Notes from the Green Truck

When rodent pests invade your New Jersey home or business, they spread life-threatening infectious diseases, expose humans and pets to dangerous parasites, contaminate food supplies and foul food preparation areas with their urine and feces, and damage structures with their incessant gnawing. Every year, rodents destroy one-third of the world’s food supply, do millions of [...]

Although mice and rats are active year-round, spring and fall are when rodents cause the most trouble for New Jersey home and business owners. Their narrow skulls and flexible bodies allow rodents to squirm through small cracks and holes to get inside buildings. A mouse can wriggle through a space no bigger than a dime; [...]

Mice are everywhere in New Jersey and New York City, and it is not surprising that many schools are experiencing mouse problems. School cafeterias provide a great source of food for mice, and they are the main reason for the infestations. According to the Freedom of Information, a total of 545 cafeterias in NYC schools [...]

The rat problem in New York City remains unsolved, and it seems to be getting worse all the time. In lower Manhattan, construction works have caused thousands of rats to emerge from their hideouts, and they have settled in nearby public housing areas. These dreaded creatures are making life distressful for many residents, and it [...]

Other diseases that mice transmit include:
7) Lyme disease is an inflammatory disease that is transmitted when a person is bitten by ticks that are found on mice. It is characterized by the initial occurrence of a type of skin lesion called erythema migrans as well as fever, fatigue, and chills. If the infected person is [...]

Rats are more than just an unsightly houseguest.  They are known to spread over 70 diseases too.  Back in the Middle Ages they were considered the main source for spreading the Black Plague.  In today’s world, we need to be especially careful of the likes of bubonic plague, typhus, and leptospirosis, to name just a [...]

My friend was making her normal run to garage sales in various New Jersey neighborhoods last weekend.  She told me of something hilarious that occurred while stopping at one of the homes.
This particular garage sale was a large one.  Many families were participating.  Many people were shopping, even though all of the items had not [...]

Vancouver officials are milling over information to see if new regulations need to be put in place for developers of new buildings.  The debate is whether developers should be required to exterminate for rats prior to demolition or prior building any new structures.  Developers are not balking at the idea, but have acknowledged that they [...]

Anyone who has ever experienced a mouse scampering across their floor or opened up a cupboard only to find the signs (mice feces) that a mouse is in the house can attest that it is an unsettling feeling.  Having cats in the house who are great mousers are a good idea; but even the best [...]

This story is comical mostly because it did not happen to me.  My girlfriend in New Jersey has been complaining about the fact that mice had been entering her home.  At first it did not seem too odd as springtime rain usually brought one or two mice inside.  But she soon realized there was a [...]