Category: News
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How to ID a Mouse Nest
Mice are highly adept at figuring out how to enter homes and raid kitchen pantries and cupboards. Not all mice come in from yards or other outdoor areas, though. Some make themselves at home inside residences by building nests, especially when it’s cold out. Knowing how to identify these nests can help you determine if…
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Could the Rats on Your Property be Norway Rats? How to Know
Rats from Norway? Actually not. Amplified over the years resulting from a mistaken 18th century theory, this Central Asian rat goes by a slew of aliases, including common rat, brown rat, street rat, sewer rat, Hanover rat, and wharf rat. How can you tell if these Norwegian nincompoops have hijacked your home? Their mangy mugshot……
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Top Problem New Jersey Winter Pests
Just because pests are out of sight and out of mind that does not mean they are absent from your home. Pests are clever enough to conceal their presence. They also have heat detecting abilities that humans lack. Rodents and insects notice the warmth emanating from your home and they will seek shelter in it…
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Can Mice and Rats Be Present Together?
Do you have a mouse problem? Or is it a rat problem? Maybe you’re not sure, or maybe it’s both! Here at Allison Pest Control, we get so many questions about mice and rats. Some people are sure they have seen rodents big and small, so they assume they must have them both in their…
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Is It a Rat or a Mouse? How to Know
It’s dusk and you see something small and dark scurrying across the floor of your garage, deck, backyard patio, or one of the rooms in your home. You don’t have an indoor or outdoor pet, it isn’t a flying squirrel, and you don’t have any critters that may have gotten loose from their pen like…