Vermin Control in Hampshire and Dorset

If you are experiencing the effects of uninvited vermin at your house or place of work in the Hampshire and Dorset area then rest assured the Pest Professionals can help. We can assist with instant advice to help get rid of any vermin problem in two very easy and effective steps:

The no obligation phone consultation applies to both residential and business customers in the Hampshire and Dorset area. No vermin control job is too large or too small for us to consider. Where applicable we are able to advise on immediate steps required to safeguard your health, property or possessions prior to a visit. If a visit is required we let you know if there will be a call out cost and also advise on the likely costs of any vermin removal work should it be called for.

The Control of Vermin

Many of us picture rats when we hear the term ‘vermin’, but in actual fact it applies to any pest or nuisance wild animal that affects people by spreading diseases or destroying crops and livestock.

Rats were of course responsible for the Black Death or bubonic plague, or to be exact it was in fact the rat flea that initially transmitted it. To this day rodents carry a micro-organism that causes leptospirosis. The micro-organism lives in the rat without causing illness, but if passed onto humans either by direct contact or through contact with surfaces of water contaminated, for instance, with rat urine, it can lead to the sometimes fatal form of leptospirosis known at Weil’s Disease.

The introduced North American grey squirrel is in fact a rodent and is a serious pest on tree plantations, where it strips back bark and causes severe damage to young trees. Grey squirrels also have a tendency to get into loft spaces in residential properties where they will cause much damage, including to power cables.

Rabbits aren’t strictly speaking vermin, but they do create all manner of problems for the farming industry. It’s estimated that wild rabbits caused upwards of � 50millon in damage to agricultural crops in the UK every year, and sometimes there is no choice but to control them either with exclusion or extermination methods. Indeed UK landowners have a legal liability to control them.

There are many approaches to vermin control, each of which is unique to the problem pest. Call one of our Pest Professionals for a totally free, no obligation discussion.

Rats

Carries leptospirosis which may be spread to individuals via its urine and can cause the potentially fatal Weil’s Disease.

Mice

Drawn in to properties by availability of food and shelter. Cause destruction to properties by chewing through walls and often create fire hazards by chewing through electrical wiring.

Moles

A substantial problem where clear, flat, turf surface areas are desired such as lawns, golf courses, formal and domestic gardens, bowling greens, racecourses and cricket pitches.

Grey Squirrels

A major pest on tree plantations and also typically causes considerable damage when in domestic loft spaces.

If you need sound advice or a swift solution to a vermin problem anywhere in the towns and villages of Hampshire and Dorset – speak to us.