Rat & mouse control

Rats and mice controlled with locked bait boxes and traps, and the holes they use found and sealed.

Illustration: a pest-control technician, seen from behind, placing a closed bait box against the wall of a clean storeroom
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Rats and mice follow food, water and shelter: rubbish, pet food, fruit trees, stores, garages and the voids behind kitchen units. Droppings, gnawing, grease marks along walls and noises in the ceiling are the usual signs. A rodent problem is never just the animal you saw.

Control is two jobs. The first deals with the rodents now: bait in locked, tamper-resistant boxes fixed where children, pets and wildlife cannot reach it, or traps where bait is not appropriate — kitchens, food areas, homes with pets. The second keeps them out: the holes, gaps under doors, open drains and broken vents they use are found and sealed. Bait on its own only treats the symptom.

Treatment is by certified technicians from a vetted pest-control company we choose for the job, with return visits until activity stops. You deal with us throughout.

What this covers

Safe for children, pets and wildlife

Rodenticides are biocidal products and have to be authorised before they can be used (Regulation (EU) No 528/2012; in Malta S.L. 430.09). Professional products are placed by certified technicians in locked stations, never loose. If a child or a pet may have eaten bait or poison, ring 112 straight away and keep the packaging or the bait station to show.

What it costs

Rodent control is priced after an inspection: the size of the property, how established the rodents are and the number of visits decide it.

JobUnitBandWhat is in it
Rat or mouse controlpropertyquoted on sitelocked bait boxes or traps, proofing of the way in, return visits

The pest, the size of the property, how far it has spread and the number of visits decide the price. You get it in writing, VAT included, before treatment starts.

Urgent pest control

Seen something?
Send it now.

Rats in the kitchen, cockroaches before guests arrive, bed bugs found by a guest, a wasp nest by the door. Fill this in and it reaches us marked urgent. Urgent requests are called back from 07:00, or the same day in working hours. We tell you when a technician can come and what it costs — before anyone sets off.

While you wait

  • Keep children and pets away from droppings, dead pests and anything that may be bait
  • If someone stung has trouble breathing or swelling of the face or throat, ring 112 now
  • Put food away in sealed containers and take the rubbish out; a photo helps the technician

The price is given when we ring you back, after a few questions — before anyone sets off.

Urgent pest control

Marked urgent when it arrives. This is a request for a call-back, not a confirmed booking: urgent requests are called back from 07:00, or the same day in working hours. To arrange the visit we pass your name, number, locality and problem to one vetted professional pest-control company we choose, who rings you; we may also text you to check it was sorted. If anyone is in danger, ring 112.

How it works

You deal with us. We arrange the inspection, choose a vetted professional pest-control company for the job — a CheckYourTraders member where there is one — and stay your point of contact through the treatment and the follow-up.

Questions people ask

How do I know if it is rats or mice?
Droppings tell most: mouse droppings are small like rice grains, rat droppings larger. The inspection confirms it and finds where they get in.
Will they die in the walls and smell?
It can happen. Technicians place bait and traps to reduce it and come back to check; a smell from a void usually fades within a few weeks.
Do you deal with rodents in restaurants?
Yes, on a contract with monitoring points and service records — see commercial pest control.

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