SEWER RATS CHEWED THROUGH PIPES!!
Yes, Palm Desert has rats. But what most Palm Desert homeowners don’t know is that the rats in Palm Desert are VERY AGGRESSIVE RATS!
What do we mean by aggressive rats in Palm Desert?
Finding effective pest control in Palm Desert can be quite a challenge. But never fear, the Twins are here!
Twin Home Experts has solved more challenging rat infestation issues in the Palm Desert & Coachella Valley area than any other pest control company. Here’s why!
We began in Palm Desert back in 1982. With 40+ years of experience, we’ve built hundreds of homes from the ground up. So we know exactly how these structures are built and what they’ve been built on.
Understanding the structures is one thing, but figuring out how these Palm Desert rats get into your desert home is another story. These types of pests are extremely intelligent – making it VERY challenging to pinpoint how they get into your home.
What DOESN’T work when dealing with rats in Palm Desert!
#1 – If you hire local Palm Desert pest control services and all they do is come out and set traps, you need to say “thanks, but NO THANKS!”
PEST CONTROL CASE STUDY:
Here is an example of a job we did in La Quinta where the homeowner went through 3 other pest companies and spent over $4,000 but still had a rat problem! They spent over a year just setting up traps in the attic and sealing up some holes around the property.
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# 2 – If you still have rats in your home after 10 days of a local professional pest control company performing all the exclusion work in your home, then they missed the actual entry points.
# 3 – Doing exclusion work and setting traps with no monitoring protocol will NOT work.
RAT CAM CASE STUDY:
Twin Home Experts ALWAYS set up WiFi cameras to monitor activity in real-time to verify activity, how many rats are present, and how they are coming and going.
Here is an excellent video on the monitoring we did on a job in Palm Desert:
The rats in Palm Desert are some of the smartest rats we have ever dealt with. Why?
We have seen some unexplainable ways these common pests have infested homes in Palm Desert. They have strategically chewed their way through underground sewer systems, then burrowed their way right into the tub area of desert homes.
How do rats know where a tub is in a home from the inside of a dark sewer pipe?
How do they know where to chew through a pipe to burrow inside a wall opening?
They somehow know not to chew where running water is flowing inside a sewer pipe. We have been on hundreds of jobs, and rats always seem to chew pipes where water flow is not active.
These are just a few examples of desert rat intelligence and why you need top-notch professionals to solve your pest problems in Palm Desert.
PRO TWIN TIP SECRET:
Here is a Twin Home Expert secret that most pest control companies don’t know when checking for sewer rats:
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RATS IN PALM DESERT ATTACK MORE VACATION HOMES! Here’s why and what you should do.
We have seen an increase in rat activity in Palm Desert vacation homes as opposed to full-time Palm Desert homes.
The reason is that rats seem to have an awareness of when homes are not being used.
Rats can sense homeowners coming and going, then get comfortable in the environment by knowing every inch of your home’s interior space. They learn the layout of the walls, the space under tubs, and the attic.
Most often they don’t get into the interior of your home since their food source is in the sewer system. Instead, they use your Palm Desert house as a shelter and breeding space. They even chew the duct system to get free air conditioning into their space.
PREVENTION METHODS to stop rats in your Palm Desert vacation home.
Make sure your home exterior is sealed up completely.
Here are some of the most missed entry points:
- Vents on the roof
- Tile roof openings
- Garage seal openings
PRO TIP:
Another rat control method for a Palm Desert vacation home is to install a sewer backflow device that is modified to prevent rats from chewing their way back in.
This device is an underground plumbing fitting that is installed in your main sewer line that exits the property. It has a doorway that opens ONLY when your water is flowing, then seals shut when the water is not flowing.
Here is how we modify a backflow to STOP those rats!
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