Having a pest infestation in your home is a very stressful and unhygienic state, but once the situation gets out of hand it becomes a nightmare. The very first natural things we do in a pest situation at home is apply some age-old remedies or quickly make anonline search for some pest control tips.
In order to ensure that our home is free of pest infestation, many a times we buy pest control products over the counter and go on to treat our home like professionals. However, taking matters in our own hands might not be always the clever thing to do. Here’s a look at 3 things you might be trying that WON’T work
1. Keeping your kitchen spick and span:
While many insects and rodents are attracted to food, leftover food items from your previous meal, crumbs on the floor and dirty dishes on the counter aren’t the only things that make your house a bug magnet. Moisture also plays a big role in the attraction and sustainability of pests.Leaving moisture sources around the home or having areas where moisture may pool can attract pests.We recommend keeping drainage gutters in kitchen and bathrooms unclogged as they become easy passages for cockroaches and others pests to crawl up and enter homes.
- Relying on bug bombs.
Bug bombs or aerosol foggersor fumigators although recommended for bed bugs and cockroaches, they can be effective only on those bed bugs that are exposed, and out of their hiding places, and not those hidden under the mattress, behind headboards, in cracks and crevices of the bed, under carpet edging and in walls cracks. As for the cockroaches, bugbombs won’t reach into the spots to penetrate their nests. Thus, relying on foggersand bombs might not be the smartest thing to do when it comes to DIY pest controlling.
- Eliminating entrance / exit points
There is no one remedy for all pests. Each kind has its own behaviour, environment and vulnerabilities which need to be wellunderstood before a treatmentis carried out. Buying pest sprays, gels, traps, etc. from the local store and treating your house yourself might seem as the easiest thing to do, however a professional approach, such as identifying their entry and exit points can go a long way in controlling the pest infestation. Cracks in your rendering, around your doors or even your windows can easily be big enough for a variety of pests to get through. Seal these as soon as possible. If this is overlooked, even the most stringent pest treatment can fail, as the pests will return.
It is often observed that people generally carry out pest control remedies and treatments themselves, but due to their ineffectiveness pests multiplies and the situation often worsens. Therefore, sometimes it is better to hire professional pest control services rather than taking the charge of the situation in your own hand.