14 exterminator nightmares that will make you cringe

A completely renovated kitchen is a pleasure – at least until you notice the mice droppings. Imagine the surprise Jordan Foster, pest technician with Fantastic Pest Control, got when he saw this gaping hole in the wall. “A family had their kitchen refurbished and the contractors left a giant hole in the wall,” says Foster, allowing the rodents to come and go as they pleased. Follow these 10 rules of renovating to avoid disasters such as this.

Foster says this was the most disgusting and shocking bedbug infestation Fantastic Pest Control ever witnessed. Believe it or not, people were actually living in the house. “The buggers were literally everywhere, and I still can’t comprehend how somebody could have lived in these conditions – bugs were falling on top of them from the ceiling,” he says. Head here to find out how to treat a bed bug infestation in carpet.

Usually, noises in the attic are from squirrels or a raccoon – but on this call, Seerveld discovered something else entirely. “I saw a large amount of bird droppings, and even some nests and eggs. Sure enough, I found several pigeons roosting in the attic, including nesting pairs,” he says. His team removed the nests by hand, and they prevented the pigeons from coming back in by installing a one-way door over the opening.

Rats aren’t always picky about what they chew on. When Seerveld got a call to this house, he smelled a familiar odour coming from the kitchen. He knew there was a dead rat somewhere, and his nose led him to the rat’s final resting place – inside the back of the oven. “I found the rat’s mouth around the electrical components, and it was pretty clear it had electrocuted itself to death,” he says.

When Seerveld was called to an Orlando apartment complex to remove a snake, he was a little surprised to find this huge Burmese Python on the lawn. “These snakes are native to southeast Asia, not Florida, so I knew it was either an escaped or an intentionally released pet,” he says. “It was 3.35 metres long, but not at all aggressive. In fact, it appeared thin and malnourished, so perhaps it had been living outside for a long time.” He picked it up and transported it to a snake centre in central Florida.

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Source: RD.com