According to Steven Dwinell, president of the Association of Structural Pest Control Regulatory Officials, a good example of this has occurred during termite pretreatment for homes under construction. “It might cost 40 cents per square foot to treat a foundation,” he says, “but the contractor offers five cents. Whoever wins that bid isn’t using pure juice.”
If mice get into a person's food or water supply, he or she can be infected with Salmonella, develop tapeworms, contract infectious jaundice or Lymphocytic choriomeningitis. Mites found on mice can also cause problems such as house mouse mite dermatitis, or Rickettsial pox.
Exposure to cockroaches can result in not only the spread of germs but also extreme "ick factor"; most people are liable to be rather squeamish about the existence of cockroaches in their homes. Unfortunately, while tribbles are soft and cute, they're also terribly fictional.
The main problems with wildlife in your yard will likely be the destruction that animals can cause while they try to eat everything edible they can find in your yard and the damage they cause while they try to nest in your house and yard.
So, you’ve just moved in to your dream home. Everything is in its proper place after days of unpacking and you’re just putting the last of the dishes away in the cupboards. You lift the cardboard box off the counter to throw it away and you see…. ANTS!!! (or something equally creepy)
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