Why an inspection first
Rodent control that starts with bait in the roof and ends there is a treadmill: you kill this season's population and next season's walks straight back in through the same gap. A proper inspection finds the entry points, the harbourage and the food source, then the baiting program supports the exclusion work rather than replacing it.
What we look at
- Entry points: a mouse fits through a gap the width of a pen; a rat through one the size of a 20-cent piece. Weep holes, eave gaps, roof penetrations, pipe collars, garage door seals.
- Runways and rub marks: greasy trails along joists, bearers and cable runs.
- Droppings: species and freshness tell us what you have and how long it's been there.
- Gnaw damage: especially on electrical cable, the reason rodents are a fire risk and not just a nuisance.
- Attractants: pet food, bird feed, compost, fruit trees, a leaking tap.
What you get
A written report with photographs, a proofing schedule ranked by priority, and a treatment plan using tamper-resistant lockable stations where children, pets or livestock are present. For commercial sites we map and number every station, log every service, and trend the activity so your auditor sees a program, not a guess.
That scurrying between about 8pm and midnight is usually roof rats moving from harbourage to food. It rarely resolves itself. Ring (07) 3288 8012.
Sometimes it isn't a rodent at all
Heavy, deliberate thumping rather than quick scurrying usually means a possum. Brushtails are protected native wildlife. It is illegal to harm them, and illegal to relocate them more than 50 metres from where they were found.
The fix is exclusion, done in the right order: find every entry point, wait until the animal leaves to feed at dusk, then seal behind it and offer a nest box to move into. Sealing a possum inside a roof void is cruel, and once it dies up there you have a far worse problem than the noise.
