Rabies Infected Raccoons in Hamilton With the recent outbreak of rabies affecting raccoons in Hamilton, as well as the local new stories of dogs being attacked by a rabies infected raccoon, it’s more important than ever to protect your family and pets from the dangers surrounding raccoons. Although the city of Hamilton and the Ministry […]
Keeping Slugs Out of Your Garden After a relatively warm winter, spring is finally reaching Southern Ontario. As April begins, the rains will continue as the old saying holds true; April showers bring May flowers. You have either planned or are currently planning your gardens, or are anxiously waiting for your first plants to sprout. […]
Knowing the Enemy: The Deer Mouse Peromyscus Maniculatus, more commonly referred to as the deer mouse, is a native rodent to Northern America. Their common name is derived from their amazing agility enabling them the ability to make great leaps and dart around surprisingly quickly. The Danger Deer Mice Pose Deer Mice might as well […]
Precautionary Measures While Spring Cleaning As the cold days fly by and warmer weather eagerly approaches, so do the pests. While you get prepared to start cleaning up the debris from your gardens, clear out the garage, and fix up the shed, you should keep in mind the potential hazards that loom around every nook […]
Zika Virus Facts 1. No treatment or Vaccine 2. Symptoms are fever, rash, joint pain and red eyes 3. Illness is usually mild and death is rare 4. Mosquitoes that transmit virus not present in Canada yet 5. Symptoms usually last 2-7 days 6. 1 in 5 people infected will be come ill However it […]
Action Pest Control Services Inc. is proud to be associated with using dogs at times to sniff out bed bugs. The dogs are fully trained and certified as bedbug detection dogs. All trainers have extensive training with dogs for the past 20 years attending seminars with world-class trainers in scent detection. The dogs can find […]
Bedbugs in Hamilton During an inspection of an apartment downtown this week, it took me about 5 minutes to determine the source of bites that were causing a tenant a lot of grief. They were waking up with bites but saw no insects. The mattress seam is one of the first places we look for […]
Protecting You & Your Pets Against Rabies For the first time in a decade, the raccoon strain of rabies has been found in the Hamilton area. Early this month a rabid raccoon was found in Stoney Creek. Since then, the province has been canvassing the area looking for more infected animals and have come across […]
Increase of Wildlife Related Calls With these warming trends Hamilton, Burlington and surrounding areas are seeing an explosion of wildlife, not only outside but in attics and under the homeowners decks as well. I think the animals are having an early breeding season due to the rather tepid temperatures in our area. They may think […]
It’s October in Ontario Canada which means Halloween is just around the corner. With that in mind, Hamilton residents can expect some ghoulish and creepy Halloween costumes arriving at their doorstep. As fun as it may be to witness the fun at hand it is important to be aware of the other creepy crawlers that […]
