Halloween Candy Safety and Pests

With Halloween an immediate concern and the holidays in general looming nearby, many of us have sweets and treats on our minds. A pleasant bowl of "fun size" chocolate bars on a coffee table, some candy corn placed in the guest room, and perhaps a plate of pumpkin-shaped cookies in the kitchen can all play a pleasant part in holiday celebrations. These treats might also attract a few pesky critters. Rodents and bugs love sweets, and it's hard to blame them.

If you want to have your candy out and eat it too, you have to be vigilant in keeping pests out of your home. Obviously you should always be vigilant in this capacity, but with all of these tempting treats around, you might have to keep a closer eye out. Leave a sticky mouse trap around just in case. By merely touching your snacks, a mouse or bug can spread an unseemly amount of ailments and diseases to you, your family, or house guests. 

Whenever a fly lands on a surface, it excretes waste. This means that if a fly lands on that bowl of candy corn, the bowl has now been exposed to fly feces. Keeping fly-killing disposable fly traps is indispensable. Similarly, as a mouse makes its way around your home, it excretes feces without regard for your family's food. More worrisome still is that a mouse chewing through that Snickers wrapper is sure to leave remnants of saliva on the candy. If you aren't careful, you might find yourself biting into the same section of a candy bar that a mouse did, and that is quite simply disgusting.

Here are some ideas to safely present family and friends with snacks without inviting a menagerie of wildlife to snack as well. Keep snacks covered as best as possible. Dishes with glass lids are great for keeping pests out. Only purchase individually wrapped treats. While a mouse might tear through some wrappers, it might not even know food is there if the food remains packaged. 

Buying sticky mouse traps and disposable fly traps is always a good idea. No one wants their Halloween ruined by spooky exterminators coming in to fumigate your home. Keep food and your family safe with help from these excellent tools.

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Managing Pests During the Summer with Disposable Fly Traps

"Summertime and the living is easy," the old song goes, and for many of us it rings true. While we may languish a bit in oppressive heat, we also enjoy a wide array of activities that are inviting and unique to the summer. There are outdoor cookouts perfect for entertaining the family, friends and neighbors. You can swim in the pool for hours on end, avoiding the heat but not the powerfully tanning sun.

Of course these and all manner of outdoor fun can be stifled by the summer's uninvited guests: bugs. Whether that brisket smoking on the grill is inviting flies or your delicious skin is welcoming mosquitoes, you have to be able to manage bugs during your outdoor activities in the summer. That might mean bug spray and citronella candles for avoidance sake, but it should also include disposable fly traps to take the problem on a little more head on. 

During outdoor meals, disposable fly traps can be placed in areas away from the food to assure that bugs are not landing on the food you happen to be eating. This is not a small job. Each and every time a fly lands anywhere it dispenses its waste. This means any item of food a fly lands on has microscopic bits of fly feces. While that might seem insignificant, even small amounts of bacteria can make humans and pets incredibly sick. By killing the flies, you can assure the safety of your food, though you might still want to invest in covers for dishes that will be sitting outside.

As far as the pool goes, flies and other bugs can become a persistent issue when trying to keep the pool clean and the water safe to swim. Again the same truth of flies carrying diseased-bacteria rings true. If those dead flies that float on the top of your pool get into kids' mouths, they could become quite ill. Not to mention, it is gross. With disposable fly traps strewn around the pool, you can significantly limit the amount of bugs that make their way into your swimming water and make getting rid of the dead flies significantly easier.

Whether you own a pool, plan on having cookouts or just intend to leave your home this summer, disposable fly traps are a must have. They will allow you to live comfortably and disease-free.

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Professional Grade Products from Catchmaster

Sometimes in life, it’s necessary to hand a situation over to a professional. But what if you didn’t have to?—in terms of pest control anyway.  If you have a bad pest problem that regular treatment just won’t eradicate, you should look into the professional products from Catchmaster.

For insects and roaches, there is a great selection of attractant, baits and traps that are sure to wipe out your bug population in no time. If your problem is more rodent related, there is a ton of mouse traps and bait of all sizes. There is even a rodent barn to improve the longevity and effectiveness of glue traps by protecting it from dust and dirt. For the more sensitive rodent exterminator, there is even a humane mouse trap dubbed the Multi-Catch and is a catch and release system. This system is easy to use and safe to use around pets and children.

Its springtime which means that fly will be a buzzing and entering our homes. If you have a fly problem at home or in your business that needs to be eradicated, there is wide-array of tools ranging from fly tape to light glue traps. Read More!

How To Use Humane Mouse Traps

If you're a homeowner with a rodent infestation, you might be faced with a difficult dilemma — you want to get rid of the invading animals, as they're unsanitary and annoying, but you also don't want to hurt or kill them. For a long time there were no options for people in this situation, but that was before humane mouse traps became widely available. Fortunately for you (and mice), these traps make it easy and affordable to rid your house of rodents without causing any pain.

Of course, using a Catchmaster humane mouse trap is about more than just catching a mouse and letting it go. You have to be careful where you release the mouse — if you pick your backyard, for example, the mouse will probably run right back into your house. This is because mice have a powerful homing instinct and house mice in particular gravitate towards places with humans. For similar reasons, releasing your mouse next to your neighbors house or other building is also something to avoid — that is, unless you really hate the owners! Read More!

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Mice and rodents can be very annoying! To get rid of them, some people take the ‘Tom and Jerry’ approach by buying a cat to eliminate the problem. However, a cat comes with a whole set of new issues. Some people take the approach of spraying or placing toxic substances around their home or office. As with any poisonous material there can be serious risks that come with taking that approach. We don’t want to risk, god forbid, a child or pet eating or inhaling the poison which can be fatal or cause severe damage to their body.

In addition to the annoyance of having mice, they also can cause a disease called Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS) which is very fatal. Mice droppings, urine and saliva can be contaminated and cause this illness. There are also studies that have been published claiming that airborne mouse allergen can cause asthma.

Some of the best methods of catching mice simply involve placing the proper traps in ideal locations around the house. Using glue boards can be very effective if they are positioned properly. Non toxic sticky mouse traps or glue boards are easy to use and very economical. They can be used for mice, insects and snakes. Always remember that closing up holes in the walls or floorboards of your house and keeping food in sealed containers will help keep new mice and rodents away from your home or office.

For additional information about catch traps and glue boards you can visit our site at http://www.catchmaster.com/

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