subject: Get Rid of Rats by Frightening the Living Daylights Out of Them [print this page] Do you need to get rid of rats in your crawl space or attic? Well it is possible to do that now without having to kill them. How can that be? Frighten the living daylights out of them by using a new kind of strobe light!
Before getting into the details, I need to let you know that I personally fought with rats in my attic for 18 years. In the beginning and off and on over the years, I had pest control companies killing rats, and sealing holes. But the rats would just chew another hole through my cedar siding and the drumming of tiny feet on my ceiling would begin again. I tried every trick in the book. Besides the ongoing trapping of rats and sealing entry points, I tried peppermint oil, sonic repellers, and predator urine. None of that stuff worked for long and their invasion into my home seemed unstoppable.
Eventually, after years of struggle and thousands of dollars spent to kill the rodents. it began to seem hopeless and I became fatalistic about ever getting the rats out of our attic. It seemed as if they were a horde of little kamikazes, determined to maintain control of my attic no matter how many had to sacrifice themselves to do it.
Then there came the day when I came across an article online from a pest control trade magazine. The article talked about how a well known pest control company in my area had successfully tested a kind of strobe light that repelled rats and squirrels. The article described that the test went so well that this company incorporated the lights into their rodent control services. I could hardly contain myself! My first instinct was to just dismiss that this strobe light could work. My cynicism after years of failure with the rat wars ran deep. But, the glowing testimonial given by this large pest control operation in my area, overcame my jaded senses.
I had to have these lights! I searched for and ordered some of the lights and placed them in my attic. It was a miracle! The scrabblings and scratchings in the ceiling became less and less and very shortly, not a single sound. My prayers had been answered. The rats packed up their little rat bags and left my attic! I wanted to yell the good news to the world, "the rats are gone!" I managed to restrain my enthusiasm though my gratitude for this solution remains.
The strobe lights, called the Squirrel Evictor and Rat Repeller, work by emitting a blinding strobe light that pulses slower than the party type strobe lights. According to the manufacturer, this pulsing light has the effect of annoying the eyes of the rodents and causing their eyes to become fatigued so they no longer want to stay and nest. I like to imagine that it just frightens the living daylights out of them! The lights are so overwhelming that I cannot believe any human or animal could stand the lights long enough for their eyes to get fatigued. It is overwhelming to the senses. The solution to rodents in the attic has arrived unless rats and squirrels get their hands on some little rodent sunglasses.
If like me you have been trying to get rid of rats in the attic, shine a light on the problem. Just because it's a strobe light, the rats won't start dancing to the music, they will be shoving each other out of the way to get outside. Well, that's the way I like to imagine it at least.
Get Rid of Rats by Frightening the Living Daylights Out of Them
