Roof Rats Scottsdale

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Roof rats scottsdale.

The roof rat also called gray bellied rat white bellied rat alexandrine rat black rat and ship rat. True to their name these rats are experts at traveling high up. Another difference is that the roof rat is more slender with a longer tail than the norway rat. Shorter than head and body combined 4 5 inches.

Roof rats is south africa s original award winning ceiling vacuuming company and there s lots more we can do while we re up there. Head and body 5 7 inches. They can access the upper part of any building because they are excellent climbers and can climb up wires vines and even thin or narrow ledges. They ll move along power lines and can climb up brick and stucco.

According to the city of tempe rats move 200 300 feet at night and are most active in the cooler months of the year. In this setting they are not considered to be a health threat. Bees flies roof rats mosquitoes through the years maricopa county environmental services department has developed and implemented a surveillance program where we monitor hundreds of routine sites areas that have been identified as problem areas or mosquito breeding sites. About as long as head and body combined 5 8 inches.

Roof rats can travel in many different ways to new homes. Rodent control is commonly associated with urban areas and is a common problem throughout the cities of scottsdale anthem phoenix mesa tempe cave creek peoria and glendale arizona. Roof rats are actually black rats though they can be other colors and can be identified by their large ears and scaly tails that are almost always longer than their bodies. Read about how we work and what to expect on site here.

Head and body 6 8 inches. Head and body 8 10 inches. From glendale to mesa and chandler to scottsdale arizona roof rats have people concerned about not only property damage but also health risks. From ceiling to roof we do your dirty work.

Roof rats or rattus linnaeus are a type of commensal rats who are called so because of their inclination to inhabit the upper portions of any building. Head and body 7 8 inches. Fortunately according to maricopa county vector control periodic testing results have thus far been negative for tularemia hantavirus and plague in area roof rats. The roof rat rattus rattus linnaeus is smaller in size than the norway rat.

Roof rat black rat ship rat norway rat.