Darren111
New member
To all Spyder owners,
I am a experienced and qualified pest control technician and I would like to give you some advice and recommendations.
Winter is fast approaching and from reading your posts you seem to be putting you Spyders away in sheds/garages/storage.
Rodents
How do they get in?
Under doors
Holes in walls and roof cavities
Climbing walls, cables, pipes
Lift shafts
How do you know if they are around?
Droppings
Footprints and tail marks
Smears: grease from the body
Holes or damage from gnawing
Characteristic odour
Live sightings
Its all about keeping the rodents out of a building/shed/garage/storage. A Preventative approach will get rid of rodents by stopping them from entering the property in the first place.
Wherever you are storing your spyder make sure there are no gaps/holes in wall floor junctions, roof/ceiling, gaps underneath doors. If there is use wirewool/cement/sealant such as Mouse Stop/crushed chicken wire etc.
Make sure there are no gaps around pipes.
If there is a gap underneath any doors bristle strip proof the base of the door. Baby mice can get through the tiniest of gaps and adult mice will just flatten their bodies if they have to get underneath a door. A gap or hole only needs
If you have a brick garage and there are air bricks, use air brick covers which keep mice out yet still allowing air to get in.
Its all about making it uncomfortable for rodents.
Make sure there is nothing for rodents to make harbourages in your shed/garage/storage.
Avoid keeping newspapers, cardboard and any textile materials which rodents find good for bedding/nesting material.
Its all about making sure rodents don't have anywhere to hide.
If there is no where to hide in you garage/shed/storage this will make it difficult for a rodent when distracted by you.
Although rodenticides are good the downfall is, if the rodent does not die off site and dies in a place you cannot get access to in your e.g. garage, then you have all the blue bottle flies and dead rodent smells to deal with. I tend to use enclosed snapper traps with peanut butter as a bait.
Finally any openings in your garage/shed/storage that are wider than 6mm and you,re in trouble.:lecturef_smilie:
I am a experienced and qualified pest control technician and I would like to give you some advice and recommendations.
Winter is fast approaching and from reading your posts you seem to be putting you Spyders away in sheds/garages/storage.
Rodents
How do they get in?
Under doors
Holes in walls and roof cavities
Climbing walls, cables, pipes
Lift shafts
How do you know if they are around?
Droppings
Footprints and tail marks
Smears: grease from the body
Holes or damage from gnawing
Characteristic odour
Live sightings
Its all about keeping the rodents out of a building/shed/garage/storage. A Preventative approach will get rid of rodents by stopping them from entering the property in the first place.
Wherever you are storing your spyder make sure there are no gaps/holes in wall floor junctions, roof/ceiling, gaps underneath doors. If there is use wirewool/cement/sealant such as Mouse Stop/crushed chicken wire etc.
Make sure there are no gaps around pipes.
If there is a gap underneath any doors bristle strip proof the base of the door. Baby mice can get through the tiniest of gaps and adult mice will just flatten their bodies if they have to get underneath a door. A gap or hole only needs
If you have a brick garage and there are air bricks, use air brick covers which keep mice out yet still allowing air to get in.
Its all about making it uncomfortable for rodents.
Make sure there is nothing for rodents to make harbourages in your shed/garage/storage.
Avoid keeping newspapers, cardboard and any textile materials which rodents find good for bedding/nesting material.
Its all about making sure rodents don't have anywhere to hide.
If there is no where to hide in you garage/shed/storage this will make it difficult for a rodent when distracted by you.
Although rodenticides are good the downfall is, if the rodent does not die off site and dies in a place you cannot get access to in your e.g. garage, then you have all the blue bottle flies and dead rodent smells to deal with. I tend to use enclosed snapper traps with peanut butter as a bait.
Finally any openings in your garage/shed/storage that are wider than 6mm and you,re in trouble.:lecturef_smilie:
hyea:
