About rats

Rats not only threaten human health, but also cause great damage to our lives.
Let's get rid of it after fully understanding the habit of the mouse.

In Japan, more than 20 kinds of rats are known.
The following three types are found in and around the house.

• Salmonella bacteria in the excrement of rats cause food poisoning.
• It is stabbed by a mite that is infested in the mouse and causes itching.

• It causes damage by biting furniture and food.
• Twigs wires and gas pipes to create a cause of power outages and fires, or use computer cables to paralyze functions.

The basis of rat extermination is "environmental improvement", which is to create an environment where rats are difficult to live.
Extermination using equipment and chemicals is effective only after taking environmental measures.

• Store the food in a container with a lid.
• Let's keep the kitchen clean.
• Let's not leave kitchen garbage or water.

• Apply wire mesh to drains, vents, etc. so that rats can not enter.
• Block holes in the pipes, around the introduction of the air conditioner pipe, etc.
• Even a hole of about 1 cm may pass through.

• Nests are built under the floor, under the ceiling, closet, drawers, etc.
  Let's keep it organized and clean.
• Paper, cloth, binile, etc. are used as nest materials, so do not leave them alone.

It is generally considered inefficient, but is useful in places where pesticides cannot be used.
When using equipment, be careful not to get injured.

• Put it on the shadow of a mouse for more than 3 days in a row.
• Fresh ingredients such as sweet potatoes are used for food.

It will be installed in the passage for more than 3 days in a row.

This is a method of mixing a rat's favorite food with a killer and feeding it to death.
There are acute venomers and cumulative venomers.
Choose the right one depending on the type of rat.

It is a drug that has a blood coagulation prevention action, and if eaten continuously for 4 to 8 days, it has a fatal effect.

It is effective to feed the lethal amount at a time.

• In hot weather, rats dead in hidden places will rot and cause odors, so it is better to avoid use other than winter.
• Clean up the food and drive it into a hungry state.
• Place it in places where you work well or near the street.
• If you don't eat it as a killer, mix it with the rat's favorite food to make it a dumpling or sprinkle it.
  In that case, be careful not to eat people or pets accidentally.

After extermination, be sure to check if the effect has been obtained.
Post-processing is also important.
Let's spray insecticide on the place where the mouse was or the death.

In Health and Welfare Center, we rent baskets for rats and provide consultation on extermination.
Please contact Health and Welfare Center Health Sanitation Division in your ward.
For information about rats, please refer to the leaflet "The rats need Zhu! (PDF: 2,766KB) "(updated in July 2021).

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