When it comes to dealing with rats, we know that ever treatment is different we don’t turn up and throw poison at an issue for a quick fix, all of our rat treatments start the same way with a survey of your unique issue to help us determine the best course of action which in turn helps us tailor the job to your specific infestation, we will always trap internally to limit the chance of anything dying in a location that we can’t reach which in turn can come with its own issues, smell, flies etc and finally we will always look to limit the chances of another infestation happening by finding and sealing any entry points weather this be from a defect in the building itself i.e. missing brick work/broken air bricks or a fault with the drains needing a non-return valve. 

 

Rats are definitely a common problem with in the Shinfield area with the growing number of developments popping up on previous green spaces pushing rats out of nesting sites and into the surround area causing them to look for new homes which can be in your home or garden, we have seen this first hand treating properties for rats around Shinfield and a lot of them being close to or even right next to the housing developments and even being called to deal with problems in the developments themselves. 

 

Being surrounded by green spaces Shinfield is likely to have reoccurring rat issues not only with the developments pushing them out of their nesting site but also naturally as well as nature taking its course will see rat populations in the wild growing and forcing them to look for food and harbourage bringing them closer to homes in Shinfield. 

 

 

 

 

 

Not only can rats be a big problem but mice can be an issue in places like Shinfield, having the perfect living conditions surrounding Shinfield itself mice can thrive and multiply at an alarming rate mice can have between 3 – 14 young with every litter and can have litters 5 – 10 times a year so you can see how an untreated mouse problem could become out of control very quickly. 

 

When it comes to dealing with mice or indeed any rodents in rural areas poison should never be a first course of action, rodents in these areas will have a high number of predators, these will usually be birds of prey, if one of these predators consumes a poisoned rodent the rodenticide will also be consumed contained in the rodent, this is a term known as secondary poisoning and it’s something we strive to never do. 

 

Trapping mice is a very effective way of removing them from a property, mice are always on the look out for food and won’t hesitate to feast on anything they find, with the surveys we carry out at Abbey Pest Control we will find the best places to set up these traps by looking at all the evidence to run the most successful treatment we can. 

 

 

Mice carry diseases just like rats do; 

 

 

 

 

Definitely a pest to make you go yuck! Cockroaches are more common than you would think; easily carried home from a cash and carry premise we often visit domestic premises to carry out cockroach exterminations in Tilehurst. The cockroach carries its egg's in a leathery case called an ootheca, occasionally they will glue this to something for safe keeping, if that is inside a crate or packaging then modern trade means items packed abroad are on the table at home within days .... and so are the cockroaches. 

 

Each ootheca contains upwards from a dozen to over twenty little cockroach nymphs - that's a whole infestation ready to go, we see the requirement for treatments where people bring food in from overseas, purchase second hand kitchen equipment and even sofas. 

 

Cockroaches will spread out looking for food and so they can end up just about anywhere in the house and in household goods. We treat cockroaches will poison gels and sprays to eliminate them; you will need more than one treatment and we use special traps to map out the spread and population size. 

 

Don't try over the counter products for cockroaches; their presence can make people ill as they spread disease: we have three different species that are regarded as pests in the UK. The German, American and Oriental Cockroach are all found as pests. 

 

 

The World Health Organistion regard cockroaches as unhygienic - read more with this link. 

 

Clothes moths and carpet moths are a problem for anyone with wool or fur; extremely common late summer through the autumn the adult moths actually don't harm our belongings its their larvae. These small worm like insects eat away at the protein found within the wool and fur - these are Mother Natures' binmen eating the bits no-one else wants to eat. 

 

These moths like dark places unlike the usual moths that are seen flying around streetlights; move furniture and look for bald spots in the carpets - that's the work of the moth larvae. You may also see small paper like cocoons which they spin to shelter in. 

 

Moth treatments are carried out in a similar manner to the flea treatments, we will spray your carpets with a residual pesticide that lasts for around four to six weeks, during that time please don't vacuum the flooring as this breaks down the surface treatment. 

 

Woolen clothing can be frozen to kill off the larvae and then its best to store in an airtight bag or container.