Pros and cons of controlling pests on your own

Time and again we as humans have had many obstacles in whatever we have pursued. The

same holds true when we talk about pests. They are certainly incorrigible living creatures and

hinder our daily activities in many ways. Pests are indeed a burden for us in our lives and must

be rooted completely. Of course we cannot extinct them but we need to find ways to live

harmoniously in this world of ours. By that I mean we need to protect ourselves and our

properties and there are many ways to do that.

Ways to Control Pests: There are two to do that and they are;

1. Hire an pest control exterminator

2. Gather knowledge and do it on your own

Common Kinds of Pests:

1. Bugs

2. Ants

3. Fleas

4. Cockroaches

5. Wasps

6. Silverfish

7. Beatles

8. Moth

9. Flies

10. Spiders

11. Earwigs

12. Birds

13. Mice

14. Fruit yellow jackets and goes on

Pros of doing it yourself:

Pests in general can harm both you and your surroundings. Thus they ought to be regulated.

For certain pests such as bugs, flies, cockroaches, spiders, termites and ants there are a lot of

do it yourself methods available to protect yourself and your home. There are non chemical and

environmental friendly homemade sprays, planting organic trees and plants, chemical sprays

such as pesticides, baits and traps etc to control them.

When the infestation is of a small group, do it yourself is the best method. However gather the

necessary details before you pursue with it. Commonly make use of chemical spray and though

it might be harmful for our surroundings, since the group is small, the side effects of chemical

spray are also negligibly small as you would have to spray lesser. There are many cheaper

pesticides with special combative powers available in the market to assist you with that.

Cons of doing it yourself:

The biggest problem of doing it yourself technique is that, the regulation lasts temporarily only.

The chemicals mentioned above do not exterminate them completely and thus pests can creep

back in to our lives. Thus you may have to keep using these chemicals every now and then to

regulate them and thus do it yourself techniques always end up costlier though the chemicals

are available cheaply. Besides ineffective pest control usually worsens the problems as these

pests develop the resistant to these chemicals and they attack you in bigger groups which then

eventually destroys a lot and makes it impossible for us to control them after a point of time.

Thus buy your do it yourself products very carefully to get effective results. Besides try to buy

specific pest related chemicals. Look out for money back guarantees and then buy your

products. Ultrasonic products never work efficiently as they cannot penetrate walls and doors

to kill the pests within them.

Thus it is advisable to seek for professional exterminators to do the task especially when it

involves a bigger infestation. This holds true for both homes as well as offices.

Source: http://www.avonpestcontrol.ca