Pest Management Professional, January 2015

Tips Tricks roDenTs Bell Laboratories By Patrick Lynch Regional Sales Manager When choosing rodent bait stations consider three features Time savings Time is money Use stations designed for quick servicing The time you save can be used to inspect rodent activity and implement exclusionary measures or enhance proftability versaTiLiTy Consider choosing a station that accommodates various baiting techniques and placements A versatile station can hold snap traps and different bait formulations Design Choose stations that blend into the environment or surroundings Customers will be willing to pay more for stations that are camoufaged in their environments ensystex By Ed Van Istendal National Institutional Sales Manager Effective rodent control programs start with discovering and understanding the reason for the rodents to be there Food heat shelter and access sources are all potential reasons Get down on your hands and knees to see what the rodent sees Get under things follow room perimeters feel for air currents and look for climbing opportunities Dont be satisfed with a cursory inspection Could they be living under kitchen cabinets in stove or dishwasher insulation a suspended ceiling or a bag of bird seed Inspect exteriors the same way Keep looking youll get better at it each time syngenta Professional Pest management By Dr ElRay Roper Senior Technical Representative When baiting for rodents answer these questions to achieve the best results Where shouLD you PLace a BaiT sTaTion Place it close to active trail environments to intercept rodents as they travel through hoW much BaiT shouLD you use If there are minimal signs of rodent activity one or two blocks of bait will be suffcient hoW shouLD you PLace BaiT Vertically place bait rods within a bait station when the weather is warm because bait is less likely to melt on a vertical rod than on a horizontal one Liphatech By Ted Bruesch Technical Support Manager Some areas such as loading docks can be prone to occasional incoming rats It might be diffcult to keep preventive rat traps in position and set However rats are most likely to investigate a trap when the area is still new and theyre learning their way around Take advantage of this by establishing sentry stations Put rat traps in bait stations Spray the triggers until wet with unscented powdered antiperspirant Arid Extra Dry for example When it dries it will leave a powdery residue Leave the trap unset The rat might only nudge it while exploring the trap and trigger it without being killed Once spooked like this the rat might never get near a trap again You can enhance your chances of killing a rat by putting nontoxic soft bait on vertical rods behind the station When rat tracks are noted on the trigger set it to kill the unsuspecting rat the next time it passes through nisus corp By Ron Schwalb BCE ACE National Technical Manager Always go through basic steps when creating a rodent management program Inspect the property for entry points food sources harborage areas and signs of activity Identify present rodent species such as Norway rats roof rats or the various mouse species Eliminate access to food sources Seal entry points and clean or remove protective harborage areas inside and out Use glue boards or traps instead of baits indoors to prevent dead rodent odors Baits and stations on the exterior should follow label and safety precautions conTinued on Page 50 48 January 2015 Pest Management Professional www mypmp net