Scratching in the attic at night is never the house settling. We connect you with local pros who trap and remove rats and mice, find every gap they're using, and seal the structure so the problem doesn't come back next month.
Scratching in the attic at night is never the house settling. We connect you with local pros who trap and remove rats and mice, find every gap they're using, and seal the structure so the problem doesn't come back next month.
Rodent control is a three-part job: remove the animals, seal the entry points, and clean up what they left behind. A local pro inspects the attic, roofline, and foundation for rub marks and gaps, sets traps where the travel routes actually are, and closes every opening a rat can fit through — which is a hole the size of a quarter.
Poison alone doesn't solve a rodent problem; it trades it for dead animals in the walls and leaves the door open for the next litter. The pros we connect you with lead with trapping and exclusion — the only approach that ends an infestation instead of managing it forever.
Rodent control is the right call when you notice:
West Tennessee is rodent country. Pack rats move in from the brush, roof rats run the fence lines and pecan trees, and house mice squeeze into garages the moment the weather turns. The first cold snap of fall pushes all of them toward the warmth of your attic in the same week.
Older Chattanooga neighborhoods with mature trees and pier-and-beam homes give rodents easy highways and easy entries, but new construction isn't immune — a gap at a roof return is all it takes. The local pros we connect you with know exactly where these houses open up.
Attic, roofline, garage, and foundation are checked for droppings, rub marks, and entry gaps.
Trap placement follows the runways rodents actually use, not random corners.
Snap traps are set, checked, and reset until activity hits zero — no poison-in-the-walls shortcut.
Gaps at roof returns, vents, and penetrations are closed with metal and materials rodents can't chew.
A final check confirms zero activity, and you get a short list of habits that keep it that way.
Poison kills the animal but not the problem: the entry points stay open, new rodents move in, and you risk a dead rat decomposing inside a wall. Trapping plus exclusion removes the current population and locks the door behind it.
Roof rats climb trees, fences, and power lines, then enter through gaps at roof returns, soffit vents, and where utility lines penetrate the wall. A rat needs a quarter-inch gap; a mouse needs a dime-sized one.
Most infestations are cleared in one to three weeks of trapping, depending on population size. Exclusion work is usually done in a single visit once activity is confirmed at zero.
Need something else? Head back to our home page or our residential services hub. You may also need Exclusion & Pest Proofing or Squirrel Removal.
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