What Happens When Pests Die in Your Home?

While doing your spring cleaning before the temperatures heat up in the coming months, one of the most unpleasant discoveries that you can make is finding large numbers of dead animals or insects. These may include mice, cockroaches, and ants. Of course, if the size or number of these dead pests is large, you likely smelled them before you discovered them.

One important thing to realize is that this discovery is usually just a sign of a much larger problem. This is because finding a number of dead animals or insects usually means that there is a considerable number of them alive elsewhere in or near your home. Ignoring this situation may end up being a pretty costly decision in the long term for many reasons.

However, a professional pest control company that is called upon to dispose of the dead animals and insects that you found may also find others that were not visible to you. The affected areas of your house will also be deep cleaned and disinfected as long as they are salvageable. The oftentimes powerful and sometimes dangerous smell can be eradicated at this time as well.

A professional will also be able to determine if there is, in fact, a larger issue at play here, such as a large number of pests alive and well just behind your walls, under your floors or in your attic. Either way, we recommend that you contact a professional pest control company to ensure that your home is free of pests, both deceased and alive, from here on out.