- 1). Identify the type of pest infesting your home. Whether it be ants, flies, fleas, cockroaches, rodents, termites, stinging pests, spiders or other pests, there are both household and professional pest control services to choose.
- 2). Purchase a household pest control spray or deterrent from a local department store. There are at home pesticides, such as Black Flag or other boric acid roach bait, that kills cockroaches. Raid is another brand of pesticide.
- 3). Buy mouse traps from the grocery or department store to handle a single rodent problem. However, you may still want to hire a pest control service to ensure there are no other rodents.
- 4). Create a non-toxic natural pest control for your garden pests. For mites and mealybugs by mix one tablespoon of canola oil with some ivory soap in a quart of water, shake and pour into a spray bottle, then spray down plants. For ants, fleas, ticks and bed bugs, try Insect Dust or Diatomaceous Earth, an organic product for indoor and outdoor use on pests
- 5). Purchase preventive pest control treatment from a professional company online, such as Orkin or Terminix. Both companies are nationwide and offer service packages for multiple types of pests.
- 6). Call a professional pest control service to manage a current pest program. Phone books, neighbor or family might have suggestions on local pest control services. PestControlDirectory.us also has articles and pest control directories for every state.
- 7). Identify all the symptoms of the pest to the pest control customer service representative, including ant trails, bites, droppings, chewed fabric, sawdust piles, stings and sounds. Answer any questions from the pest control service about your house and lawn.
- 8). Schedule a visit after calling different pest controls and shopping around. A good pest control service is knowledgeable about pests, friendly and responsive to questions.
- 9). Show the pest controller the areas of concern around your home and lawn on the visit. The technician then looks for all areas of infestation and maps out an initial treatment as well as weekly, bi-weekly or monthly pest control treatments for your home and lawn.
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Report any pests after receiving treatment to your pest control, then request for a visit. Consider hiring another pest control service if the infestation continues after treatment. Chances are, the service is not correctly assessing the problem or not using the right chemicals.
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