All The Problems Rodents Cause
There are hundreds of ways it could happen and hundreds of ways you could come to realize you have a rodent infestation. Sometimes the signs are subtle. You may find a few tiny droppings in the back of a kitchen drawer. But you may also be on your knees, trimming flowers in the garden, and see a couple of big brown rats slip under the pile of garden supplies you have stacked on a pallet near your house. However you discover them, one thing is for sure: you’ll want them gone as soon as possible. When dealing with rodents, it is important to understand what it means to see them inside or outside your home because they can cause many problems once they get inside.
If rodents find a way into your home, you may realize it immediately. One of the first and most annoying problems caused by invading rodents is the unwanted rustling sounds inside your walls. And what's worse, rodents are mostly nocturnal, which means these sounds usually start right around bedtime, meaning that they can disrupt your sleep and keep you awake at night. If you normally stay up all night, this might not bother your sleep much, but it is still unsettling to know that you have animals moving around inside the walls of your home. If you agree, we invite you to consider those sounds as a blessing in disguise! Mice and rats often don't make any detectable sounds when they infest a home, which allows them to cause all of the problems listed below without alerting you to their presence.
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Illness
If mice or rats get into your home and you don't know it, you may experience illness and not realize that rodents are to blame. Some of the many illnesses caused by rodents include hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome, OMSK, plague, rat-bite fever, Lassa fever, leptospirosis, lymphocytic choriomeningitis, salmonellosis, and tularemia. They spread illness with their feces and urine and by crawling over dishes and food-prep surfaces and contaminating food sources. If feces are left in a ventilation system, those harmful pathogens can also become airborne.
Parasites
Mice and rats often pick up parasitic pests before entering a home. Fleas, ticks, mites, and other parasites love to feed on small warm-blooded animals. This can present a secondary pest issue inside your home when rodents invade. Fleas leave behind irritating bites and can spread several diseases. However, of all the parasites rodents carry, ticks are the most dangerous. These pests are known to spread a variety of serious illnesses such as Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, tularemia, and Southern Tick-Associated Rash Illness (STARI), to name a few. A number of these diseases can have lifelong implications for your health.
