September 27, 2021
RATSENSE - Is Your Workplace a Playground for Rodents?
Rodents not only make you recoil in disgust when encountered, but also can spread to you various infections and diseases. Are you aware of the fact that your workplace could be like a giant playground for rodents? Without the appropriate measures in place, you might find that the rodents that visit your workplace may end up setting up a nest and deciding to stay for good. Once they have carved out a niche for themselves, formed their colony and multiplied out of control, you will find it incredibly difficult to get rid of them.
Commercial buildings and offices save them from the cold weather and protect them from predators. In addition to this, the food or waste you leave behind offers them a great opportunity to live there for weeks or months. If you are unsure about mice at your workplace, then read the sections below to know more about how they can enter your workplaces and cause major damages to your workplace or its environment:
How Can Rodents Get Into Your Building?
There are numerous ways in which a rodent can get into your workplace. Rats are very nimble creatures, able to run and jump great distances. They can climb almost any surface and thus, make their way through walls, cables, open doors and holes. A young mouse can even squeeze through a hole as small as 6mm. If you have plenty of rodents roaming around your workplace, then you should immediately install rodent monitoring devices at each entry point to track their movements. Some of their common pathways are:
1. Rodent Highways
Connections between different buildings are one of the most common ways through which rats can navigate their way into your office. They can travel through cables, water pipes and other underground connections to quickly move between different buildings.
2. Food Transport Networks
If you own a food manufacturing plant and the place is infested with rodents, then it would not take long to for them to get spread to other areas. They can make their way onto a truck transporting food and can travel to new areas with great ease.
3. Old Pipes and Metals
A mouse/rat can gnaw pipes apart until they fit through it. Since they have strong and sharp teeth, they are capable of gnawing through almost everything. You may even be surprised to know that their strong teeth can even gnaw some metals, especially when it is old, rusty and weak. Rodents can find their way using cable risers, false ceilings, and wall partitions from one building to another in search for food.
What Can Rats Do to Your Office?
You may think that mice are pretty harmless, but they can also be quite the menace. The rodents could be harbouring various harmful diseases and infections, thus, no one would want them floating around the workplace. One should always be mindful of the fact that rodents will leave their droppings everywhere, as well as possibly urinating in all sorts of difficult to reach corners. As both their droppings and urine can spread diseases, this can lead to the spread of all sorts of maladies.
It is in the nature of rodents to be curious and explore. To aid them in their journey, they often use their razor-sharp teeth to gnaw through barriers in search of food or to gain passage. When unchecked, they can even end up chewing through the cables in your workplace causing temporary outages in your business that may be difficult to track down and fix.
Simple Tips to Get Rid of Rodents at Workplace
Try primary methods such as baiting, trapping, and use common pesticides to get rid of rodents. If you didn’t succeed, then hire a professional rodent management company to get them out of your office. Ask them to install rodent monitoring devices at your workplace to keep an eye on their movement. Using these methods, you can easily track their presence and apply effective strategies that can help in getting rid of them. Since detecting them could be quite challenging, you must call for expert services and apply various strategies to get rid of them completely.