Author: Jeff Norris
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How to Get Rid of Mice
How to Get Rid of Mice Florida properties are home to a wide variety of rodents and other uninvited wildlife. Mice are one of the more invasive, quickly reproducing into an infestation, doing damage to baseboards, walls, wiring and other parts of a building’s infrastructure.Once their tell-tale droppings are found on the floor or…
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Health Risks of Raccoons Living in Attics
Health Risks of Raccoons Living in Attics So, you’ve decided an attic restoration is in order, because you own an older home, you’ve recently purchased one that needs a bit of work or the attic has simply been neglected. Suddenly, while you’re in the attic, you come face to face with a set of glowing…
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How I Defeated a Cold Weather Rat Attic Infestation
How I Defeated a Cold Weather Rat Attic Infestation I was never one to take cold weather rat infestation seriously until I tried to crank my car up one cold morning and it wouldn’t start. I then popped the hood to find a huge rat’s nest and droppings all over the place. The pest had…
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Noises in Attic
Noises in Attic It had always been my dream to be able to drag race professionally, and I was finally on my way. I had assembled the best team that I could ask for, my Mustang was almost ready to go, and I had been able to find a house in Bradenton, minutes from the…
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Cortez Coyote Problem
There does not appear to be much anyone can do about coyotes. Guns cannot be fired in residential areas. Poisons are banned. The use of traps is limited.
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Sick Raccoons
“These raccoons all had the same symptoms, like lethargy and just kind of walking around during the day.”
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Got Bats?
People don’t really know they have a bat problem until they see them coming in and out of the house.
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Lack of rain puts animals on the move.
If it doesn’t start raining soon, it’s likely residents will see a lot more snakes and other wildlife on the move.
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Man stung by killer bees more than 150 times while trimming a tree
By Kristy Wolski, Reporter Last Updated: Saturday, August 7, 2010 SAFETY HARBOR — A day on the job could have been deadly for a group of landscapers on Saturday afternoon. The group was cutting down a tree at a house on 3rd Street South when killer bees started to swarm. Anthony Cimillo was one of…
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More Africanized bees have been heading to Fla.
By Angeeneh Adamian, Reporter Last Updated: Sunday, August 8, 2010 ST. PETERSBURG — After a weekend killer bee attack, a beekeeper says Florida may be at the beginning of a dangerous trend. Rodney Tyoe is a beekeeper who runs his own bee removal business. On Saturday, Tyoe responded to the scene of a bee attack…