Referral: Pest Control Companies in Santa Barbara?

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1. Have used Lenz in the past. They are expensive, technicians are good, but front office needs work.

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2. Lenz Pest Control does great work. Speak with Dale, the Mgr.

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3. Try Taylor Pest Control. Local Owner/Operator, great service, very responsive and knowledgable. They treat my property for ants, spiders, and crickets but they also can treat/control rats, mice, gophers, roaches, bedbugs, fleas, etc. Shane Taylor 805-450-5436 or 805-308-7575 taylorpestcontrol805.com

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4. If the price is too high for you DIY is not that hard. The first thing is to go around the garage, inside and out and look for openings. The simple way to fix that is to climb up or bend down to the hole and fill it with fine-grade chicken wire and nail it in place with staple brads. Next, set out green bait traps and multiple mouse traps in sets of two facing away from each other along the wall. Mice and rats stay close to the wall. After a week, the best prevention is to keep your door closed all the time, keep the green poison traps outside and inside the garage as well as keep loaded mouse traps around. All the pest people are going to do is to fill int he holes, and leave poison around. This is what we do at the winery, and it works perfectly.

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5. I have had mice getting into my home’s walls, from the outside. I monitor the hole with a trail cam, to check their activity going in and out of the hole. I want to kill them on the outside of the house, not trap them inside. I don’t use poison, because it will poison the wildlife (birds, hawks, etc) that may feed on the rodent’s body.

   I’ve had good luck with the black snap traps, but find that if I put in the peanut butter bait too close to the edge of the trigger panel, they can reach it without triggering the trap. Several of the mice have been trapped, but there seems to be one left that has learned to avoid triggering the trap. They are pretty smart little buggers. If I don’t get him in the next couple days, I’ll just close the hole and hope for the best. That said, I read stories of mice chewing on wiring and making nests from wall insulation and that is a worry.

   Any advice would be appreciated.

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