Don’t leave food out, either inside or outside (and this includes pet food). Remove piles of garbage, junk, or debris (even plant debris). Avoid the Situation Avoid the RatsĪs with many invasive rodents and critters, the best way to keep them out is to make your home and yard uninviting. That means you can have a tenfold jump in your pack rat population every year. A female can give birth every two months, and the newborns are able to enter into that cycle by the time they hit their two-month birthdays. If a rat situation isn’t rectified early, you may be looking at an infestation, as they multiply quickly. Think paper, pillows, wiring, irrigation tubes, open food containers, and storage boxes. And anything works for building that midden.
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Although they may not choose to live in your crawlspace full time, they may venture into an unsecured area for items they can use, either to add to their nests or to eat. They will typically nest close to their feeding spots, but that doesn’t mean your home is off limits. They are constantly on the lookout for predators, so your inviting neighborhood offers them a haven from all of that. Pack rats live in the desert in holes in the ground or under low foliage. They pick them up (sometimes dropping something they’re holding in lieu of something new) and cart them back to the midden. These woodland creatures are attracted to new “toys,” objects that spark their interest. In your home, however, let’s not allow them to become that ancient. Archeologists can actually review the contents of a rat’s midden to identify plant life from up to 50,000 year ago, which is the longest middens have been found to survive. They received their nickname thanks to their habit of saving everything in their nests, called middens. Technically referred to as white-throated wood rats, these critters are important to the cycle of life in the desert, but they can also be big pests for homeowners.
Pack rats run wild in the Sonoran Desert landscape they’ve called this area home forever. They’re dirty, they’re noisy, and they’re a little creepy - especially if they strike a fear deep in your belly. There are plenty of different types of rodents in Arizona that can cause grief to homeowners, but there’s just something about rats that makes people want to get rid of these critters quickly.
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