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Roof Rats are very busy during spring time. These types of rats love attics. They can live just about anywhere, but their preferences are high places. I have found these creatures love evergreen trees. They eat on the sap from these trees.
Roof Rats are notorious for infesting attics, where they have a safe place from the elements. They will go outside or deeper inside the home to forage for food. They love nuts, greasy foods, barbecue, citrus fruits, they eat meat, bugs, plants etc. these guys can carry all kinds of diseases examples are salmonella, hantavirus, leptospirosis, tularemia, the plague.
On top of that they can carry tics, fleas, lice, rat mites etc. They breed fast, they poop and pee everywhere. A well traveled area or entrance to a structure will have a greasy mark from their fur. They can chew your electric wires, water lines to get water, they are always chewing and gnawing on stuff, because their teeth are always in a growing state.
Rats have to have water, (mice can get water from what they eat). Rats will travel up to a 100 yards from the nest to find food and water.
If you have a problem with roof rats, give us a call and we can get a rodent control service scheduled. If you are not sure and just need an inspection, we do that also. We don't like using rodenticide if we can help it, we choose to investigate, figure it out and come up with the right plans. However there are times when it needs to be done.
We offer treatment of roof rats up to 120 miles from Lubbock within Texas. A mileage charge applies over 40 miles. Pricing depends on the type of problem you have. We don't spray and pray, we investigate, communicate, and initiate!
Call Legend Pest Control today at 806-441-4449.