Baits That Work Where Sprays Cannot

What Pest Baiting Systems Are and When They Are the Right Call

Baiting depends on getting the pest to accept the bait, so it starts with identification. Different ants prefer sugars or proteins at different times of the season, and the wrong bait is ignored. German cockroaches take a gel bait placed in the cracks and voids where they harbor. Rodents are wary of anything new and need stations placed along the paths they already use. The inspection tells us which pest, where it is traveling and what it will take.

Placement follows the pest. Ant bait goes on the trail, at the point where the ants enter the room and at the outside entry point, in small amounts the workers can carry. Cockroach bait goes into harborage, not out in the open. Rodent stations go along walls, in the crawl space and at the entry points, because rodents run edges and avoid open floor. Every rodent bait we place is inside a tamper resistant station, locked, anchored and labeled, so children, pets and wildlife cannot reach the bait.

Baits are slow by design. Ants have to carry it home and share it, which takes days. Rodents need to find and accept the station before they feed. During that time you will see the pest at the bait, and that is what should happen. Spraying near a bait placement stops it working, so we ask you to leave the placements alone.

Baiting is the right call for ants inside the house, for light cockroach activity and as part of a rodent program. It is not the whole answer on its own. A severe German cockroach infestation needs a HEPA vacuum cleanout and a liquid application as well. Rodents keep coming until the entry points are sealed, which is why the Rodent Prevention Program exists for properties under constant pressure. No bait changes the moisture or the gaps that brought the pest in, so we pair baits with non repellent liquid barriers for ants and with exclusion for rodents. The inspection, which is free and carries no obligation, settles the combination.