At a glance
- Service
- Rodent problems and signs
- Area covered
- Riga and the surrounding region
- Price
- From €40 — the figure quoted is the final price
- Availability
- 24/7, weekends and nights included
- Reply time
- Within 5 minutes of the form being submitted
- How to book
- Through the enquiry form only
Rodents are rarely seen. In most cases the problem is found through indirect signs — and the earlier it is, the simpler the treatment.
Where rodents are noticed
Rats in the basement — what to do
Rats in the basement are the most common rodent problem in Riga. Damp, the heating substation…
Read →Mice in a flat — what to do
Mice get into a flat through gaps no wider than a pencil. That is why the problem is rarely…
Read →Rats in a private house — what to do
In a private house rats almost always come in from outside: from the compost heap, the shed, a…
Read →Rats in the sewer and the toilet bowl
The brown rat swims well and can move through the sewer system. In rare cases it reaches the…
Read →Rats and mice in the ventilation shaft
The ventilation shaft is the main route rodents use to move between flats in an apartment…
Read →Mice under the floor and in partition walls
Noise under the floor or in a wall means the rodents are in the voids of the structure — where…
Read →Rodents in insulation and facades
Mice and rats make runs through mineral wool and polystyrene. The result is heat loss and…
Read →Rats under decking and under the house
The voids under decking and under a house are a protected place for burrows — close to the…
Read →Mice in cars — damaged wiring
Mice nest in the engine bay and gnaw wiring insulation. The repair often costs many times more…
Read →Rats in a neighbour's flat or in the stairwell
If rodents are coming from a neighbour's flat or the common areas, treating your flat alone…
Read →Signs and identification
Rat droppings — how to identify them
Droppings are the most reliable sign. Their size, shape and freshness tell you the species and…
Read →Mouse droppings — how to recognise them
Mouse droppings are 3–6 mm, dark and elongated. They are usually the first sign that there are…
Read →The smell of rats and mice indoors
A sharp, ammonia-like smell in an enclosed space usually means rodents are actively present,…
Read →A dead rat in the wall — how long does the smell last
The smell of a dead rodent usually lasts 1–3 weeks depending on the size of the animal, the…
Read →Rat tracks and grease marks
Rodents travel the same routes over and over, leaving grease marks along walls and tracks in…
Read →Noise in the ceiling and wall at night
Scratching or rustling at night almost always means rodents — they are active in the dark,…
Read →Rats or mice — how to tell them apart
The species determines the method, the placement of the stations and the price. You can tell…
Read →Signs that rodents are present
Six signs that tell you there are rodents on a site — even if nobody has seen an animal.
Read →Season
Mice in autumn — why they move indoors
In September and October rodents move indoors. It is the most active period of the year, and…
Read →Rats and mice in winter
Rodents do not disappear in winter — they move indoors, where there is warmth and food.
Read →Autumn rodent control — prevention before the season
A preventive treatment in August and September stops the problem before rodents get into the…
Read →How to use this section
If you already know where you noticed the activity, start with the page for that place — basement, flat, ventilation, insulation. If you are not sure what you are dealing with, start with the pages on the signs: droppings, gnawing, noise and smell together usually give a clear answer. If you do not know whether it is rats or mice, that is where to begin, because the species decides both the method and the level in the building at which the stations go.
Why rodents are rarely seen
Rats and mice are active at night and avoid people. In most cases the problem is found through indirect signs — droppings, noise, gnawing or smell. If a rodent is seen during the day, it usually means the population is already large and competition for food has pushed one animal into taking a risk. That changes the scale of the treatment, so an animal seen in daylight is always a signal to act sooner.
The earlier it is noticed, the simpler it is to solve
A rodent population grows fast. A problem that today is in one room and needs a single callout can, a month later, be in the structure, in the insulation or across several floors. Then repairs come on top of the treatment — gnawed cables, damaged insulation, contaminated food. That is exactly why the first signs are worth taking seriously, even when they look trivial.