Prevention Is the Most Cost-Effective Solution<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\nIf you don\u2019t want the hassle of getting rid of the infestation, the best way to go about it is to make sure it doesn\u2019t happen in the first place. Rats enter your house through the attic and the small gaps in the walls. Closing all these gaps should go a long way in ensuring a rodent-free home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After you close all the entry points, you can clear out the rodents that are already inside the house by using traps. The trappings should ideally continue for at least a week to make sure there aren\u2019t any rodents left. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you\u2019re doing this by yourself, make sure you wear rubber or latex gloves, especially when you\u2019re removing rat droppings and urine. You have to spray the area with a disinfectant to avoid the spread of any diseases. If this feels like too much work, you can always call a professional to do the job for you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Insulation is arguably the best defense against the changing temperatures that come with a new season. However, it can also be used by rodents to make themselves feel right at home in your own house. A rodent infestation will not only make the insulation less effective but also cause other problems for you and your family. It…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":844,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":6,"label":"News"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/geo-insulation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/when-rodents-nest-in-insulation.jpg",1024,793,false],"author_info":{"display_name":"Pablo Calvo","author_link":"https:\/\/geo-insulation.com\/blog\/author\/pablo\/"},"comment_info":"","category_info":[{"term_id":6,"name":"News","slug":"news","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":6,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":42,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":6,"category_count":42,"category_description":"","cat_name":"News","category_nicename":"news","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/geo-insulation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/geo-insulation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/geo-insulation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geo-insulation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geo-insulation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=843"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/geo-insulation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/843\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geo-insulation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/geo-insulation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=843"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geo-insulation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=843"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/geo-insulation.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=843"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}