How to tell if your house has rats - If you’re wondering how to tell if your house has rats, you need only look for a few basic things. Rats are larger than mice and will leave droppings that are much larger than those of a mouse. Rat droppings are about the size of a bean, and are often dark in color. These can be confused with squirrel droppings. If large pieces of feces have been found, look to the rest of the building to determine if the animal is a rat or a squirrel. Squirrels tend to live in attics and eaves. These tree-goers do not want to be too far from the outside. Unlike a rat, squirrels look to a house only for shelter. Rats will invade much deeper into the home, living in walls, ceilings, floors, basements, etc. A rat will also be more limited in the areas where it leaves waste. Rats like to mark their routes of travel with feces and urine. They will not leave random droppings throughout the home. Squirrels are less picky, leaving waste wherever they travel. Both squirrels and rats are destructive, but chewing or scratching within the walls is likely to be a rat. Because they need to get food from the outside, squirrels like to confine their nests to eaves and attics.

By nature, rats prefer dark, damp spaces to make their nests. Unfortunately, this describes perfectly the space under many Portland-area homes. In fact, the Portland area’s combination of forests, waterways and residential neighborhoods serve as a breeding ground for Norway and other types of rats.

In most cases, it isn’t difficult to tell if you have rats living under your home; the sound of rats scurrying about is fairly telling. There are other indicators of a rat infestation, including gnaw marks in wood, wiring, siding, dirt and other materials around the foundation of your home. The presence of rat droppings is another good sign that you have a problem. Deceased rats may also cause a noticeable odor.

When you discover that you have a rat infestation in your home or business, it takes an expert to find where they're hiding, remove them, and prevent them from returning.

Apex Environmental Leeds have been doing rat control, rat prevention, and rat extermination for a long time now. We know how to find where they're hiding and how to stop them from coming back.

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