FAQs

A Geelong Pest control technician will arrive and ask you to point out the general direction that the nesting site may be, without you getting too close and potentially being stung. We will then put on protective clothing and have an applicator with a pvc pipe to give us some distance from the entry of the nest. We then place the pipe in the entry and apply a permethrin-based powder with our powder applicator.

In warmer months in particular, we would recommend inspecting your gardens, retaining walls, rock gardens or even cracks and crevices around your home, for any wasps from flying back and forth from the entry point. This will be the wasps setting up a nesting site with the “drones” going out foraging for nesting material and food. The inspection is particularly important to avoid your pets or children from wandering to an area which can potentially be a nesting site.

Yes, wasp stings are extremely painful and will sting multiple times. Wasps have also been known to spray a pheromone on a potential target to send a warning signal to other wasps to attack! This cannot only be a horrifying experience but can also be fatal, as too many stings can lead to anaphylactic shock.

Yes. Wasps are extremely territorial and will attack if their nest feels even slightly threatened.

Take your dog to the vet and they will administer a K1 vitamin injection and monitor them over time. This reverses the effect of the bait. Once again, we will not place any products in areas we deem to be a threat to you or your family including pets.

This is known as ‘secondary poisoning’ this is extremely rare and typically only happens in very rural areas due to having literally thousands of rats and mice eat bait and then die. Even if you did have those extreme numbers, your dog (depending on size) would still have to consume a large amount of rats and mice to have any affect.

Our technicians will always place our products away from family and pets, the bait stations are key lockable and we only place them in areas that you would approve of as the client.

To be honest there isn’t a huge amount you can do aside from cutting trees back from the gutter line by at least 2m and not having any lattice or creepers against your home as they’re known in the industry as ‘rat ladders’. To give you an idea, mice only need an approximate 5-6mm gap to gain entry to anywhere and rats is about 12mm or as we call it ‘the rule of thumb’. Not to mention, they are prolific climbers.

The products we use are designed to bring on the feeling of thirst for the rodent, to drive them out of the home to look for a fresh water source. That is the biggest difference between using our baits compared to hardware store baits is that our baits are ‘single feed’ which means the rodents only need a small amount to feel the effects of needing to thirst, hence giving them time to seek water. Multi feed baits purchased at hardware stores are designed that the rodent has to eat a large amount before the product build up in their system and then the rodent can’t move due to consuming too much, so ultimately they will pass away in the roof or wall for example. That is not to say that it cannot happen with our high quality products, but the chances of it happening are dramatically reduced.

We say to allow 5 weeks to knock the current population down due to rodents neophobic behavior (nervous of changes in their environment). During this period you may hear an increase in noises, particularly knocking noises, this is a great indication that the rodents have started interacting with the products and the process of gaining control will commence.

An overall increase in knocking noises due to the rodents interacting with the bait. Also be prepared for the noises to cease but then possibly return due to high numbers for the season coming in waves, this can happen several times but rest assured knowing that our technicians place more than enough products to last several waves of activity.

We use a mixture of products including, baits, powders and bait stations.