We want to salvage the old growth fir flooring in a 1936 cabin in the Mt Hood area near Portland, Oregon. The cabin is being demolished so we can build a new cabin in the same location. The cabin is on the Salmon River in Brightwood, Oregon. We want to salvage the flooring to reuse […]
I live in Kitchener (Southern Ontario) and we’ve recently discovered a wasp problem in the bulkhead of our kitchen at the beginning of September 2015. The wasps entered through a crack in the brick from the outside and made their way into the small bulkhead above our kitchen cupboards. When we first discovered the problem […]
This past spring I noticed an infestation of clothes moths. I followed the procedures of cleaning, washing and dry cleaning clothes, professional pest control, traps, etc. I neglected to remove the books and clean the book shelves in my living room ( I didn’t think they attacked books.) Recently, I went to clean the book […]
# 4559 What is your opinion on the most effective mouse poison available to buy over the counter? There are many variables and regulations that must be considered when choosing a rodenticide. Health Canada explains that anticoagulant rodenticides fall into two categories: first-generation products (chlorophacinone, diphacinone, warfarin) and second-generation products (brodifacoum, bromadiolone, difethialone). Under new […]
Hello. I have had a reoccurring sow bug problem for a couple years. Normally, I’ll find a dead one about once a day. But during some months, for weeks/months straight, I get about 30+ a day. I have cleared my yard of places they can hide, and I keep my oven on and room heaters […]
My name is James and I live in a semi-detached home in Scarborough, Ontario. I recently had new neighbours move in, and for the first time in 20 + years find myself with cockroaches. I have been assured by a few pest control companies that being that I’m in a semi, if both sides are […]
4558 Last November my husband was bit by fire ants while on the golf course in Palm Springs area. He suffered a severe reaction and spent the afternoon in emergency. It has been recommended by an allergist that he avoid areas where these ants could be present. Are there places in Canada where these ants […]
I work at a Health Unit, in BC. We have an infestation of mice, which the pest control company is only using traps for. They advised us that fumigation is not allowed in Canada. Is this true? Potentially, there is a health risk here. We have elderly people and young children here daily who could […]
Good morning. We have a log home on an acreage and last year had an infestation of flies in between the top of the prow and the roof on the back of our house. We didn’t get a lot of flies flying around the inside of our house, however we were picking up hundreds of […]
4563 We recently had an exterminator spray our home for bed bugs. A few days after it was sprayed we noticed spots on some of the items in our home. Most of the spots that we have noticed are on things which are made of plastic such as the plastic border around our television, the […]
4560 Hello, It’s winter, but I appear to have a chirping/screeching/buzzing noise, usually in early morning, but lasts for hours, coming from my ductwork, which is embedded in foundation slab under house. Initially, it sounded more like a cricket/s, but now it sounds like a cicada/s. This commotion has been going on for weeks. I […]
4564 Are there new chemical traps available as studied by scientists at SFU? Not yet. The scientists have recently received funding from SCOTTS to continue studying an effective attractant for bed bugs. Scotts will probably use this attractant in a new trap and get it on the market in the near future. Read the news […]
I have springtails all around my house since last summer! I found some in the basement to! Maybe they get in by the windows of the basement! I have crush stone on one side of the house and grass on the other! No water stay near the foundation and no exterminator have pesticide for that […]
4562 There are 2 owls who have taken interest to our property. The have viciously killed 1 duck, 2 others are missing and they prey on our yard at all hours around our children and small dog. I need an immediate solution to keeping our children, pet, and herd save!!! Unfortunately when we live close to […]
4561 In question 4081 you suggest that a book could be put in the microwave to kill “almost any living creature”. Question 97 suggests “a few minutes” or in the oven at 150 deg. Is there not a danger that a book could burst into flames in the microwave? How long is “too long”? Presumably […]
4566 Hello. We have problems with lady bugs /Asian. Every year there is no end to them climbing all over my balcony .What is the best spray to use on the walls and pavement on the balcony to keep them away from coming inside the apartment. Thank you, Donald Unfortunately, there is no “quick fix” […]