July 5, 2021
RATSENSE - Rats on Rampage: Dealing with the Increase during the Covid-19 Lockdown
With many offices and businesses shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, rats are becoming more aggressive and intentional than ever. These tricky smart and troublesome pests are taking advantage of this opportunity to find their way into the perfect habitats made available by deserted buildings.
With non-essential business operations currently paused, it is now, more than ever, critical that you protect your property ahead of when normal operations resume to minimize unwelcome visits as much as possible. Even business sectors categorized as essential services may have cut down on staffing strength to ensure only essential workers are on-site.
The lockdown, combined with social and physical distancing measures, have meant reduced garbage on the streets and dumpsters, taking away a major food source for rats and forcing them to look elsewhere – including your business and office complexes.
How to Protect Your Business from Rat Infestation During the Lockdown
To prevent rat infestation in your business during this lockdown, it is important that you work with a professional rodent management company; this is a great way to avoid the health and financial risk that could result from the unnecessary visits of these “smart” pests.
RATSENSE offers a range of effective rodent risk management solutions to proactively monitor, manage and ultimately prevent rat infestation, helping to ensure the safety and security of your business. Our rodent surveillance system provides a neutral and analytical view of rodent activity within your office or industrial complex in real time.
Regular rodent prevention using traps and poisons requires accurate rodent movement data to be effectively placed to battle any rodent infestation. However, daily inspections of these rodent traps is labour-intensive as it would require continued visits to your property rather than a proactive, targeted approach.
How the RATSENSE Approach Works
RATSENSE rodent management technology works by:
- Identifying rat sources and point(s) of entry;
- Using automated prompts for rodent management with data that is also accessible by the company;
- Activating tenant management by identifying areas with breeding and activity within the property.
Without a doubt, rats are getting increasingly stressed out due to the disruption of their food sources, with the COVID-19 lockdown in full swing. Keep in mind that rats are masters of adaptation, and they won’t fail to take advantage of this lockdown to create new habitats where they can reign supreme. No forward-thinking business wants to entertain the thought of that, which is why we are here to help.
You have likely done your best by preparing your property in compliance with the lockdown measures; let us do the rest for you. Our rodent surveillance strategy is the best possible approach to keeping the unwanted guests out of your business.