Sign of a rat problem                                 

Gnawings Sightings                                   Droppings Sounds (scratching, scraping)            Smells                                       Runs Shiny, oily, and or dirty pathways next to walls, gnawed openings, and pipes  Dogs or cats becoming unexpectedly agitated

Georgia has two types of  Rats that cause MAJOR PROLEMS the NORWAY RAT and ROOF RAT
   
           
                                                                                                              

Rats transmit Murine typhus fever, rat bite fever, salmonellosis or bacterial food poisoning, Weils disease or leptospirosis and trichinosis, melioidosid, brucellosis, tuberculosis, pasteurellosis, rickettsial diseases, and viral diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease. Norway rats can also carry the rabies virus.  

 Rats often chew electrical cables. Around 26% of all electrical cable breaks are caused by rats, and around 18% of all phone cable breaks. Around 25% of all fires of unknown origin are estimated to be caused by rats.

Rats can fall 20 feet without being injured. Rats can jump 3' straight up and 4' out from a standing position. Rats are capable of swimming 1/2 mile in open water. They can climb up insides of pipes with diameters between 1 1/2" - 4". A rat's teeth are so strong it can bite through aluminum, lead and other metals.


Rats, particularly roof rats (Rattus rattus), can enter the attics of homes where they mate and nest.

If you suspect you have rats in your home you should act quickly because they reproduce at an extremely rapid rate. Rats mate every three weeks and at three weeks old the babies mate so you could only imagine how quickly a rodent infestation could get out of hand