There are many DIY pest extermination methods available – some natural or plant based and others using manufactured off the shelf pest control products. The question is… do they work? The honest answer is yes, sometimes they do. And sometimes your only option is to seek out professional insect or rodent extermination services.
If you prefer to try home based insect extermination or rodent control before calling in the professionals, then we would always encourage you to do so. Professional pest control can initially sound expensive when compared against DIY and shop bought rodent or insect extermination products. We are always conscious that people are working to a budget and would prefer to get rid of rodents or insects themselves if possible. Provided you follow all manufacturers guidelines then it is certainly worth giving it a go.
We should mention however that a reasonably high percentage of pest control service enquiries seeking insect or rodent extermination come from people who have been trying to deal with their pest infestation themselves, and for what ever reason, they still have the same problem.
Pest control services are licensed and regulated as the products pest technicians use are often a much stronger version of what is available on general sale. All pest controllers must also be suitably trained to use these professional grade products. For this reason the rodenticides and insecticides that professional pest control services use, tend to be far more effective.
Flea pest control services for example often use a residual insecticide, which dries and may need to remain on all floors for up to 3 weeks after the initial flea extermination process. This is because any adult fleas that hatch after the flea extermination need to touch the residual insecticide and die off. Off the shelf products may kill off adult fleas but the key to effective flea pest control is ending the life cycle. Often professional flea pest control services are the only truly effective solution for complete flea extermination. The same applies to carpet moth and carpet beetle pest control.
Bed bug extermination can involve using hot and cold treatments as well as insecticide, and bed bugs are notoriously difficult to fully exterminate yourself. We would always recommend using professional wasp pest control services to get rid of a wasps nest due to the naturally aggressive behaviour of wasps – ultimately it’s safer to leave them to the professionals.
Rat and mouse extermination services will generally require 2-3 visits from a professional pest control service. However, the baits used tend to be very effective, which not only gets rid of unwanted rodents quickly, but also helps to prevent bait resistance. Resistance to rat or mouse bait is becoming more common, and for this reason it can be much quicker, easier and ultimately cheaper to use professional rat or mouse pest control services.
In a line, professional pest control services can initially seem expensive when compared to DIY pest control methods, but often professional pest control is so much more effective it is in the end the best route to take, saving you stress, time and money.
