical wires, live under kitchen cabinets and inside vehicles,
destroy fruit from trees, eat out of pet food bowls, eat pet droppings
and spread diseases, just to get started. The
structural damage that rats cause is in the millions, if not billions,
of dollars every year, not to mention their damage to fruit orchards,
rice crops, cornfields, etc. Washington Rats Rodents
are disease vehicles. Rodents, like rats, spread diseases around
the world. They adapt and co-exist with humans. They travel
on boats, ships, freight trucks, cars, utility trailers, trains,
planes and whatever they can catch a ride on.
Rats
attract and harbor ectoparasites such as fleas, mites, lice and ticks.
In turn, these parasites carry pathogens such as the plague
bacteria transmitted by fleas. Rats in city areas often dwell in
the most unsanitary areas of the urban environment, like sewers,
garbage dumps, abandoned dirty buildings, drainage ditches, and
alleyways.
In urban and rural areas, rats may live under
blackberry bushes, under ivy, in rock walls, in chicken coops and
cattle, sheep, hog and horse barns. Rats have the
physical capabilities enabling them to gain entry to structures by
gnawing, climbing, jumping and swimming.
Rats are
prolific breeders. The female will have a litter of 5 to 13 young,
21 days after mating. Young rats will feed on solid food at 2 to
3 weeks of age. The female rat comes into heat every 4 to 5 days
and will mate within 1 to 2 days after a litter is born. The
average female rat will have 5 to 7 litters per year. Rat pups reach
sexual maturity in 8 to 12 weeks. Rats in captivity live 3 or more
years. Wild rats in cities and towns generally live 5 to 12
months.
Our Rat Control Programs consist mostly of lethal
control methods.
For professional Washington rat
trapping, removal and control, call the experts at Northwest Nuisance
Wildlife Control.
(360) 794-3535 or Toll Free at
1-888-868-3063
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