Sanitation is Essential to Pest Management
Cleaning and removing contaminated materials left by animals and rodents in your home is a crucial part of effective pest management. Our pest control professionals utilize commercial-grade equipment and products to safely eliminate contaminated materials, such as droppings, urine, fur, parasites, and cockroach droppings. We employ HEPA vacuums equipped with high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters, which trap microscopic particles like dust, pollen, mold, and bacteria. These vacuums contain airborne pathogens, ensuring they do not re-enter your living space.
Animal Feces Removal
Animal droppings in your home can pose a greater risk than the animals themselves. Animal feces and urine can contain harmful bacteria, parasites, and viruses that can make people, especially children, sick. It is crucial to remove these contaminated materials promptly to ensure a safe living environment.
Raccoon Droppings
Raccoons often defecate in attics and chimneys. Their feces can contain a parasite called baylisascariasis, which is caused by a roundworm parasite that lives in raccoons. The eggs of this roundworm can survive in the environment for years and can be easily inhaled. Once these eggs hatch, they can cause serious illness throughout the body. Symptoms of infection include muscle aches, fatigue, vision impairments, and heart problems. Raccoon roundworm is very dangerous and can be fatal if left untreated.
Rodent Droppings
Rodent droppings can contain salmonellosis and hantavirus. Salmonellosis is a bacterial infection that affects the intestinal tract. Symptoms include diarrhea, fever, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and possibly bloody stool. Hantavirus is a severe and potentially deadly disease that affects the lungs. Symptoms include coughing, chest tightness, muscle aches, and difficulty breathing.
Bat Droppings
Bat guano can cause a serious lung disease known as histoplasmosis. This disease is caused by a fungus that grows in large deposits of bat droppings. The infection occurs when individuals inhale airborne spores released from the fungus found in these droppings. Symptoms of histoplasmosis can range from mild flu-like symptoms to severe complications, including blood abnormalities, fever, and in some cases, even death.
Bird Droppings
Bird droppings can transmit numerous human pathogens, including Histoplasmosis, Candidiasis, Cryptococcosis, Salmonellosis, E.Coli, and Q Fever. Food contamination or inhaling hazardous spores can cause these fatal illnesses.
Attic & Basement Cleanouts
In more extensive cases, a complete cleanout may be recommended. Raccoons, squirrels, bats, and mice can create hazardous messes in attics, basements, and crawl spaces. If your attic insulation is damaged or does not meet U.S. Department of Energy guidelines, it needs to be replaced. Our pest management professionals will thoroughly remove contaminated materials and sanitize affected areas. Additionally, we offer insulation removal and replacement services for attic restoration.