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How to Protect Your Pets During Pest Control?

Steve Gilford February 3, 2023 3 min read
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People usually take good care of their children and keep them safe when they go for pest control treatment. However, you need also to provide the same attention to your pets. If you have cats, dogs, birds, or anything else at home, you have a similar responsibility towards them. You might need to remember to watch these pets when you are going for pest control.

Most of these pest control treatments will not affect the pets, but you must be very careful. However, if you are unaware of this fact, you will expose your pets to unavoidable risks. On the other hand, pets like dogs and cats use their nose to understand what is happening and what they can do to protect themselves. Even though they will not be near the toxic concentrations, you need to keep them away from the adverse effect of pest control.

Speak to the Professionals

First and foremost, you must inform the pest control agency that you have pets at home. What pets you have must be mentioned. Discuss with them the treatment option and how it can affect your pets. Go for pet-friendly pest control alternatives if required.

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Experienced and knowledgeable technicians will answer all your queries and advise you on distinct safeguards based on the product they are utilizing. They must also have detailed treatment plans, which you must follow accordingly.

Go Through the Label

If you ever think of doing pest control personally, you need to go through the product’s label. The precautions and usage instruction is vital information you must pay attention to. If you have children and pets at home, you must be extra careful during treatment. During the treatment, you cannot expose them to danger because that can be life-threatening in some cases.

Don’t be Sorry, Be Safe

As far as possible, you need to take the help of professionals who know how to confine your pets in untreated areas. Along with this, they have detailed plans and programs which you need to comprehend before the pest control treatment. It’s always better to be safe than to feel sorry for what you do.

 

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Contact them as early as possible and discuss your situation so that you can make necessary provisions before the pest control starts. Provide your pets with well-ventilated rooms as well as enough food so that they can stay away for a few hours. Some pest control agencies like Elite Pest and Termite Control will advise you to remove the pet’s food, bedding, water bowl, and other such things to avoid contamination.

It is your responsibility to cover the birdcages and fish tanks with sheets or towels that you have. It will prevent the toxic spray and the airborne particles from creeping into these places. Along with this, you need to look for the correct place to keep your pet unhindered. In totality, you need to go for high-quality pest control services that can provide you with safe pest control measures for the desired results.

Steve Gilford

Steve is a home design and renovator from Pennsylvania, who loves finding creative solutions to solve challenging home design problems. Steve went to the University of Pennsylvania with a double major in Architecture and Civil Engineering. After graduating, he worked as an independent contractor doing interior renovations, before starting his own business specializing job site management and project management on larger projects including entire house designs.

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