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Rat Control in Cambridge
Dealing with rat activity at an air brick and overgrown ground cover at the base of a wall in Cambridge.
Trail camera view of the air brick at the base of the wall, with bramble and weeds grown up in front of it.
This job was about rat activity at the base of an outside wall in Cambridge. The photograph shows a cast ventilation grille, an air brick, set low in the wall, with brambles and weeds grown up around it. It is the kind of spot rats look for: a sheltered approach with cover to move under, and an opening into the wall right beside it.
What we looked at
- The air brick and the base of the wall, where rats can get in or shelter
- The bramble and ground cover beside the wall, which gives rats cover to travel along
- Where the rats were moving, which we watched with a trail camera set at the wall
A brown rat in the open at ground level.
How we approach rat activity at a wall like this
- Find where the rats are travelling and where they are getting in or sheltering
- Treat the activity
- Advise on clearing the ground cover and on closing off openings such as air bricks, so access is shut off once the rats are dealt with
- If the problem recurs within 14 days of treatment, we come back and re-treat free
Why the cover and the opening matter
Rats seldom cross open ground if they can avoid it. Overgrown ground cover against a wall gives them a hidden route, and any gap or grille in the wall gives them a way in. Treating the rats without dealing with those two things leaves the same route open for the next ones, so we look at both.
Our guide to rat control in Cambridge explains the signs of rat activity and how we deal with it, and you can see the rat and mice proofing guide for closing off the entry points. If you are not sure what you have, our pest inspection and survey identifies it first.
Rat problems at your property or business?
We deal with rats at homes and at commercial premises across Cambridge and Cambridgeshire. Call us or send a message with a few photos of where you have seen them and we will take it from there.
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