Inverness Pest Control

28/03/2025

It's been a very busy few weeks. Lost count of the amount of moles that have been trapped, somewhere over 400!!

Another job that we have ongoing is a community rodent programme in a rural area. After a customer had repeat problems with rats in the garden and house, we suggested gathering the community together to tackle the problem.

With the support of the community council we currently have 37 householder's signed up to a three week programme which has enabled us to tackle the problem on a much larger scale than the odd couple of houses working alone on the problem.

One householder paid a national company £400 to deal with the problem last year, which has returned this year. By bringing the community together we have reduced the cost to each householder to 10% of the national company!

19/02/2025

It's been a busy few months on the mole trapping.

We have the ability to gas moles, rats and rabbits but the health and safety very often rules it out. So traps have to be used. We now have 150 traps in the ground and have had to get another delivery to keep up with the workload. Let's hope the snow and frost stay away for a few weeks.

16/01/2025

There are worse places to be asked to do some work in. We have been making regular visits to the botanics for several months. We have been treating European ants which are an invasive species.

If left untreated they will colonise the entire greenhouse and as they feed on other insects they have the potential to wipe out the ordinary ants along with other small insects.

10/01/2025

Its been a busy few weeks over the Christmas period.

Had to put a hold on the mole work with the ground being hard and covered in snow 🥶🥶

The cold weather has driven a lot of mice indoors which has kept us very busy. A couple of tricky rats over in Cromarty displaying trap shyness and neophobia got a bit frustrating.

The flapper valves fitted to a commercial premises in Nairn seem to be doing the trick with empty traps and no evidence of new rats in the basement .

We met a few of the other local self employed pest controlers for a coffee and catch up on Wednesday which is always good to swap hints and tips. is also available here💪

As always if your suffering from a pest problem please get in touch 07796952908.

24/12/2024

Sometimes you have to drop everything to make sure your customers are sorted for Christmas.

Rats had found an entry point to this property and decided to have their Christmas break in the tea towel drawer. Not only chewing up the teat towels for bedding they started harbouring their Christmas dinner by stealing the veg from other drawers.

Entry points sealed, traps set inside and outside the property. There won't be any Christmas pudding for this intruder!!

23/12/2024

Rats love a good sewage route to move around and very often can gain access to properties through broken drain pipes.

This manhole is showing clear rat activity and also signs of poor pipework beyond the manhole. We have trapped a few rats in the property over recent weeks and have now fitted one way valves to prevent rats exiting the manhole. All being well this should be the last of the rats gaining entry to the properties.

What helped solve this problem was three properties recognised there was a problem and we co-ordinated a joint approach meaning a cost effective solution for them all.

21/12/2024

Another busy week of mice, moles and rats.

We have had a number of calls to Cromarty involving rats. We are finding that we are clearing problem areas and within a matter of weeks more rats are moving in.

Rats are great diggers and like to live in dukes, compost bins under sheds and of course in dwelling houses.

One healthy pair or rats can breed upto1,000 rats in 12 months. Rats can travel upto 700 meters a night to forage. If they find an easy source of food then this can lead them becoming resident in new areas. Good sources for food are compost bins and bird feeders.

Given the problems of Cromarty we would like to offer a group discount on treatments. The more people involved the bigger the area we can treat and the bigger discounts we can offer.

If this is so.ething you would be interested in the feel free to get in touch.

26/11/2024

Whats the first thing you think or say after a wee break away and you return to this on your well kept lawn?

Most of these mounds will fill a 10 litre bucket 😁

Traps have been set for a few days.

15/11/2024

That's another busy week done. Lost track of what we started and finished but we have been around the area a couple of times dealing with mice, moles and rats.

It's not often our customers are so delighted they send us proof of the results.

Our customer had been trying various traps without success. Rats can become trap shy so we used a rodenticide to quickly get the problem sorted out.

After a full survey of the property we baited several areas around the garden safeguarding bait points from the family dogs.. On day 6 this dying rat was found by the family dogs. We would only ever use poison as a last resort and only if we can be 100% sure there is no risk to pets or wildlife.

This particular poison has no secondary poisoning. This means there was no risk to the family pet or any wildlife in the area if they find dead or dying rodents.

With the weather changing we expect to see more mice and rat calls. If we can help in any way then feel free to get in touch.
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08/11/2024

This week has gone by in an itch. It has been a proper mix of work.

6 Rat jobs (3 new and 3 completed)
7 Flea treatments
1 mole job

Not too sure if there is something going on with the mild weather but there has been a massive increase in flea calls. Most have either come in via a cat or dog.

Please take a few minutes to consider treating your your cats and dogs.

Even after a shower and change of clothes I am feeling a little itchy 🤣🤣.

04/11/2024

A job completed today. Flats in Culloden where the residents complained of scurrying in the loft.

We carried out a full survey of the property and predicted only one or two juvenile rats living in the loft. Exterior fabric of the building proofed, 3 traps set in each loft and left for a week.

As predicted 1 juvenile rat caught. 5 out of 6 baited and set traps (unset to remove) remained after 7 days show that this job is complete.

More moles to be done in the week ahead along with a couple of farm visits.

If your suffering a problem with any pest then feel free to get in touch to discuss a resolution.

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01/10/2024

Back on farms this week. The cows and calfs are being brought inside and along with them come the rats for free food.

This farm had a chronic rat problem last year which took a bit of getting on top of. This year one rat has been seen so bait points have been topped up with non secondary poisoning bait ensuring wildlife are not compramised.

30/06/2024

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Some of you may not know this but we have two companies. One for bees and honey and another for pest control work.

A homeowner in Scotland discovered three colonies of bees living in their ceiling.

15/04/2024

Loft inspection carried out today after reports of an animal bigger than a rat moving around. On conclusion of our investigation we believe it to either be a wolverine or lynx. We will need a battle plan for this guns? 5 men? A few dogs? And possibly some eggs.

11/04/2024

Some people may not know but we don't just do pest control work.......sometimes we fly kites and drive around in old vans.