There are many pests that invade your home in order to keep cool in the summer, warm in the winter, find water or find food. No matter what their reason is for entering your home, they still don’t belong inside. There are many different kinds of pest control that can be used and some are very inexpensive.
An exterminator charges for their time and chemicals and there is the inconvenience of the homeowner having to take time of out their schedule to be at home when they visit your home. Some of the exact same chemicals can be purchased at your local grocery store. These can be already mixed and ready to spray or they may be in a concentrated form and you simply mix with water and spray. A 1-2 gallon sprayer is a must have possession. The professional metal type are nice but don’t last a lot longer than the plastic kind which is a fraction of the cost. There are also water soluble packets that dissolve in the sprayer which are now available to the public and these contain the same chemicals that were available only to people with pest control licenses a few years ago. This kills just about any crawling pest you can think of. I have noticed that the flies, wasps and other insects will not enter your home if you spray outside around the windows and doors. It creates a barrier that they will not cross. Fly strips work well, but are not pleasant to look at.
There are a few pest control items that plug into the wall sockets. They transmit a high-pitched frequency through the wiring in the home and this drives all pests out, even rodents. These are very inexpensive and will last for a lifetime. For rodent control, there are also mouse traps and houses. The best bait for these is peanut butter. A mouse can smell it from a longer distance than cheese and can’t pick it up and leave with it. The traditional trap snaps on the mouse and then you have to undo the trap and remove the mouse to use again. The sticky traps work well and don’t actually kill the mice, it only sticks them to the disposable paper and then the entire thing is thrown away. There are also little houses, if you will, that the mouse enters and cannot leave because of the way the door swings. To dispose of these mice you simply open the lid and toss the mouse out, preferably where it can’t re-enter the house. One bite sticks work well, the mouse eats one bite and brings it back to their nest and feeds their young. They all perish because they need water to dilute the poison. This method sends the mice outside to search for water and they die outside with no messy cleanup.
Sugar ants, the really tiny ones, often enter the home through the wiring and come out of electrical sockets. They are usually found in the kitchen. The easiest fix for these is a peanut butter and boric acid ball. Be sure and use gloves when making these. Mix peanut butter and boric acid (about $1) half and half and roll into small balls. Remove the cover plates from the wall socket in the kitchen and place it on top of the electrical box. Replace cover and in 1 day you will have no more ants and it lasts up to 1 year. These same killer balls work on all other inside bugs as roaches, centipede, millipedes and any other crawling insect. If you have pets or children in the home make sure that they can’t get to these. They can be placed on high shelves or behind appliances and are highly effective.
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