Rodent service
Rodent Control Services in Fort Lauderdale, FL
Rodent control that ends with a closed house rather than a service contract. Roof rats, Norway rats or mice, attic or garage, the job has the same four parts, and skipping any one of them is why so many rodent problems come back.
Three rodents, one job
People usually call about one thing: running in the attic at night, droppings in the garage, gnawing in a wall, a chewed wire under the hood. Which animal it is changes the details - a mouse gets through a smaller gap, a roof rat comes in higher, a Norway rat comes in lower - but it does not change what fixes it.
In South Florida it is most often the roof rat, which lives in palms and fruit trees and comes in at the roofline. Near the canals, seawalls and lakes it is just as often the Norway rat, which burrows and comes in at ground level.
The four parts, and why none of them is optional
Find. The free phone estimate comes first. Where the source is not obvious from the call, the Entry Point Diagnostic follows: a technician works the roofline, the attic, the garage and the outside of the house, so the entry points are written down rather than guessed at.
Seal. Every opening larger than a quarter of an inch is closed in galvanized steel, sheet metal, hardware cloth or mortar. That is rodent proofing, and it is the part that decides whether you are calling again next year.
Trap. What is already inside is taken out with traps and the Rat Vac system, not poison, so nothing dies inside a wall or an attic where it cannot be reached. Trapping runs over several days rather than one visit.
Clean. Droppings, nesting material and contaminated insulation come out, and the space is sanitized and deodorized with TwinZyme.
Why Broward County houses need it done this way
There is no winter here to knock a population back, so rodents breed all year and an untreated problem grows rather than resets. The heat and the humidity do the rest: a dead rodent in an attic makes itself known within days.
Most houses here are concrete block and stucco on a slab, under a tile or shingle roof with vented soffits all the way round. There is no basement to come up through, so the openings are at the roofline and around everything that passes through the walls - and a look from the driveway never sees either.
What you do not get
You do not get a monthly contract, a ring of bait stations around the house, or a technician who checks a box from the driveway. Bait and quarterly visits manage a population; they never close the building, which is why they never end.
What you get is a repair, finished once and backed by a 100% money-back guarantee.
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Straight answers
- Free Phone Estimate, written price before work starts
- No poison, trapping and the Rat Vac system
- 100% money-back guarantee
- Family owned since 1982
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The rest of the work
Rat Control
The roof rat does most of the damage here. It lives in the palms and fruit trees, runs the power lines and fences, and comes in at the roofline. We find the way in before anything else.
Read more →Mice Control
A mouse needs a gap about the width of a pencil. We close the openings and remove what is inside, rather than refilling bait every month in a climate where mice never stop breeding.
Read more →Free Rodent Phone Estimate
It starts with a call. Tell us what you are hearing, where in the house and when, and we tell you what it usually means and what the work would involve.
Read more →Rodent Proofing
Closing the house at the roofline and the slab, in material a rodent cannot chew and the salt air does not rot. A sealed gap does not need renewing, which is what lets the guarantee stand behind it.
Read more →Vehicle Rodent Removal
Rats and mice nest in engine compartments, chew wiring and leave droppings and odor behind. A four-step process to clean it up, treat the vulnerable parts and discourage the next one.
Read more →We handle rodent control across Broward County, see every area we serve, or start from rodent control in Fort Lauderdale.
FAQ
Rodent Control: common questions
Is this different from rat control or mice control?
Those are parts of it. Rodent control is the whole job - finding the entry points, sealing them, removing what is inside and cleaning up after - for rats and mice alike. Most homes need all four parts, and the estimate tells you which.
Is it a roof rat or a Norway rat?
Where you hear it is the first clue. Running in the attic or along the roofline at night points to roof rats; gnawing at floor level, burrows along a seawall or under a shed, and droppings in the garage point to Norway rats. You do not need to be sure before you call.
Why not just put out bait?
Bait kills rodents somewhere you cannot reach, usually inside a wall or an attic, and in South Florida heat the smell arrives fast. It also leaves the way in open, so the next one arrives on the same route.
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