Rodent Control in West Ashley, SC

HomeGuard at $49/mo takes care of exterior mouse and rat monitoring, and Plus at $75/mo adds bi-monthly visits with extended coverage. Exclusion work is quoted after the free inspection, entry point by entry point.

Yes. Exterior bait stations are tamper-resistant and pets and children cannot open them, and no rodenticide goes into living areas. Interior work is snap traps, set in attics, crawl spaces and wall voids.

Inspection takes 45–90 minutes. Exclusion on a West Ashley home runs 2–4 hours, longer on the post-war crawl-space houses of Avondale and Byrnes Downs, where every vent and pier gap has to be closed. Removal begins after exclusion and is confirmed at a follow-up 7–14 days later.

A minimum of three: inspection, exclusion and treatment, then follow-up confirmation. Homes backing a swale or detention pond in the Church Creek basin sometimes need a second follow-up because the burrowing ground beside them is permanent.

Yes. Rodents returning after exclusion and treatment brings us back free. Within 30 days an unsatisfied customer gets a return at no cost, and beyond 30 days a persisting problem means we refund your most recent payment.

No. We do a complete manual inspection, attic, crawl space, kitchen walls, garage and a 10-foot exterior sweep, which turns up what a K9 team would.

Most appointments in West Ashley are same-day or next-day. Call (855) 800-8469. If we cannot reach your home by the next business day, your initial service is free.

Yes, and the drainage is why. The Church Creek basin’s ditches, swales and detention ponds are damp, covered, easy-digging ground running past hundreds of back fences, and the Ashley and Stono marsh edges add the salt marsh habitat the species is documented to favor. They move toward houses when temperatures drop in October.

Roof rats. The mature canopy over Avondale, Byrnes Downs, South Windermere and Sherwood Forest gives them a route to the roofline, and seventy years of coastal humidity has opened soffit gaps and vents. Scratching in the ceiling at night is almost always roof rats.

Yes. Without a real freeze the population persists, breeding and spreading through the whole year. Around the 1950s crawl spaces of Avondale and the Church Creek marsh edge that makes ongoing monitoring far more useful than a single treatment.

That is Norway rat activity in the Church Creek basin’s drainage. The swale bank stays damp by design, cover grows on it, and it runs straight past your fence. Keeping your side mowed, sealing crawl-space vents and setting exterior stations along the fence is the reliable fix.

Yes. Squirrels take the limb-to-roofline routes roof rats take, so exclusion is part of the same service with identical materials. Identified during the inspection. Call (855) 800-8469.

Because rats are neophobic — NC State Extension notes they fear new things. A freshly placed station is a new object in familiar territory and a cautious population may avoid it for days. That is expected, not failure, and anyone promising overnight results is not describing how this works.

It is the part that lasts. Post-war West Ashley construction with a ventilated crawl space accumulates openings over seventy years: re-plumbing leaves unsealed gaps, vents rust through, crawl-space doors warp, and later additions rarely seal cleanly against original framing. UGA Extension makes the same point — closing entry holes is among the most effective things a homeowner can do. On an active infestation you need both: reduce the population inside, then close the route.