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This is certainly not the subject matter most would like to experience or talk about. But, due to the manner the rats were getting into the attic, it's seems like a subject that does need to be discussed!
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Absolutely no one wants to deal with vermin in the attic or worse yet, in the house. Thankfully, the rats were confined to the attic. The first hint that something was amiss was a running sound that sounded like it was coming from the gutters, plus a rat was seen exiting one of them. It was time to investigate!
Since, we thought the rats might be making a home in the gutters, we first cleaned them with our Ryobi gutter cleaning tool. I followed along with a camera to get a birds-eye view of what was happening.
No evidence was found that rats were making a home or getting into the house via the gutters. But since we had seen one exiting, Steph found these gutter covers to prevent any rodents from getting up into the gutters. The covers can be easily removed to clean out any collected leaves and debris.
After hearing sounds in the attic over her bedroom, Steph called in our pest control service that also specializes in rodent control. They thought the rats might be entering the house via the vinyl siding trim on the corner of the house. Steph set up a camera to see if that was true.
This is where the pest control company thought the rats might be getting in. This is basically a freeway to the attic for rats!
Evidence that this is EXACTLY how they were getting in!
Could this be any grosser?!!!!
And wait, there's more waiting their turn! By the way, those rats totally ignored the traps that the pest control company set out.
Over the course of several weeks consisting of a couple of visits a week, the pest control company declared the attic free of rats. To keep them from coming back in the "freeway" needed to be blocked. This product is designed to do just that.
Rodents don't like the feel of this. It is stuffed up into the hole and seems to stay in place without any additional support.
Krittercaps is designed especially to fill the base of the vinyl siding corner trim.
The Krittercap is cut to size to fit your corner trim.
Remove the number of side pieces needed to fit snuggly into place.
It pushes into place and the snug fit assure it won't fall out.
This is how the corner trim looks--it's a straight shot into your attic!
Here is what the KritterCap looks like in place. No more superhighway for the rats in this neighborhood!
Steph added the rodent control fill fabric under the KritterCap for a little extra protection.
Well, that was probably more than you wanted to know about rats in the attic! It was a process to get rid of them and then to clean up the mess left behind, but they are gone.
Steph lives in an area with lots of natural areas, so it makes a good habitat for vermin. Unfortunately, for some reason, they decided Steph's attic would make a great home. Steph's was talking with her backyard neighbor and they were having an issue with rats in the house as well. They share the same green space as Steph. Another neighbor also had them, but they (shudder) had them inside the house! Bottom line, if you have vinyl siding and you have rats, take a look at the corner trim. If it is totally open, that might be the entry point. Please note: This is not a sponsored post. FYI: We are not professionals, and we don't claim to be. This is what we found worked for our project. Yours may need a little different approach. Safety first! FYI: Affiliate links are being used on this page. Purchasing via these links help support MDP. Related Projects
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