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Mice and rats are one of the most harmful rodents encountered in everyday life, trade and catering establishments. They cause not only moral and economic damage, but are also carriers of infections dangerous to human health, including:
- bacterial (salmonellosis, plague, leptospirosis, rat fever, tularemia);
- viral (LCM – lymphocytic choriomenenitis);
- cardiopulmonary hantavirus syndrome.
It is one of the most effective ways of fighting animals deratization of rodents, successfully implemented by the Liquidator company.
Why do rodents appear in cafes
The warehouses of food stores and public catering establishments are places filled with the favorite products of mice and rats. There is also fresh food waste in the kitchens of restaurants and cafes, and basements are often distinguished by very tasty, rodent-pleasing smell of unsanitary food. Breeding animals in such conditions is not an easy task. A hungry animal is ready to ignore the danger on the way to the desired food. There were cases that the desire to satisfy the feeling of hunger made rats even pounce on people.
Methods of struggle
The most harmless for animals are ultrasonic repellers. The principle of their action is that the incomprehensible high-frequency sounds they emit make rodents panic and run away forever from the source of sound waves of different amplitudes. Rodent repellents are a worthy competitor of ultrasonic repellers.
They are bundles, pieces of paper, newspapers or cardboard, rags impregnated with a substance that irritates the smell of animals. Inhaled odors cause the same reaction in a rodent as in case of poisoning. Therefore, he strives to leave the zone of influence of these odors that are unpleasant for him as soon as possible. Repellents offered by manufacturers are not dangerous for people.
For more "serious" consequences for rats and mice, mechanical and chemical means are used to destroy them. Due to the close proximity of food products, it is not advisable to use poisons in cafes and restaurants. Devices of the first type are devices in the form of mousetraps, traps and sticky traps. Chemical treatment, called deratization, is carried out using only certified drugs that are safe for humans.
Such work is usually done by professionals from special services. The most effective method to get rid of rats and mice today is treating rooms with cold and hot fog. It is held in a room free from visitors and employees. The composition of the drug includes special rodenticides. They mummify the bodies of dead animals to prevent the release of odor.
Methods of prevention
In order not to have to resort to the services of extermination of rodents in the catering establishment, it is necessary to prevent their appearance there. Sanitary and preventive measures aimed at solving the following problems will help in this:
- elimination of conditions favorable to the appearance of rats and mice;
- blocking places of possible penetration of rodents from the outside;
- blocking access to food.
If the animals have not yet “made you happy” with their presence or were driven out with the help of professionally conducted extermination, immediately eliminate all the shortcomings of the premises:
- close the cracks in the floor and walls;
- install metal ventilation hoods on everything, and mosquito nets on the windows;
- equip the doors of warehouses with iron overlays.
Mice and rats will have nothing to do in a room where access to food is blocked. Therefore, it is very important to store products in inaccessible places, to ensure regular removal of waste and garbage. One of the most important factors that attract rodents is unsanitary conditions. Therefore, it is necessary to ensure regular thorough cleaning of all premises, including utility rooms and pantries.
Despite all the measures taken, preventive deratization of your restaurant or cafe should be carried out every month. The Liquidator company is ready to conclude a contract for these works with you.
