March 7th, 2016
Phoenicians love their fruit trees like lemons, limes, oranges, and grapefruits, and so do the rodents that call Phoenix home. The rodent buffet isn’t limited to fruit but it’s likely what attracts them to your yard.
Don’t let these pests call your home their favorite restaurant! Call Budget Brothers Termite and Pest Elimination at the first sign of roof rats!
Roof rats are quite athletic spending most of their lives traveling, leaping, and living more than four feet off the ground. While they do spend time on rooftops, as their name suggests, they also love bushes, trees, and attics using power lines or brick and concrete walls to make their way through your neighborhood.
If they happen to be dining in your compost, beware that these unwanted visitors can jump two to four feet high. Look out for them in the cooler months but don’t think they’ve vacated just because the temperature heated up.
This year is an El Nino year so the rain is perfect for growing vegetation like citrus and nuts. That means it’s also perfect for roof rats who love meals filled with oranges, limes, tangelos, grapefruits, figs, peaches, almonds, pecans, and pomegranates.
If you’re a pet lover or a gardener, beware of additional rodent buffet favorites:
So really, a rodent buffet includes just about anything!
Because they eat just about anything, they’d love to get into your home or dig through your garden or yard to see what you have for them to feast on. Here are signs of roof rats include:
Don’t worry if you notice these signs of roof rats. You don’t need to move.
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