Keeping Rodents and Pests Out of Your Garage

For many Houston homeowners, a garage is a place where a lot of belongings are stored as well as vehicles. Add Houston humidity and being a shelter from the elements, it’s also an attractive place for rodents and pests. This can become damaging to your belongings, your vehicle, your health, and your home. That’s why we want to give you some tips on keeping rodents and pests out of your garage. Prevention is much easier than trying to get them out if you already have them in your garage.

Keeping Rodents and Pests out of your Garage.

Remove The Clutter.

If you are the type to have boxes and boxes stacked haphazardly and leave things strewn about the garage, it’s going to be a lot harder to prevent critters and pests in your garage. Bugs, mice, and other undesirables love to hide in dark places and it’s a lot harder to control what dark places you have if your garage is full of clutter. If you want to store things in the garage, make sure it’s nice and organized and stacked in a way that has fewer dark spaces for rodents to hide.

Remove or Store Food Properly.

In many cases, mice and other critters such as possums are looking for food. If you are storing things like dry goods or dry pet food, you may consider a different place to store. If you still want them in the garage, then use plastic containers. The help blocks out the smell that attracts the rodents and helps block them from being able to chew or wiggle their way into the food.

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