Read our cookies policy. Rodents are mammals with extra-large front teeth, or incisors. They use these teeth for gnawing to get at food and find shelter. There are three main groups of rodents: squirrels, mouse-like rodents, and cavy-like rodents.
Squirrels have long, flexible bodies and furry tails, while mouse-like rodents have pointed faces and long whiskers. Cavy-like rodents, such as guinea pigs, have short tails and sturdy bodies with large heads.
Apply market research to generate audience insights. Measure content performance. Develop and improve products. List of Partners vendors. Share Flipboard Email. Laura Klappenbach. Ecology Expert. Laura Klappenbach, M. Updated April 05, Featured Video. Cite this Article Format. Klappenbach, Laura. Facts and Characteristics of Rodents. The Eight Main Mammal Characteristics. Your Privacy Rights. In a large fish tank, Markowich built a brick wall, separating two halves of the tank, and put some talcum powder along one side of the brick wall with some deer mice.
Then the experimenting began. Every night for almost two years, Markowich would come home at the end of the workday and spray one side of the brick wall with whatever essential oil he was testing at the time. Then he would close up the tank and come back the next day. While conducting this experiment, Markowich also went online searching for anything he could find on methods for repelling rodents. The product is sprayed along exterior walls and prevents mice from getting inside.
He said customers were thrilled that bait stations and rodenticides could be removed from their homes. Markowich said Pro-Pell is a great add-on product, for PMPs to sell to schools especially, as some school districts and states are looking to decrease the rodenticide and other rodent control products they use. Markowich says Pro-Pell is advantageous to pest control companies using the product as part of their rodent control service toolbox.
For many pest control companies, especially those like Guardian Pest Control located in the northern United States, it can be a struggle to maintain revenue and employment during the winter months, he said.
Markowich explained that since some pest control customers go on a service delay during the winter, businesses can lose a large chunk of their customer base and revenue.
So his solution was to convert all his customers to using the Pro-Pell exterior mouse repellent, and then during the winter months, technicians would simply come and spray either monthly or quarterly. Pro-Pell worked so well when Markowich first created it that friends at other pest control companies began buying it from him. Now, Pro-Pell is sold throughout the U. He recently created Pro-Pell Cups for rodent control in enclosed spaces like sheds, campers and pool heaters, and is currently working on a spray bottle application of Pro-Pell that can be used to protect the wiring in vehicle engines.
The stories he hears from customers inspire him. He fogged the attic with it, and he and the owner just watched 14 roof rats come running out of holes in the attic. PCT keeps a pulse on the industry with timely Reader Poll questions.
Here is the most recent question for pest management professionals. Click here to participate. Many innovative, marketing-focused PCOs have taken advantage of the fact that their service vehicles are constantly on the road, providing an opportunity to be a moving billboard.
In re-cent years, PCOs have taken vehicle graphic design to a new level with creative, eye-catching service vehicle wraps.
Entry deadline is Aug. Wraps will be judged on the following:. Click here to enter. Throughout the year, PCT hosts virtual events, including informative single-topic webinars, Vendor Showcases and Business Booster webinars. Links to past webinars as well as a list of upcoming webinars can be found at www. Many pest management professionals have found LinkedIn to be great for networking. Mix passed away in June at age Mix, who stood , was a former Ohio University basketball player who joined Pest Control magazine later renamed PMP magazine in , serving as editor-in-chief before being named publisher several years later.
Mix is survived by wife Nancy, three children, two step-children and five grandchildren. The scholarship program aims to support full-time university students engaged in urban and industrial pest management studies. All of the students who applied will make a huge impact on the future of the pest control industry. This year marks 45 years that Pi Chi Omega has provided financial scholarships that support formal education within the field of entomology.
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As such, we believe Anticimex is a perfect example of a company that long-term can reshape an industry and have a substantial positive impact.
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