A few years ago, studies showed that Liverpool was one of the worst cities in the UK for rodent infestations, with homes and businesses across the city plagued by the constant threat of rats and mice.
The council has made a conscious effort to improve things in recent times, and alongside a number of professional pest control companies moving into the area, numbers have dropped slightly over the past couple of years.
However, the city still has one of the highest rates of rat activity anywhere in Europe and more needs to be done to tackle the issue.
Rats are a very serious public health issues, and infestations can get well out of control in an extremely short period of time if appropriate action is not taken.
If you are struggling to deal with Liverpool pests, the best thing to do is to get in touch with a local BPCA approved pest control firm as soon as you can.
The council do offer pest related services but they are often substandard and there can be a pretty long waiting list, by which time the infestation will have grown much worse.
In this article, we will look at why Liverpool has been a particular target for rodents in the past and how you can make sure that you home doesn’t become one in the future.
Why are certain places more susceptible to rat infestations?
There are many contributing factors that go into why Liverpool has been particularly popular with rodents over the decades.
Firstly, it is a thriving and bustling city with millions of people and properties. There is plenty of food, warmth, and shelter to be found, all things that rats look for in a good nesting spot.
The other main reason that places like Liverpool, Swansea, and other towns close to the sea suffer with rats is due to the large amount of trade that comes through the docks from overseas.
Brown rats are the sole rat species that cause the vast majority of pest problems in the UK, but other species, such as the black rat can arrive from overseas in shipping containers and cargo ships.
This means that as a professional pest control company working in the city, we often deal with species that other companies working in other parts of the nation do not.
What are rat infestations such a big issue?
Rodents are an absolute terror to live with, eating your food, contaminating your food stuffs and worktops, and spreading germs like nobody’s business.
They also have a habit of chewing through your home, which is always fun.
Rodent species come in many different shapes and sizes but all the ones that pose major pest issues in the UK share the characteristic of breeding extremely quickly.
This means that ignoring a pest infestation, even for just a couple of days can have pretty dire consequences and will make it far harder to resolve your problems further down the line.