Three Peaks Pest Control
St. George pest control company handling the rodents that move between desert and neighborhood.
Three Peaks Pest Control works across the St. George area. Neighborhoods here run right up against open desert, and the rodents that live in that transition are a different set of animals from the ones pest control deals with in a city, with habits that surprise people who have not encountered them.
The wider picture
Packrats - properly woodrats - are the local specialty. They build large stick nests, and they are compulsive collectors, dragging shiny and portable objects back to a midden that can persist for a very long time. The habit that costs money is their attraction to vehicles: an engine compartment is a warm, sheltered cavity with convenient chewing material, and a car parked for a week near open ground can end up with a nest on the engine and wiring harnesses chewed through. The same reasoning applies to sheds, stored vehicles, boats and anything under a cover.
Mice and rats are the more familiar problem and enter through gaps that are smaller than people expect - a young mouse passes through an opening a pencil fits into, and rodents readily enlarge a gap by gnawing. The control principle is the same as for insects but stricter, because a rodent inside a wall is difficult to reach and unpleasant to resolve: exclude first with steel wool, hardware cloth and sheet metal at every penetration, since rodents chew through foam and caulk without difficulty, and remove the attractants outside - pet food, bird seed, fallen fruit, uncovered trash and dense vegetation touching the building. Interior trapping addresses what is already in; only exclusion stops the next one.
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Contact
- Work Phone: (435) 383-2088
- Website: https://www.threepeakspest.com/
Frequently asked questions
What is a packrat and why do they get into cars?
Packrats are woodrats, native desert rodents that build large stick nests and compulsively collect portable objects. An engine compartment is a warm, sheltered cavity with abundant chewing material, so a vehicle parked for a while near open ground can end up with a nest built on the engine and wiring chewed through. Stored vehicles, boats and covered equipment are at the same risk.
How small a gap can a mouse get through?
A young mouse can pass through an opening about the width of a pencil, and rodents readily enlarge a smaller gap by gnawing. That is why sealing has to be thorough rather than approximate, and why gaps that look far too small to matter are worth closing.
What should be used to seal rodent entry points?
Steel wool packed into gaps, hardware cloth over larger openings and sheet metal where a chewing edge needs protection. Expanding foam and caulk are useful for sealing around those materials but do not stop a rodent on their own, since both are chewed through without difficulty.
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