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Squirrels are probably one of the most common species of wildlife encountered in Toronto. Most of the time, they run around lawns, trees, and bushes, and wooded areas. They are often seen carrying acorns and nuts and hiding them in the ground, as well as running through trees and power lines, rooftops, and other areas.
Although they are serious agricultural pests, in urban areas, squirrels are generally not a nuisance. However, the fact that they live so close to homes and other buildings means that they can sometimes gain access to walls, attics, basements, and other areas by chewing on or breaking plastic, wood, stucco, and other materials. Once they enter a building, squirrels will quickly become a destructive nuisance and it will be necessary to contact a squirrel removal professional. If you are experiencing a squirrel intrusion in your home or business, contact TSR Pest Control to arrange an on-site inspection. A squirrel inside your attic is particularly dangerous. The animal can destroy wiring causing an electrical hazard and damage wood, drywall, insulation and other building materials used in attic spaces. Squirrels will also make annoying noises at night and in the early hours of a day not letting you enjoy a quiet night's sleep. TSR is ready to help Toronto residents exclude squirrels and keep them out of their buildings. In the summertime, squirrels will alternate between their nests built on treetops and denning sites inside attics or wall and ceiling cavities. They will be busy storing food for the winter and build raising their young. Squirrels will also build large nests inside attic spaces, in soffit areas, wall cavities, and ceiling/floor cavities between floors. Nests are made of leaves, branches, insulation, and other debris. Squirrels are very adept animals and thrive in warmer as well as colder climates throughout North America. They can survive Toronto's freezing winter temperatures largely because of their ability to easily break into warm buildings. Squirrels are good at surviving both in rural as well as urban areas. Their population rises rapidly because of having two breeding seasons in a year and relatively small roadkill rates compared to other wildlife such as skunks and raccoons. Squirrels are good at avoiding moving cars thanks to their speed and quick reactions. From a distance, squirrels pose little danger to humans and pets. Unless threatened or sick, squirrels are not aggressive. However, if cornered or sick, squirrels will bite to escape. Squirrels are more dangerous once they have started nesting in our buildings. Their tendency to gnaw on objects can create serious property damage. In an attempt to find warm places to nest and hide food, squirrels can chew through shingles, sidings, vents, wood, stucco and other building material used in the exterior finishing of residential and commercial structures. Squirrels also pose a serious fire risk. Squirrels will often chew on wires between floors, in attics, and wall cavities creating many exposed wires. Squirrels can also damage to your gardens, lawns, and plants. You should never try to catch a squirrel or chase it as it can quickly jump and bite creating a serious risk of infectious disease (given the number of parasites the species is known to carry). TSR's squirrel removal experts know how to remove squirrels from buildings and repair the entry points to keep them away. The wildlife control specialists at TSR have decades' experience helping Toronto residents keep their homes and businesses free of squirrels. Our squirrel control experts will use the most advanced methods and technologies to identify the hiding points and access points and eliminate your squirrel problem within a few hours. TSR has all the squirrel removal and prevention expertise Toronto residents need to keep squirrels away. Raccoons have become a big part of our urban landscape in Toronto. They are no longer inhabitants of the farmlands and forests. Raccoons are mostly active at night and rarely during the day. Being nomadic animals, they can transmit many vectors such as fleas, ticks, mites and can contaminate surfaces they touch. Racoon's excrement and urine carry significant infection risks. These mammals tend to crawl into ceilings, cellars, attics, sheds, and decks. In residential houses, one of the biggest problems with a raccoon intrusion is that the animals produce noise at night and disturb sleep. Rabies is a life-threatening disease caused by a virus that attacks the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). Infected mammals can transmit the rabies virus to humans and other mammals. Once symptoms appear, rabies is almost always fatal. Fortunately, only a few human cases of the virus are reported each year in Canada. Rabies is most common among wild animals such as raccoons, bats, skunks, and foxes, but all mammals can be infected with the rabies virus. Toronto's raccoons are a non-negligible risk of rabies infection. Pets and livestock can get rabies if they are not vaccinated and protected against infection and come into close contact with a rabies-carrying raccoon. How do we remove raccoons? TSR’s technicians have undergone years of training and certification to ensure every raccoon removal job in Toronto is carried out as safely and professionally as possible. Our technicians are equipped with cutting-edge raccoon detection, removal, and monitoring technologies. They are able to carry out the most detailed thermographic inspection available to determine which areas of your home the critters have visited as well as where they have denned. We are able to advise you on insulation disturbance, biological and humidity hazards caused by raccoons. Our machine shop builds custom animal proofing fixtures for the various roof, soffit, and wall structures. Our solutions have proved genuinely animal-proof. TSR has come to enjoy the industry’s lowest error margins and animal-proofing failure rates, year after year. We use expensive, durable, and impossible-to-break materials to ensure what we fix does not get damaged by animals. Do you offer animal proofing services in Toronto? TSR offers wildlife-proofing services for residential and commercial customers in Richmond Hill and surrounding areas. We use rust-proof material that preserves the ventilation function of different roof fixtures while providing unfaltering animal-proof quality. Our technicians measure the areas that need protection and design the most optimal animal-proof composition to prevent raccoons, squirrels, and other critters from accessing your building. What if there are babies inside? TSR is one of Ontario’s few wildlife removal companies that can safely detect and remove animal babies of all ages. Our wildlife monitoring devices ensure there is no wildlife young left behind. We make sure to hand-remove all young animals that are not mature enough to use our animal exclusion devices. Will you check the roof? TSR will do a visual roof inspection to identify all of the wildlife entry points. One of the most important steps in our wildlife removal process is to identify and seal the entry points. We repair the entry points only after we are certain that all wildlife has been safely removed from your home. Thanks to our expertise and technological capacity we can guarantee that the job will be completed in a professional and successful manner. Skunks' main characteristic is the strong and foul odour the animal secretes through its anal glands. This is skunks' main defence mechanism against any threat. Before spraying at the source of danger a skunk will often send a warning by raising its rear legs and raises its tail and leaning on its front legs. A forceful and precise spray will follow shortly after this warning. The mammal emits a liquid that can cause temporary blindness and a burning sensation on the skin. The substance is very difficult to remove from the skin of the person or the domestic animal sprayed by a skunk. Skunks will also bite the animal or human they interact with if they feel cornered and threatened. Like raccoons, skunks can carry rabies and other infectious diseases that they can transmit to humans and other mammals through close contact. Unlike squirrels and raccoons, skunks are not very good at climbing and scaling structures. Therefore they mostly choose to burrow through the ground and shelter under home foundations, sheds, decks, and other urban structures. If a skunk starts living under your building, you will begin to smell the animal's distinctive odour in certain parts of your home. You should not try to obstruct a hole that the skunk uses to get under the structure, as this can result in the animal's death and the foul smell from a dead skunk will linger in the building for several months. TSR offers strong and permanent animal-proofing solutions that will keep skunks out of their denning sites of choice. We have the right tools to evict skunks from your buildings and keep them away.
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Many Toronto residents complain about the ineffectiveness of different pricey pest control methods they have tried in the fight against bed bugs. Every day we meet a customer or two who have worked with different pest control companies and have seen bed bugs return several weeks after expensive procedures such as the full house heat treatment.
In this post, we will provide some information about effective bed bug treatments and how to choose a reliable and experienced bed bug exterminator. What are the factors that determine the success rate of a bed bug treatment? Is it the insecticides used, the dosage of application, physical interventions such as heat, or the application techniques? For sure, all of these could matter in our fight against bed bugs. But the most important factor is the experience of a pest control company in tackling severe cases of bed bug infestation. Companies that have tackled high-stage bed bug infestations in places like rooming houses, student accommodations, motels and other establishments and have developed a consistent bed bug treatment protocol could have an advantage over companies that approach bed bugs just like another pest. The truth of the matter is that bed bugs are not just another pest to be sprayed with a common insecticide. Bed bug extermination requires specialized knowledge and practical training. Quick pest control methods such as crack-and-crevice treatment or heating a unit to eliminate bugs is not going to be universally effective. A bed bug specialist with sufficient experience in handling serious infestations could achieve results that technicians with limited experience in such demanding environments cannot deliver. Consistency is important, but an experienced bed bug exterminator also knows that in certain cases customizing a long-established bed bug treatment protocol to account for different variables is the only way the company could deliver strong results in an effective and timely manner. Companies that rely on a limited array of insecticides or physical control methods such as heat are often going to run into roadblocks that impede their success. Those methods could work quite effectively for 50-60% of cases, but there will certainly be a sizeable minority of cases in which the results will be an unending cycle of frustrating follow-up appointments as the bugs begin to develop resilience to the conventional treatment methods. It should not be forgotten that bed bugs are living organisms with complex biology. Just as not everyone with access to a treatment protocol can successfully treat a patient, not every exterminator with access to insecticides and treatment tools is going to be able to treat all bed bug infestations. Every day, technicians and their bosses will run into situations that require a depth of knowledge and experience and strong analytical skills. The question is, can these exterminators and their employers deliver the results that their customers deserve and expect? One way to find out is to ask a pest control company what the longest bed bug treatment guarantee they can offer is. At TSR, without hesitation, we can offer our clients a two-year bed bug warranty if they choose to purchase that premium warranty package. That is because we are certain of our success. We know that no matter how bad a particular infestation turns out, our management will be able to provide the expertise needed to achieve a zero-bed bug outcome. Is there a Toronto area pest control company that can exterminate cockroaches in one treatment?
Cockroach are one of the most common pests in Toronto and surrounding areas. Our technicians have decades of experience tackling serious cockroach infestations. The four types of cockroaches that affect Toronto residents most frequently are: German Cockroach, Oriental Cockroach, American Cockroach, and Brown Band Cockroach. All of these cockroach types pose a significant health risk to our communities. TSR Pest control has developed effective cockroach treatment protocols. We can bring most cockroach infestations to an end with a single treatment. Our cockroach treatment combines several highly effective intervention strategies and guarantees a fast and effective extermination of this most unsighly pest. Our cockroach extermination methods include the use of the industry's most advanced and effective fog, liquid, and dry insecticides. These chemicals are specially engineered to have the most devestating impact on the cockroach populations without endangering the ecosystem. Unlike the pesticides of the previous generations, these products have been subjected to rigorous testing and offer healthier and more reliable control mechanisms. Our staff have been trained in using more than hundred advanced insectides that are effective in targeting various stages of cockroach infestations in residential and commercial properties. Upon inspecting the affected unit, TSR's technicians will decide how the company's treatment protocal needs to be customized to achieve the most effective cockroach extermination outcome within the shortest period. In most cases, we can exterminate 99% of the adult cockroach population within 90 minutes and all the rest within the next few days. These are incredible results given how resilient cockroaches can be to conventional insecticides and treatment methods. Cockroaches present a serious health risk because they mostly live in seweges and other unsanitary sites. Given the fact that once inside a home, cockroaches tend to settle in places close to our food storage and handling surfaces, they can introduce serious parasites and bacteria into a household. To avoid the proliferation of these insects, it is essential to keep the premises very clean and eliminate everything that can provide a refuge for them or at least, temporarily remove them until the cockroach treatment is over. While it is true that domestic cockroaches infallibly develop in old and neglected houses, experience shows, contrary to general belief, that cockroaches can also quickly invade newer buildings that are maintained properly and kept clean. It should not be forgotten that one of the things that makes the fight against these pests more difficult is the ease with which they hide through their flat bodies. Cockroaches can hide in places where fumigants and other products used to combat them will not reach easily. Also, its egg cases can protect the cockroach eggs effectively from chemicals. Finally, unprofessional and poorly planned pesticide use can result in the insects developing resilience to certain commonly used chemicals. All of these complicate cockroach treatments, decreasing rates of success. Currently, there are several advanced products available to professional exterminators that can be used when tackling high-stage infestations with cockroach populations highly resiliant to conventional insecticides and treatment methods. Our experienced staff will make the appropriate pesticide choice and will apply the products and treatment protocols in accordance with the instructions and manuals provided by the manufacturers. They will also take all of the necessary precautions to protect our customers' health and safety. With the end of the holiday season, bed bug infestations continue to increase across Canada. This tiny insect can hide in suitcases and clothes and then settle in our bedrooms quickly infesting our homes and making it impossible for us to enjoy a peaceful night's sleep. Bus or airplane seats and second-hand furniture or clothing can also be hiding spots in which bed bugs lurk for a new host.
Having made a strong comeback in the last two decades, bed bug infestations remain a growing problem in Canada's largest city. It is sufficient for a female animal to enter an apartment or a house to kickstart a sizeable infestation because a single female can carry eggs for up to 300 offspring. Often the blood-sucking parasites are only noticed when they have already multiplied and the occupants of a home fall prey to stings of numerous bed bugs. One thing that makes an early intervention difficult is that these insects are hard to see during the day. Bed bugs tend to hide behind drywall inside mattrasses and bed frames or even light switches. Because detecting a bed bug infestation can be difficult if there are only a few bed bugs in a home or the insects have found deep hiding places, it is important to hire an experienced bed bug exterminator who can make a clear and reliable diagnosis. Once an apartment or a house becomes infested with bed bugs, only one thing can help - a professional pest control company with access to the industry's best bed bug removal products. Bed bugs require specialized chemicals that can tackle the complex life cycle and biology of a highly resilient and adept insect. The chances of having a successful bed bug extermination without using such advanced chemicals are very slim. Bed bugs are hard to control. Only the most nuanced bed bug treatment protocols implemented by highly trained and experienced technicians can deliver a successful outcome in a single treatment. Unfortunately, you can hardly protect yourself against a bed bug infestation. It is quite common for Torontonians to bring these insects into their houses after a vacation. Hotels, in particular, have recently been struggling with bed bug infestations. In large residential complexes such as apartment and condominium buildings, the insects can spread easily from one unit to the next. In such cases, only systematic control measures can help to get rid of these pests. The infestation can only be eliminated if a professional bed bug control strategy is developed and deployed. A common misconception is that bed bugs appear in a home because of poor hygiene. Contrary to this assumption, the insect's introduction to a home has nothing to do with the existing hygene conditions. The truth of the matter is that the parasite can settle wherever human beings live. Getting rid of bed bugs for good is a very time-consuming process. Strong and high-stage infestations represent a great challenge even for professionals, which require very thorough work. One of the biggest problems with bed bug control is that the pests can go without food for many months. Leaving a home empty for several weeks or not renting out an hotel room for some time is not going to solve the problem. Bed bug treatment requires a very precise and careful preparatory work. The quality of the preparatory work is one of the most important factos determining the sucess of a bed bug treatment. That is why TSR's bed bug treatment contains strict preparatory guidelines that our technicians ensure are fully met before a bed bug treamtent commences. At TSR, we specialize in treating Toronto's most infested homes and have resolved some of the industry's most complex cases successfully. Toronto residents can trust our thorough knowledge of bed bugs and our expertise in the science of bed bug extermination.  Pests can appear in the least expected place and quickly spread through our homes in Toronto, Ontario. So homeowners need to be alert if they want to keep their homes clean of pests. One of the questions that Toronto homeowners ask most frequently is how often they need to schedule a pest control visit for their homes. The appearance of insects or mice at a home can be annoying, and the consequences for a business are even worse.
Mice, rats, spiders, ants, and centipedes are among the most common pests that Toronto homeowners face. However, there are other intruders that, although not as common, are just as dangerous and difficult to eradicate. The best way to avoid these problems is to carry out pest control measures regularly. There are several important advantages to getting pest control service done at your home three-four times a year. In this blog post, we will review some of the benefits of regular pest control visits. A regular pest control visit usually includes an indoor and outdoor component. There are also important seasonal variations. Each visit also includes an inspection and treatment component. Spring, Summer, and Fall pest control visits will focus on keeping the outdoor rodent and insect populations under control, while during the Winter pest control visit, the pest management professional will need to prioritize identifying new access points that are possibly developing as a result of pests trying to move inwards because of frost. Among the services that residential pest control programs include are exterior perimeter spraying, outdoor rodent bait station installation and maintenance, and interior contact insecticide applications that target crawling insects. It is also a good idea to carry out regular inspections in crawl spaces, attics, and other hidden cavities inside a building to ensure nascent pest problems are detected before they grow into a sizeable infestation. In the course of a regular pest maintenance inspection, the exterminator can alert the homeowner to some issues that are likely to invite a pest infestation. For example, if the occupants of a house are not storing food properly, they may be inviting many different types of food-infesting pests. The containers that we use to store flour or breadcrumbs must be perfectly closed to avoid attracting animals and insects. If we would like to save the food leftovers, we should store them in containers that can be sealed properly and refrigirated. If home occupants keep the premises clean of leftover food and ensure cracks and crevices are cleaned regularly, they will be able to make their homes less inviting to many different kinds of pests. A pest control professional can alert the homeowner to subtle mistakes that can prove costly in the long run. Other issues that pest management professionals will need to keep an eye on include the condition of the exterior walls, door and window frames, ventilation and plumbing outlets around the exterior perimeter of the building. Each home will have its own integrated pest management plan that will need to be enforced strictly throughout the scheduled regular visits. Professional pest control companies such as TSR follow advanced and elaborate protocols to achieve the best results. TSR technicians will carry out an initial inspection of the premises and collect all of the relevant data. The next step will involve analyzing the data and developing a list of chemical and non-chemical solutions. Chemical solutions usually include solid rodenticides inside tamper-resistant bait stations, liquid and dry contact insecticide formulations targeting crawling insects, and pesticide fog to target flying insects. Technicians will continue to update the database during each visit, which will allow them to ensure the treatment strategies remain effective in the face of an evolving pest situation. Regular pest control visits and professionally developed pest control plans offer improved home maintenance and healthier and cleaner living conditions. Contact TSR for help with keeping your Toronto-area home pest-free and healthy.  Have you discovered a mouse or a rat in your Aurora or Newmarket home? TSR Pest Control and Wildlife Removal are the leading rodent control professionals serving Ontario's York Region. Mice can live in human habitats, workplaces, warehouses, in short, almost everywhere. Mice and rats are creatures that can reproduce very quickly. If homeowners do not take timely action against the rodent population beginning to settle in their homes, a small infestation can turn into an invasion in a very short time.
TSR Pest Control focuses on getting rid of mice and rats quickly and keeping your home or business free of rodents as long as possible. TSR has developed long-lasting solutions to rodent infestations by combining physical and chemical control and prevention mechanisms. In addition to determining the areas where mice live and nest in the premises being treated, the rodent points of entry need to be identified. The professional team of exterminators have been trained in identifying the possible rodent access points and targetting rodents with technologically advanced treatment solutions. TSR Pest Control takes all precautions possible to minimize the impact of rodenticides on the environment and to ensure the health and safety of our customers, their children and pets. The products we use are all utilized in accordance with the local laws and regulations as well as the labels and technical data sheets supplied by the manufacturers. Our staff are trained and certified to ensure the responsible use of the industry's most potent rodent control products. By hiring TSR, you will make sure that your home or business is being treated by Canada's leading rodent control specialists. Different factors determine what an effective mouse and rat treatment requires. TSR's technicians will carry out a thorough inspection of your building and prepare a custom extermination and control plan based on the building's age, size, types of material used around the exterior perimeter, and the extent of the interior and exterior rodent infestation. Technicians will need to determine how long the rodents have been around and the likely size of the rodent population. If there is a need, they will deploy videographic and termographic inspection tools to determine the size of the mouse and rat colonies and their routes. Sometimes we see clues such as rat feces or hear a scurrying on the ceiling, but it is difficult to know if it is a single rodent or more. Our technicians are trained in collecting and analyzing the relevant data from the field to determine what a long-term solution to your rodent infestation will require. We are going to offer to you the best treatment plans against rats and mice. A successful mouse and rat treatment will almost always involve more than the traditional rodent traps. In most cases, specialized equipment and regulated substances will need to be used by certified technicians to identify and eradicate the source of the rodent infestation. With the first frost, uninvited guests begin to arrive at the homes of Aurora and Newmarket residents. Ontario residents are first alerted to the presence of rodents in their home when they hear scratching, pounding, rustling, or scurrying noises. In just a matter of weeks, noises will intensify and first sightings of rodents will likely happen. Many homeowners initially think that the problem will be easily solved by conventional methods such as glue pads and snap traps. Some will also scatter the toxic substance under their kitchen sinks and in other parts of their house, exposing children and non-target animals to risk. But we soon discover that rodents are harder to evict once they have entered a warm and cozy home. Soon the rats and mice begin to multiply exponentially and the infestation becomes harder to end. How can I get rid of mice or rats that have settled in my home? The easiest way to exterminate mice and rats is to hire an experienced pest control specialist. For years, TSR has been helping Newmarket and Aurora residents keep their homes free of pests such as mice and rats. Give us a call at 416-268-3408 for a free consultation. Do you live in Brampton, Mississauga or Caledon, Ontario and need help with pest control for mice and rats? TSR Pest Control and Wildlife Removal is here to help Peel region residents keep their homes clear of mice and rats.
Why should you avoid close contact with rodents? What should you do if you come across a mouse or a rat? Rodents can contaminate food in apartments and houses, especially stocks that are stored in secluded places such as pantries, cold rooms, cellars, etc. Also, mice and rats can damage electrical wiring, which can not only cause power outages but also lead to fires. Rodents will often gnaw holes in the walls, creating aesthetic problems. Rats can easily chew through walls, doors, windows, and furniture, causing considerable material damage. Mice and rats are ferocious eaters. Their sharp teeth can inflict heavy damage on everything from your food stocks to furniture, wires, and walls. Most importantly, rats and mice commonly carry various highly contagious diseases - plague, typhus, and others. To infect humans and pets, rodents need not bite or come into direct contact. There is a possibility of infection upon contact with objects that have been contaminated by the saliva, urine or hair from a mouse or a rat. In short, rodents pose a serious health risk and keeping a home rodent-free is crucial. Mice reproduce at an exponential rate, so if they are detected, homeowners need to take appropriate action immediately. Everyone tries to fight mice and rats in different ways. Some buy mousetraps, others resort to over-the-counter rodent poison sold by the local home improvement store, others rely on their cats to hunt down the rodents. Unfortunately, these methods are not as effective as we would like them to be. A mousetrap will kill one individual mouse, but not the colony. The poison available to the general public is not potent enough. Cats will not be able to keep up with the fantastic growth rate of the domestic rodent population. Also, rodents are generally quite good at avoiding cats. For more than twenty years, our exterminators have been helping local homeowners keep their homes and businesses rodent-free. The extermination of rats and mice is a demanding process that can only be effectively carried out by professionals. We will guide you throughout the process and help achieve a rodent-free environment. A successful mouse and rat treatment will involve two types of measures - rodent-proofing and prevention, as well as the extermination of the existing population. A preventive maintenance plan needs to be developed to minimize the chance of rodent entry and settlement at the premises being treated. Extermination, on the other hand, will focus on getting rid of the rodents that are already inside the building. Most extermination plans will involve the use of physical and chemical treatment strategies. Rodents can settle in any type of building. One can find a mouse or a rat in a warehouse, cafe, office, or a private home. To prevent the entry of rodents into your building, it is necessary to ensure the exterior perimeter of the building remains rodent-proof. The rodents that have already entered a building need to be exterminated using an effective rodent treatment plan that combines physical and chemical extermination before their population growth further. The sooner one tackles a rodent infestation, the greater is one's chance of bringing the infestation under control quickly. TSR Pest Control and Wildlife Removal is one of the most experienced companies operating in York Region. Our technicians specialize in both rodent extermination and rodent-proofing of buildings. Give us a call if you would like to identify entry-points or respond to an on-going mouse or rat infestation at your home or business.  Mice are among the most damaging and persistent pests that confront homeowners in Markham, Richmond Hill, and Vaughan.
What makes mice a particularly dangerous pest is their breeding patterns. Mice are mammals and reproduce by giving birth in a way similar to other mammals. However, a crucial difference is that mice grow very quickly. The young mice are born after a three-week gestation period and become adults within a few weeks. A female mouse reaches sexual maturity in mere five weeks. One female mouse can give birth to over fifty mice in the course of several months. Once we do the math, it is not hard to guess how mice can grow inside our homes. it is theoretically possible for a single mouse that lands in your house to produce a colony consisting of around thousand mice in six to eight months. Of course, what will determine the growth rate of a mouse population inside your home is not just the birth rate but a closely related factor - the availability of a consistent and abundant food supply. Of course, the latter depends on the cleanliness of a house. If a home is reasonably clean, mice are unlikely to grow past a certain level. That certain level, nontheless, can include hundreds of mice. So, what do homeowners in Markham, Richmond Hill, or Vaughan need to do to avoid the exponential growth of mice in their homes? Different breeds of mice and rats such as deer mice, field mice, roof rats and sewer rats can invade and pillage our living spaces when they are hungry. Exposed food leftovers invite rodents to a property and damages and defects along the exterior perimeter of a house provide them with an easy access into the building. Once mice enter through the exterior walls, they present a serious challenge to the homeowners. In the fight against mice and rats, Integrated Pest Management protocols centre on two important physical interventions besides the use of chemical extermination methods. A successful control plan in response to a medium and medium-high mouse or rat infestation will require that these three components work in tandem. First of all, all foodstuffs should be kept in closed containers inaccessible to mice. Garbage containers should be sealed and mouse-proof. Food leftovers have to be cleaned regularly. Leaving organic waste accessible to mice will help mice unleash their full breeding and growth potential. Since messy environments are seen as the ideal living space for mice, you should try to keep your belongings and cabinets organized. Household clutter often provides a welcoming habitat for mice and rats. Regular maintenance of exterior walls, doors, windows, and other building components forming the exterior of your house is at least as important as keeping the interior clean and organized. Rodent-proof construction materials have to be used when fixing the damaged parts of the building exterior that you suspect may act as rodent entry points. Inside the house, check for possible areas such as the basement, garage, kitchen, attic by frequently checking for mouse signs such as mouse droppings, rat urine, rat noise. Cats, the natural enemies of mice, are an excellent tool to keep mice out of your home. Therefore, adopting a cat will be very helpful in keeping mice out of the house. If you suspect a mouse or rat has entered your house, you can invite a professional and licensed exterminator who has access to among other things to professional rodenticides that offer tens of times greater potency compared to over-the-counter options. A trained and licensed exterminator will combine physical and chemical control methods to solve your mouse or rat problem in Vaughan, Richmond Hill, or Markham as quickly and safely as possible.  TSR Pest Control offers cockroach extermination services in the City of Brampton. Our expert exterminators will quickly and efficiently eliminate cockroaches in your house, apartment, or place of business. Our staff have more than thirty years of experience in exterminating cockroaches. TSR offers safe cockroach extermination by using the most advanced technologies and certified pesticides. We promise to overcome your pest problems quickly and efficiently.
Why you should hire a professional cockroach exterminator? Cockroaches are some of the most difficult pests to exterminate. They are very persistent and have evolved high levels of biological resistance to the most commonly used insecticides. You should never ignore a cockroach problem only because you see cockroaches only occasionally. It is easy to forget that visible insects are one-tenth of the actual number of cockroaches in a room. Moreover, the most common remedies for poisoning cockroaches - sprays, aerosols, traps - have only a temporary effect on the insect. These insecticides destroy only some of the cockroaches but do not significantly affect the places where the insects harbour and grow. Also, cockroaches adapt very well to the various commonly used poisons. Unless a professional exterminator tackles the infestation, the pests will almost certainly return with a vengeance within a few short weeks. The re-infestation of cockroaches will be much more difficult to contain. TSR's expert pest control technicians will address your cockroach problem using the pest control industry's most advanced equipment and products. By hiring our professional cockroach exterminators you ensure that a pest management professional treats all the locations where cockroaches are likely to nest and prevent their re-emergence and reproduction. In recent years, we have introduced new insecticides and treatment technologies for exterminating cockroaches, which has resulted in increased treatment efficiency and safety. Why are cockroaches dangerous? Cockroaches disgust people due to their appearance and unpleasant odour and because of their unsanitary living conditions. Their presence causes serious sanitary problems for building occupants. Cockroaches carry many human diseases, so cockroach extermination is a matter of public health. They are known as vectors of fungi, viruses, and many types of bacteria that cause serious diseases in humans and pets. Moreover, some people can have severe allergic reactions to cockroaches. Cockroaches can contaminate food with their feces. They also play an important role in the transmission of bacterial and viral diseases (diarrhea, cholera, tuberculosis, etc.) and parasites. Occupants of a building in which cockroach infestation exists can detect the insect mainly at night when they suddenly turn on the light. The insect is more commonly found on the floor, around the baseboards and in the places where the floor joins with parts of the walls, close to the wall corners, as well as near pipes and sinks in bathrooms and kitchens. Toronto Raccoon Removal. Pest control advice on how to get rid of raccoons in Toronto, Ontario10/10/2020  Toronto, Canada's largest city, is particularly affected by the invasion of raccoons. Indeed, this widespread critter tends to steal anything that suits its omnivorous diet and can sometimes be aggressive towards pets and humans. Toronto residents often find out the hard way how smart and annoying raccoons can be.
Hailing from North America, the raccoon (Procyon lotor) is an invasive species that has established itself in different parts of the world. But Toronto remains the world's raccoon capital. Raccoons are among the largest wild animals that live in Toronto. A male raccoon can weigh up to 28 kilograms. Due to its large population and the long list of diseases in which it can participate, the animal presents a health risk that Toronto residents need to be aware of. The success of the expansion of this small opportunistic carnivore is due to its great capacity for adaptation in various environments, high reproductive potential, the absence of natural predators, and its omnivorous feeding habits. To successfully remove a wild animal from a residential or commercial property, it is necessary to possess a nuanced body of knowledge, skills, and experience. The guest that nobody would want to have at home Among the diseases with a risk of transmission by raccoons are Baylisascariasis, Ascariasis, Rabies, Salmonellosis and Leptospirosis. Baylisascariasis is caused by Baylisascaris procyonis, a nematode known as a roundworm or cylindrical worm, due to the shape of its body. It is a disease that is expanding in different parts of the world. The female produces millions of eggs and infects chickens, turkeys, partridges, guinea pigs, rodents, rabbits, hares, etc. The raccoon is the definitive host. The disease, which can affect other animals and humans, is acquired through the ingestion of eggs deposited in contaminated water, food or soil. The larvae can travel to different organs, but above all, it can cause very severe eye and neurological injuries. The response to treatment is quite limited, usually leaving significant sequelae and resulting in many fatal cases. In the US, between 68% and 82% of these mammals have this parasite. Ascariasis is caused by the Ascaris lumbricoides parasite (known as the intestinal worm) that most frequently affects children. Females can measure up to 35 cm and males about 25 cm. The contagion occurs by putting the eggs into the mouth from one's contaminated hands. Fruits and vegetables, contaminated when they have not been washed properly, can also be sources of contagion. Infected raccoons can spread parasite eggs in their habitat through fecal droppings. There is also a risk of rabies transmission through raccoon bites. Rabies is a lethal infectious disease that causes inflammation of the brain and is accompanied by hydrophobia, fever, and hallucinations. Most of the time, people become infected with rabies from the bites of sick animals, such as stray dogs, cats, and other wild animals. In North America, rabies is distributed by foxes, skunks, bats, and raccoons. Among these animals, humans most commonly come into contact with raccoons. Moreover, raccoons can be living carriers of the disease for a long time. That is why people are advised to beware of aggressively acting animals and when they discover strange behaviour, immediately contact the municipal authorities and wildlife control professionals. Symptoms of the disease are slightly different in animals and humans. Especially with regard to the behavioural effects. While in people, it is characterized by paralyzing the person and placing them in states of anxiety and depression, in animals it is characterized by manifestations of aggression. In some environments, it is estimated that up to 5% of Salmonellosis can be transmitted by pets. Salmonellosis is produced by a bacterium, which, being present in raccoon feces, can be acquired through contaminated hands, food or water. The disease in its milder forms involves diarrhea, fever, vomiting, general malaise. The causal agent of leptospirosis is a bacterium that infected raccoons excrete, particularly through urine. The clinical picture in most cases presents with fever, headache, muscle, joint and bone pain. Some cases evolve into severe forms with liver and kidney damage, hemorrhagic manifestations, and involvement of the meninges. The restriction of economic activities and movement due to the coronavirus appears to have had positive effects on the environment. What is really happening is that by reducing human mobility, the pressure on wildlife is eased. Wildlife becomes more visible, but this does not necessarily mean an increase in their numbers. Animals themselves pose no threat. However, it is important to maintain some distance between ourselves and the wildlife. We also have to maintain a distance between our pets and urban wildlife. It is a well-known fact that the contact between wild and domestic animals is one of the most significant causes of the epidemic disease spillover. The raccoon is certainly not a suitable animal for pets. As a young, they are friendly, while as an adult they become very aggressive. In short, you don't want to share your house with a raccoon. Some Torontonians think that they can solve their raccoon problems easily by buying traps from their local home improvement store. However, be aware that dislodging a raccoon is not easy, and can be very dangerous. You should call a pest management company when dealing with a large wild animal such as a raccoon. See our tips for choosing the right exterminator. Toronto's raccoons damage tens of thousands of buildings in the city every year. Roofs are at a particularly high risk of being damaged by critters. Raccoons can get into attics, damage insulation and soil the premises. If your Toronto home's roof is damaged by a raccoon or you suspect raccoon damage, the following tip sheet is meant to offer you some guidance on roof repairs and animal-proofing work that TSR Wildlife Removal can offer. Familiarize yourself with raccoons and the kinds of roof and building damage they can cause. Learn to recognize the first signs of a problem and take steps to strengthen your roof. These roof maintenance tips can help strengthen your roof and prevent costly damage by making it more difficult for raccoons to damage your roof. Every day, your roof is put to the test. Sunlight can cause shingles to bend and crack, and an overheated attic can cause them to age faster. To keep airflow in your attic, install baffles to prevent insulation from blocking soffit vents. Rain and hail can also cause damage to shingles, and winds can rip them off and even blow up the underlying roofing. Over time, even a small roof leak can lead to costly repairs. All of these make your roof more vulnerable to animal intrusions. You can stop the damage before it starts by learning how to recognize the first signs of a problem and take steps to reinforce your roof. Call TSR Wildlife Removal for a detailed roof inspection to detect and identify potential or existing wildlife intrusions. Inspect for missing, bent, hollowed out, broken, or cracked shingles. Check the gaskets for damaged or deteriorated materials. Look for an excessive granular loss by looking down the gutters and vents. Manufacturers coat asphalt mix shingles with granules to block the sun's ultraviolet rays, but natural ageing will cause the granules to erode and expose the asphalt. Pellet loss begins during installation and occurs daily. Although this is expected to happen, an excessive loss may indicate a problem. Keep the roof, joints, gutters, and downpipes free of leaves, branches, and other debris to allow for proper drainage. Water should not collect on low-slope roofs. This can be an indication of inadequate drainage. Inside your home, you will need to have your attic inspected for potential animal damage. Among the most likely areas that animals will damage to get access to your building are around the chimney, vents, skylights, and gaskets. Make sure soffit, ridge, gable, and roof vents are not damaged by animals. A loose or weak soffit and ageing vent cover are very easy for raccoons to damage. Contact TSR for a detailed building inspection to identify your Toronto home's vulnerable points that are likely to turn into a raccoon access point. Even if they are pretty and we would like to pet them, raccoons will most probably turn your Toronto garden into a mess and take over your waste. Besides, since they are wild animals, they can get quite aggressive and harass your dogs and other pets. How do you prevent them from spending all of their time around your house? Raccoons are destructive and can ruin your trash cans. You have to be creative and smart about preventing them from settling in your yard. The following tips will encourage raccoons to live elsewhere. First of all, you should remove their food sources. Raccoons will eat almost anything that they can handle with their tiny paws. Raccoons love digging through trash left unattended overnight. You should try to animal-proof your trashcan as much as possible. Also, try to wash the garbage cans and bins regularly. Use bleach and soapy water to make sure your garbage is stored inside a container as clean as possible. Raccoons will not be attracted to the container if the surface does not contain small particles of food. Did you know that raccoons like some other wild animals like swimming in bodies of water at night? They can go into swimming pools or even small paddling pools that are left on the ground overnight. So, if possible, you should avoid keeping a body of water accessible to raccoons. One customer of ours recently had her fish stolen from the fish pond by raccoons. Raccoons would come every night and take some of the fish from the pond. Bird feeders and pet food can attract critters into your garden. Store these containers indoors overnight to make your Toronto garden less attractive to the nocturnal wildlife. Generally, raccoons are scouting for food and new nesting places at night. Similar to skunks, raccoons can damage the lawn when looking for grubs to eat. Give their nocturnal lifestyle, other deterrents that could work are motion-sensing reflectors or flashing lights. Indeed, raccoons do not like ammonia, cayenne pepper, and loud places. But such irritants are not strong enough to discourage raccoons from settling in your garden. Raccoons are quite lazy animals and will most likely not depart once they have chosen your garden or home as their residence. The best and most effective thing to do when dealing with a raccoon nuisance is to call a professional for help. Raccoons are difficult and dangerous pests to deal with. A professional wildlife control company such as TSR Pest Control & Wildlife Removal has experienced and trained technicians who work near you. We will respond to your raccoon problems immediately and will deliver quick results within the shortest possible timeframe. Raccoons are intelligent animals and very easily adapt to any situation. Usually, it takes the experience of an expert wildlife removal company to overcome your raccoon challenge. Much of the wildlife control work should be about prevention. A wildlife control professional will need to spend some time educating clients not to disturb wildlife. It is in the best interest of both residents and the wildlife for the public to carry out the necessary preventive work and mitigate the contact between humans and animals. Prevention is oftentimes the most effective method of animal control. Structural pest control is aimed at combating pests that are inside or near a building. The pest control professional who targets building pests must be able to identify this type of pest and know its biological cycle, its habitat and the damage it can cause. This knowledge enables the pest control professional to determine a method of prevention and control and when it includes the use of control strategies, the pest management professional must ensure that they are used safely and effectively. When responding to nuisance wildlife, tolerance may be the best solution if the damage is minimal. Also, the unwelcome animal may only be passing through. A pest management professional will be able to guide homeowners and businesses on the proper levels of intervention and control needed to effectively respond to a pest problem. When responding to a raccoon invasion in Toronto, Ontario, it is important to consult with an expert pest management professional. Plugging the hole is never going to be an adequate fix to the problem. Raccoons will tear the area apart to re-access their nest or to locate their cubs. The most effective method is to exclude all the raccoons together and seal the entire building to prevent raccoons from re-entering it. Contact TSR to discuss your options. We are one of Toronto's most trusted and professional raccoon removal companies. Although raccoons are small, their strength should not be underestimated. They are among the smartest animals. At one point, the city of Toronto was suggesting that its residents should freeze disposable foods before putting them on the curbside for pickup by the waste management service. That may be a little extreme, but it shows how helpless some homeowners can feel when raccoons start frequenting their properties. Most commonly made mistakes when encountering a raccoon problem. The worst of all these mistakes is to try to harm a raccoon. Ontario's laws protect raccoons against cruel treatment and it is illegal to attempt to kill wildlife. In recent years, many Toronto residents were prosecuted for harming raccoons. For example, a resident of Bloor West in Toronto was arrested and charged with animal cruelty for hitting with a shovel a family of raccoons in his backyard. One of his neighbours witnessed the assault and called the police. There have also been numerous other instances of Toronto residents facing legal challenges because of cruelty against raccoons. Raccoons are harder to remove once they have given birth to their cubs. In these circumstances, only the most experienced wildlife removal technicians can perform the work. Young raccoons are very difficult to extract from their hiding places and require extreme care if they are abandoned by their mother. A wildlife control technician needs to work diligently over many hours to ensure that a particular raccoon family does not end up separated. In all cases, an inspection by our wildlife removal technicians will determine the most effective path for a large raccoon family to be removed out of their den. You can learn more about the removal process by watching our numerous YouTube videos. A particularly difficult case of raccoon removal is excluding animals from a chimney of a fireplace. You should never light a fire or throw anything, inside the duct. An adult raccoon can easily climb out of a chimney, but its cubs will not be able to leave. Also, bear in mind that, the dead animal removal will cost much more than the removal of alive raccoons. More facts about raccoons that may help you understand how the animal behaves. The English name raccoon derives from the Indian term arakun which means to scratch with one's hands. Raccoons have a well-developed hand function, which allows the animal to easily climb trees and feed itself. For example, raccoons can spot and capture crayfish, insects and earthworms with their fingers. The raccoon is a mainly nocturnal and crepuscular animal. It lives alone and only meets its congeners during the mating season. The gestation period lasts about sixty days, and raccoons give birth in March through May. The size of their litters, subject to large variations depending on the climate and food supply among other factors varies from two to eight cubs. Raccoons are solitary animals but females live in large groups that include their juvenile cubs. Raccoons have adapted particularly well to agricultural areas where their populations are reaching record highs. In some parts of North America, the density of raccoons exceeds 200 raccoons per square kilometre. The size of a raccoon's territory is determined by the presence of three factors essential to its survival: water, food and adequate areas to establish a roost. Raccoons are predators for some wildlife species. They love eating eggs and for that reason often end up destroying bird and turtle nests. Raccoons also occasionally consume young birds and turtles. Their damage to bird populations has been considerable in North America. Raccoons also have an impact on populations of insects reptiles and amphibians. In recent years, new cases of rabies raccoon have been detected in three Canadian provinces: Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick. Public health units across Canada continue active surveillance and control activities to combat raccoon rabies. The threat of introducing raccoon rabies remains very real since animal movements, whether natural or not, contribute to the spread of diseases such as rabies. Control and surveillance activities usually involve vaccine-containing bait spreading campaigns and the testing of the roadkill. Vaccine-containing bait applications are usually carried out by plane and by hand. These operations make it possible to immunize raccoons against rabies and thus prevent a possible rabies outbreak in Canada. Despite these efforts, Toronto residents should adopt safe behaviours with regard to wildlife and report any wild animal that appears to have rabies. This kind of cooperation on the part of the public will make a significant contribution to the safety of our city. Vigilance and caution are required throughout the year. Rabies is a fatal and incurable disease in humans. When the first symptoms appear, it is already too late. However, the disease can be prevented by getting vaccinated soon after exposure to the virus. Whether vaccinated or not, one should never approach an unknown animal, wild or domestic, even if it looks harmless. If there is a bite, scratch or any other type of contact with an animal's saliva, clean the wound, even if it appears minor. Wash the area of the body where contact happened with soap and water for 10 minutes and immediately contact the Public Health agency of your municipality. You should also get your pet animals vaccinated against rabies through your veterinarian. You should contact a veterinarian immediately in the event that contact takes place between your pet and a wild animal likely to transmit rabies. At all times, report dead raccoons to the local wildlife control agencies and get professional advice. How can you tell if raccoons have made dens for themselves in your attic, porch, barn, or shed? There are some obvious signs, like paw prints on the ceiling, torn shingles and fingerprints. Your local wildlife control specialists at TSR Pest Control can take care of your raccoon problem so that you can continue to enjoy a pest-free home. |
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