Hurricane Season – Is it Over?

Hurricane shown from orbit in the Mississippi gulf coast; Southern Pest Control

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Hurricane season is not over yet. Remember some of our worst hurricanes happen in August, September and October. Are you prepared?

Naturally, there are many things you can do to prepare for hurricane season. Let’s review the below items.

Step 1: Have a Plan

Start by having a plan in place for you and your family. If you are evacuated, you should already have a plan regarding where to go. Also, get together a disaster supply kit that contains critical information and supplies if you do need to evacuate. Another great part of the planning process is to make a communication plan with your family.

Step 2: Review your Insurance Policy

You should also take time each year to examine your insurance policy. This can help you determine if there are areas that require adjustment or if you need additional coverage. You may even want to talk with your insurance company to help you determine whether you have the right amount of insurance.

Step 3: Take Care of your Health

When a hurricane is looming, make sure you take the time to ensure you have enough of any prescriptions you normally take. Remember, when a hurricane hits, it could be weeks before you can refill your prescriptions, so having several weeks-worth in advance of a hurricane is important.

Step 4: Check on Your Neighbors

Check in with your neighbors to see how you can help each other before and after the storm. If you are running to the store to grab a couple of last minute items check to see if your neighbors need anything.

These are things that can help prepare you for a hurricane. To learn more about protecting your home during this season from unwanted pests, contact us at Southern Pest Control Service today, our professional and experienced staff is always ready to help. Please visit our website at www.southernpestcontrol.biz to learn more about us. We at Southern Pest Control have been in the pest control business for over 37 years serving the Gulf Coast Region.

 

 

 

 

Pest Control Company- do I need one

Housefly on counter in the Mississippi gulf coast; Southern Pest Control

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You may be asking yourself why do I need a pest control company when I can just go to one of the DO IT Yourself Pest Control stores and buy all the insecticide I need. Well this may not be a wise decision and let me explain why.

Your Health

Beyond being creepy, pests can carry harmful diseases and hazardous bacteria that can expose your family members to illness. For instance, cockroaches carry E coli and salmonella on their bodies and can also cause or intensify health problems related to allergies and asthma.

Tick bites can cause Lyme disease, which is a dangerous condition often associated with symptoms such as rashes, severe fatigue and extreme illness.

Ants can contaminate your food, and bees or wasps can cause injuries and trigger dangerous allergic reactions.

With a professional Pest Control Company, you are assured that the problem is eliminated quickly and safely.

Identifying and Eliminating Pest

Most pest control companies can eliminate many different types of pests, including spiders, rodents and all sorts of insects — ants, bees, cockroaches, fleas, termites and wasps.

If you eliminate the pests but don’t find the source attracting them to your home, more infestations are likely. Pest control companies can determine the cause of your problem, find the specific source and eliminate it to prevent future infestation

Time

A professional pest control company can provide quicker and more effective results than if you tried to fix the infestation yourself. Because of their experience and chemicals that may not be readily available to consumers, they can quickly implement extermination plans and efficiently eliminate all pests in a relatively short amount of time.

Avoiding Damage

The cost to hire a pest control company may even save you money over time.

Many pests and rodents can damage your home — destroying carpets, clothes, foundations, floors, furniture, rugs or walls. This can eventually force you to repair the damage or pay to have it fixed.

Paying a licensed professional to eradicate the pest infiltration quickly and effectively can protect your property and help you save on additional damages to your home.

Treatment Cost

The exact price of pest control treatment depends on the type of pest, size of your property, severity of the problem. But rest assured that the cost of a professional pest control service is well worth it when you

Snakes Can They be a Concern in the Summer

Black snake in yard in the Mississippi gulf coast; Southern Pest Control

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Despite being cold-blooded animals, snakes don’t like to get too hot in the summertime, and you may find a variety of reptiles seeking shelter from the hot summer sun.

If you aren’t seeing a snake every occasionally, then something isn’t right.

A lot of people always try to attribute seeing them this time of year to some kind of weather phenomenon, It’s so hot. It’s so wet. It’s so dry. Some people say they haven’t seen a snake in many years, but there’s must be snakes around. By some coincidence they see a couple in a short amount of time. Because they hadn’t seen any in a long time, they think they are suddenly overrun with snakes, which is not normally true.

If you have a healthy environment, you’re going to have snakes. If you have a field next to you and they’re doing construction work or something, they may run a few of them onto your property. That might be the phenomenon that accounts for you seeing a couple of them.

For some people, every snake they see is a venomous one, but in Alabama there are only six venomous snakes, they include the pit vipers: cottonmouth, copperhead and the three rattlesnakes — eastern diamondback, timber and pygmy. The sixth venomous one is the extremely rare coral snake.

The coral snake is so rare. They are usually limited to the southern half of the state, although we have records of them in the central part of state. A coral snake is so boldly colored people are not going to mistake it for one of the other snakes.

All of them are beneficial in their own ways, especially the king snake, which regularly dines on several of the venomous species.

The good thing about snakes is they eat only small animals and other critters. They don’t eat fruits or vegetables. The small snakes are going to eat insects or small invertebrates. The larger snakes like the black racer, garter snake and rat snake will eat what they can catch, which is mice, rats and other snakes.

Most snakes will seek an escape from the summer heat and will typically find shelter underground.

Snakes don’t like it too cold or too hot. You’re going to find them in shady areas in the summertime. If they get caught out in the sun for too long, they’ll get too hot and die. So, they’ll be seeking shelter during the hot times of the day.

We at Southern Pest Control hope that this information was helpful. If you have a snake problem or any other type of animals, please remember we do not only control your unwanted pests, we safely remove unwelcome animals as well. Please call us at 800 527-9832 if we can help. Please visit our website at www.southernpestcontrol.biz. to learn more about us and your services.

Mosquito Concerns in 2018

Biting Mosquito in the Mississippi gulf coast; Southern Pest Control

 

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It’s Summer time here along the Gulf Coast Region and the mosquito continue to increase as a health threat that we need to stay attuned as to what is happening throughout the country.

There has been an increased range of health hazards from mosquitoes, fleas, and ticks. There has been a 250 percent increase in diseases in 13 years.

The latest report from the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta warns of a rising threat from emerging vector-borne diseases. A team studied more than 640,000 cases between 2004 and 2016, They concluded that mosquito borne disease epidemics happen more frequently

Local cases of dengue fever have been reported in Texas, Florida and Hawaii. Symptoms include high fever, muscle and joint pains, headaches, and nausea.

Florida and Texas have also reported outbreaks of the Zika virus that are carried by the mosquito. The symptoms are similar to dengue fever, including headaches and aching joints. While the disease is rarely life threatening, if pregnant women contract the virus it can be passed to the foetus and case microcephaly. This is where the baby’s brain is not fully developed.

Zika is spread by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes. The reports say that the range of these insects has been expanding. They could possibly be in 38 US states.

Another disease Chikungunya has become a major global health problem. It has spread locally also in Texas and Florida. It is rarely fatal but causes fever, severe joint and muscle pains, headaches, and skin rash. There is currently no vaccine for this disease.

At Southern Pest Control, we take mosquito control as a main priority in the summer months here along the Gulf Coast Region. We offer an effective mosquito control program as well as all our other pest control services. We have been serving the Gulf Coast for over 37 years with well-trained pest control experts. If you need help please call us at 800 527-9832, a member of our expert staff will answer your call and address your pest problem. Please visit our website at www.southernpestcontrol.biz to meet our team of professionals.