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Common Problems Rats Cause



 You can face the rat issue if you have dark corners or open holes within the house. They consider the hole as an invitation, and once they get into your house, they are going to annoy you more than your expectations.  For sure, they will get into your kitchen and taste the food available in the kitchen, and their bite can cause a serious infection.  We are proving the reason below of why you face a rodent or rat issue within your house. 

Poor sanitation 
One of the major reasons is poor sanitation like the rat easily got access to water and food if they found both of the things, why would they leave your house?  They love to live within the garbage; if they find a portion with garbage for sure, they are going to live there for a long time. So if your home is not clean, they are going to reproduce, and sooner, you may find a lot of rats running within your house and disturbing your life and kitchen too. 

Seeking for the shelter 
If your house has an open hole and they may choose to enter within your house, the next task is they are going to search for a secure corner where they can live and raise their younger’s. There is also the chance that they may chew the side of your house just to get in.  They can fit into small spaces like a broken ceiling, window, or gas line. They can also eat the wood so if you have old woody doors or windows they can eat them easily. 

Seeking for the shelter around the house
They can use the firewood as a shelter if they found it around your house. If you have flowers or a mini plant near your home, they can use it as a shelter.  They can also live within the automobile or car, where they will eat the cables and can destroy your car functioning. So close all the spaces within the house and car too. 

What are the problems that rat carry? 
A rat can cause many dangerous situations like eating your food and transmitting a variety of diseases. The health issues that can be caused by rats are:

Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome-
this disease may spread due to taking a breath in the environment where they have pee and poop. 

Rat-bite Fever- 
you can become a victim of this disease if they have bitten you, scratch, or you got in direct interaction with the dead or alive rat. 

Salmonellosis-
the use of food that was touched by the rat or may contain their poop can become the reason of this disease.  The other problems that you may face due to rats are: They may live in your house by digging the ground like in the garden. There is a possibility they are going to destroy the garden and structure of the house.  Contacting with the waste of rat can cause serious disease not for you but for your animal pets too. If you have a fruit garden, they may eat them or chew the fruits from several sides. 

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