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Pest Control

There are many ways to remove pests in a Calgary condo but preventive methods should be taken as prevention as better than cure. Some of the methods have been discussed below.

Never keep or let anyone keep decaying food, stagnant water or even rotting wood. Waste should never be collected in the house. It all leads to germs, which further leads to pest. All trash and the bin should be covered properly. Garbage lids should always be closed tightly. All shrubs and plants that grow and overlap your property should be trimmed and cut, as they become a pathway for pests. You should prevent contact with any pesticide and avoid eating, drinking and smoking during spraying pesticides. All your pest entries should be sealed. This would avoid them from coming inside the house. For this all gaps more than 1.4 inch in the Calgary condos should be sealed and holes in roofs like where the roof overlaps should be sealed. All gutters should be kept clean and tidy. Before storing season clothes they should be washed properly. The firewood from the fireplace should be removed. The storage areas, furniture, boxes and other items should be cleaned regularly and looked for pests and rodents. The storage items should be shuffled regularly to avoid dampness. Wallpaper should be clean as it acts like a source of food for pests. Even paper grocery bags should be clean. Damaged wood caused by water leakages should be repaired. Damaged windows should also be repaired. A wire mesh should be placed over the attic and roof to prevent pests like bats, squirrels, rodents from entering the Calgary condos. But the wire should be cut by wearing a glove as its edges are very sharp. The place where cables and pipes enter the walls should be sealed properly. Chimneys act as a place frequently visited by birds, raccoons and squirrels. It should be covered by a mesh or a wire.

How to Control Pests in Calgary Condos

To do pest control in a Calgary condo many measures have to be taken by the resident himself. Many pest eradicating companies are in the market but the foremost actions have to be taken by the resident of Calgary condo. There are many types of pests. Some of them are given below and the methods to eradicate and prevent them are also given.

• Ants: Ants can be eradicated from the Calgary condo by the use of flour and borax. One cup of flour and two cups of borax should be mixed in a jar. By pinching a hole in the jar the contents should be sprinkled in the Calgary condos. But the warning is that this mixture should be kept away from the reach of children. By growing plants like spearmint, tansy and southern-wood around the house will not allow ants to enter inside the Calgary condo. Vinegar can also be used as a disinfectant and should be put on cabinets and table tops. You can put a line of bone meal or powdered charcoal like a barrier at the way from which the ants are entering the house. A hole where ants live can be sealed by putting lemon juice in it. Even the slice of lemon can be put around its entrance from where the ants are coming.

• Fleas: Fleas can also be removed from the Calgary condos by the use of vinegar. One teaspoon of vinegar in one quarter of drinking water of your pets will make them ticks and flea free. Around your pet’s bed you should put leaves of rosemary, red cedar, eucalyptus, fennel or pennyroyal trees. Another method is to take out the fleas from your pet’s body and then vacuum them. They can be thrown out of the Calgary condo as killing each flea is difficult.

• Flies: To eradicate and remove flies any citrus fruit’s peal like that of an orange should be kept outside as it acts as a repellent. Even cloves act as a repellent. To prevent flies from entering the Calgary condo, garbage bags should be sealed tightly. After washing and drying garbage bins dry soap or borax should be put into them. Dried ground leaves if hung in muslin bags and placed outside the house also repel flies. Sugar can be boiled with corn syrup and water and this mixture can be hung outside the house to prevent flies. Plants of mint and basil should be planted outside the Calgary condos. The plants should be watered properly as it emits a strong scent, which repels flies.

• Mosquitoes: To repel mosquitoes citronella candles should be burnt. Stagnant water should not be allowed to stand as it acts as a breeding place for them. A very unusual method to prevent mosquitoes is to allow dragonflies, which are natural predators inside the Calgary condo. Plants like tansy and basil should be planted around the house also repel mosquitoes.

• Roaches: All gaps where cables and wires enter the house should be sealed properly as they act as a place from where cockroaches can enter the Calgary condo. All small cracks along, walls, cupboards, and around pipes, sinks, and bathtub fixtures should be sealed properly. Pet food should not be left outside for long. Dishes should not be left overnight with food particles. Half cup of borax and one fourth cup of flour should be mixed and filled in a jar. This mixture should be sprinkled all over the house by making a small hole on the jar. Apples cut and kept in corners of the Calgary condos repel roaches.