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‘Twas the Night Before Christmas

How do pest control and Christmas work together as a holiday theme? Luckily our friend Monica H., a colleague from our Williamsport, PA office figured that out and wrote a nice Christmas poem.  Great work Monica! ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. [...]

That’s Not My Problem

I remember reading a really great parable when I was younger, about a mouse, chicken, pig, cow and snake, I can’t seem to find it online, so I’ll try to explain the jist of it, hopefully: Well here it goes…. One day, a mouse looked through a crack in the wall, hoping to spot the [...]

Spiders Rats and Bats Have Their Day

Halloween is just a couple of days away and nowhere is it more evident than the bats, spiders, rats and black cats visible on almost every porch, inside every window and on almost every lawn in neighborhoods everywhere.   Something spooky this way comes. I get a good belly laugh seeing the lengths people go [...]

Pest Proof Your Home Pre-Holiday

You’re off on your holiday; to do list ticked, bags packed, email confirmations printed, tickets in hand, out the door, with no plans to return for two weeks. Absolute bliss! Have you forgotten anything? You don’t think so! But the question is have you pest proofed your home? Most people would probably answer no. According [...]

Surveying Britain’s Rodent Control

The last national rodent control survey published by the National Pest Technicians Association (NPTA) sparked a flurry of media interest and headlines screaming ‘Rat Population Explodes.’ This year the same survey reported rodent control by local authorities was down by 51%. Great news, but scratch beneath the surface and there’s a far more worrying story [...]