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Maintenance Packages
Pest Control
Monthly
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This service is primarily for commercial accounts (restaurants, coffee shops, donut shops, etc.) that require a monthly maintenance. Some residential customers will go monthly based on their tolerance threshold, or they are from the South and they are just used to a monthly service frequency.
Bi-Monthly
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This is primarily for residential customers and the most common service package that we recommend to our residential customers. The reason that we prefer the bi-monthly service is because the products that we use typically have a residual effect that lasts between 45-60 days and that the customer will be due for their next regularly scheduled treatment normally within the next 1-2 weeks.
Quarterly
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This is for customer’s who do not mind seeing the occasional spider or ant and have a higher tolerance threshold. Since these customers are serviced every 90 days, there is roughly a 30-day period where they will not have any “active” product or residual at their home since the products used have become less effective or worn-off.
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Rodents
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If a customer has a rodent (mice/rat) issue we typically recommend that they are on a monthly frequency at first until eradication has been achieved, then we can switch them to a less frequent package.
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Occasional Invaders:Ground Beetles
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Beetles:Carpet Beetles and Cabinet Beetles
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Biting Insects (In-Home Only):Fleas and Ticks
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Stinging Insects:Bees, Hornets, Yellow Jackets, Wasps, Mud Daubers
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Stored Product Pests:Indian Meal Moth, Flour Beetles, Larder Beetles, Drugstore Beetles, Sawtoothed Grain Beetles, Clothes Moths
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Rodents:Mice/Rats
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Exclusions Include:Wood Destroying Insects, Bed Bugs, Clover Mites, Flies, and Gnats
One-Time
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Customers will contact us to provide a one-time application or “on-demand” applications throughout the year. Some will call twice a year (Springs & Fall) for service.
Faqs
Please use the following link to refer to a consumption guidelines chart on our website which will show how many dead mice your cat or dog will need to consume at one feeding (which means mouse, after mouse, after mouse, all in a row and at one time). This chart can be found under the heading “Secondary Non-Target Exposures to Anticoagulant Rodenticide Baits”. Most rodenticides used at Mug-A-Bug do not cause any type of secondary poisonings to other animals/pets.
They will need to know the name of the rodent bait or the active ingredient that is used in the rodent bait. All of this information can be found on the service ticket that was emailed over to you. You can also go to our website and you will find the complete list of products that we use. It is in alphabetical order for quick reference and you will be able to click on the SDS or Label next to each product. You will be able to print off that information and provide that to your veterinarian. The most commonly used rodenticide by Mug-A-Bug is DIATRAC BAIT BLOCKS (for quicker reference of this product’s SDS (Safety Data Sheet) . Other rodenticides that are used are: Final Bait Block and Kaput Mouse Blocks. As with most rodenticides, Vitamin K is the antidote for any accidental pet poisoning.
While our technicians make every effort to place the rodent bait stations out of the reach of your pet, there is a small risk that this can happen. If your dog does pop open our bait station with its teeth/mouth and consumes the bait, please use the following links to help determine what to watch for and when to know if you should take your dog to the veterinary clinic. We recommend calling NPIC (National Pesticide Information Center http://npic.orst.edu ) at 800-858-7378 (M-F from 10am – 2pm MST) to speak with a pesticide professional. They are unbiased and will provide you with what information you will want/need. Other companies that you can contact are Rocky Mountain Poison Control 800-222-1222 (https://www.copoisoncenter.org/), or Animal Poison Control 888-426-4435.
Bait stations work just like a fast-food drive-up. The mice can go in, feed on the bait, and then exit the bait station. It does not catch or keep the mice inside. We cannot control where the mice go after they have feed on the bait that is inside, and there is a very small risk (less than 1%) that the mice will die inside your home. There should not be an odor unless they die under a direct heat source such as the refrigerator motor or the furnace. Should the mice exit your home, they will use the same avenues that they used to gain access inside your home.
The EPA has a list of requirements that a bait station must meet in order to be classified as “tamper resistant”. This means that the bait station must be an unbreakable black plastic box, although some may vary in color, with a locking lid. It must be strong enough to prohibit entry or destruction by dogs and children under the age of six years of old, by using their hands, feet, paws, or objects commonly found in the environment (sticks, stones, broken glass, etc.) The type of bait stations that we used are classified as Tier 1. https://www.epa.gov/rodenticides/choosing-bait-station-product-household-use. As with any animal, there are always exceptions to the rule when it comes to pets.
It is not uncommon for our technicians to recommend a few monthly follow-ups for 2-3 months to make sure that we achieve eradication. Since the bait stations are a food source for the mice, if the bait station has bait inside, it will continue to work. Once the bait is consumed, the bait station is no longer working for you. In severe infestations, our technician may recommend a follow-up in two weeks, but once a month should be more than enough to keep the baits replenished and working for you. Once we notice that the bait is no longer being consumed, or reduced feedings is observed, we can switch your service frequency to bi-monthly (every other month) or quarterly (every three months). If we should see increase again, we would recommend that you go back to more frequent service.
We use a few different methods of treatment for mice, and each method would depend on the type of account and what environmental factors may be present. For almost all residential accounts, our technicians will use our tamper resistant rodent bait stations. These stations are a hard-black plastic “container” that will lock closed and we will have to have a special key to open the bait station. We will place them in out of reach areas where children and pets cannot readily access the bait. In some instances when dogs are present, we may not place bait stations in the back yard or in areas where dogs can easily get to them. Other methods include tin cats, but those are generally used in commercial kitchens. Rodent bait stations are placed both inside and outside of the home. On the interior, they are going to be placed in out of reach areas such as: under the kitchen sink, bottom of your pantry, behind the stove, under the refrigerator, under the bathroom sink vanity, in garage corners or behind garage shelves, etc. For the exterior they will be placed around the garage door, each corner of the home, beside man doors going to the exterior of the home from the garage, etc. They may also be placed in/around a shed/storage area.
It only takes ¼ of an inch for mice to squeeze into your home. They will squeeze and flatten themselves out to make it inside an opening that small. The most common access points are your plumbing penetrations or electrical conduits around your home. Garage doors that do not close all the way or that have weather stripping missing are also other avenues that mice use to gain access. A good rule of thumb is that when you are inside your garage and the door is closed, if you can see daylight coming in around the bottom of the door, that is all mice need. As part of our initial treatment of your home for mice, our technician will also complete a thorough inspection both inside and outside of the home to see how the mice are getting in. Any small avenues that we can correct or repair for you by using steel wool or silicone, our technician will do that, but other larger avenues or construction deficiencies, our technician will point those out and make recommendations to have them repaired.
Testimonials
I was very happy with them. When I called them up, I told them what my problem was and they said “no problem”. They were prompt and very professional. They came out and told me what he was going to do for the charge that he was going to charge me. They laid their traps and stuff and then within four of five days, the whole infestation was completely gone. I haven’t had the problem with the ants since they applied their bug juice on them. They were to the point, very accurate and very professional. If I had to use a bug company again, I would use them. They were great.
General Pest Control
Rodent (Mice/Rat) Control
Termites New Construction
Termites Post Construction
General Pest Control
Rodent (Mice/Rat) Control
Termites New Construction
Termites Post Construction