We are experts in rat control, and are not your typical Providence, Rhode Island pest extermination company. We don't use poison, since it simply doesn't work, not to mention it causes rats a long, painful death! Poison doesn't kill right away, which means the poisoned rats almost never die where the poison was originally placed, and finding the rodent carcasses means it would take even longer to rid your house of rats. So instead of poison, we use humane and permanent rat control methods such as snap traps, or exclusion and relocation. We completely solve your rat problem by taking these steps:

• Inspect the entire property, ground to roof, and the attic
• Seal all entry areas shut, no matter how small, with steel - rats can get in through the tiniest of holes!
• Set a dozen or more traps in the house and around your property
• Remove all rats as they are caught and monitor for activity
• Once there is no more activity and no more rats caught, we're done
• When necessary, we remove feces, replace insulation, and repair chewed wires

Providence rat removal tip of the month: Store-bought repellents against rats - The subject of store-bought repellents is one that makes professional wildlife removers pull out their hair in frustration. For some unknown reason, store-bought repellents have become the popular choice of do-it-yourself pest removers. If you ask any untrained person about nuisance wildlife, he or she will likely ask you if you have tried store-bought repellents yet. Out of all the animals that might be offended by store-bought repellents, rats are lowest on the list. This has nothing to do with the rats' sense of smell. Like all rodents, a rat has a keen ability to detect aromas. What is important is how the animal handles the scents it comes across. People can have serious adverse reactions to odors. This is not true for most creatures in the animal world. Animals do not necessarily define odors by the rules of pleasant or unpleasant. Animals use odors for information. A store-bought repellent will provide no information and is therefore unimportant in the eyes of most creatures. Rats are especially immune to the negative side of odors. Rats live in sewers and in garbage piles, eating the carcasses of things that have been rotting for days. If a rat can survive happily in this type of scenario, a box of store-bought repellents will be a walk in the park.