In the previous post I compared the risks of poisonous pest control products to other common household poisons you already use everyday. In that post I encouraged anyone who might be concerned about applying pesticides inside the home (and around children and pets) to always read the product label as the ultimate line of defense. [...]
Children and pets. You are looking at two biggest reasons why people are concerned about applying pesticides in and around the home. Our customers want to know: is it really safe to apply poisonous chemicals in my home, around my children and pets? To put this concern into perspective it is helpful to compare pesticides [...]
Many of the calls we get here at Do My Own Pest Control are from customers who don’t necessarily have any specific bug problem. Instead they are looking for a good preventative chemical that can be applied periodically for year round pest control. Preventative quarterly pest control is an effective and economical way to go about [...]
The KSAT news team in San Antonio Texas ran a story yesterday on the hazards of do-it-yourself bed bug treatments. KSAT reports that “the government says those treatments have already proven to be dangerous, with one person dying and dozens more getting sick”. Certainly this claim of do-it-yourself bedbug control methods being the direct [...]
Now here is something that I happen to think is super cool. I was browsing the website today and noticed we carry a new product – a complete Basic Pesticide Safety Kit (buy now) including chemical resistant Tyvek coveralls. (Can you tell I am not always in the loop on these developments? That is what [...]
For general pest control of common household pests like spiders, ants, centipedes, earwigs, or roaches, sometimes all you need is to do a general pest control spray application around the perimeter of your home quarterly – every 3 months. This treatment is ideal if you do not have any serious infestations and just want to [...]
No, he’s not going to ask for a glass of milk. That was the mouse who ate the cookie! But he might lick his lips and whimper a bit before asking for some doggy Pepto Bismol. We frequently get calls from customers looking for a rodent bait that is strong enough to kill mice and [...]
There is a safe way to handle rodenticides. And this is NOT it… Hmmmm. Let’s have a closer look at the offense, shall we? That’s James, the Little Bro. He doubles as a warehouse and tech guy at the office. On this particular day he had been photographing some rat poison blox for the website. [...]
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