Rats | Paramount Pest Control

Did you know? That a rat can last without water longer than a camel? Did you know that rats can mesh their bones together and squash flat enough to get under most doors?

Fact: Rats have never given anything beneficial to society. They spread disease, damage property and contaminate food. One pair of rats can shed more than a million body hairs each year, and can leave behind more than 50,000 droppings in a year. If a dog or cat gets excited unexpectedly, then theirs probably a mouse or rat in your walls.

The two most prevalent rats in Australia are the Norway rat and the roof rat or black rat as it is known. The Norway rat is the largest of the two it has a thickset body, blunt snout, small close set ears and a tail that is shorter than its body.

The Norway rat has a life cycle of 9-12 months and in that time can have 5-6 litters, each with 8-10 young, their young sexually mature within 3-4 months, so the reproductive potential is quite alarming.

The roof rat has a slighter build, it has a pointed snout, large prominent ears and a tail longer than its body, again it lives from 9-12 months, has 4-5 litters in that time, with 6-8 young reaching sexually maturity in 3-4 months.

Rats are creatures of habit, once they have explored their surroundings they establish rigid traveling routines. They are weary of new objects that is why they are so difficult to trap, as they rarely approach anything that is not familiar to them, unlike the mouse which is very curious, the rat often does not get fooled by the pest technicians baits.

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