Rat and mouse control in Made
Rustling above the ceiling, droppings behind the washing machine or a hole along the fence: in Made we follow the trail back to where it starts.
On site within 24 hours, often the same day
- On site within 24 hours, often the same day
- Guarantee on the work carried out
- Free inspection & fixed price
- Working to the IPM method
Where it usually begins in Made
Made is not a random place to have a rodent problem: what happens here follows directly from the landscape and the buildings around it. Working farms change the arithmetic completely. A stored crop, a feed silo or a bale stack is a food supply that does not run out in January, and the buildings around it stay warm and quiet. That is why numbers here do not collapse in winter the way they do in a residential street.
Around Made we consistently see the same few factors at work, and they are the ones we check first. Alongside that, the ditches and watercourses plays a part in what we find here. A treatment in Made is finished when it has been quiet for several days and the openings are closed, not before.
Made falls under the municipality of Drimmelen in Noord-Brabant, a large village of roughly 13,000 people. We cover it on the same schedule as the surrounding places, including Geertruidenberg, Wagenberg and Terheijden, so an extra visit rarely takes long to arrange. The smaller places around it are part of the same service area: Drimmelen. There is no call-out charge for any of them.
The places that yield the most in Made
An inspection in Made follows the places that matter most locally. Given the farms around the village, these are at the top of the list:
- feed stores, barns and machinery sheds on the farms
- hay and straw storage as a winter shelter
- verges and field margins connecting the yards
- the network of ditches and drainage channels between the plots
From your call to a solved problem
- 1
No loose product
Never a rodenticide loose in a crawl space or shed; only inside a locked station.
- 2
No glue boards
They are inhumane and solve nothing, because the cause simply stays in place.
- 3
No expanding foam
A rat gets through it in one night; we use steel mesh, mortar and metal.
- 4
Nothing left behind
No equipment that stays in place without anyone checking it again.
Not every situation calls for the same work, and we say so even when it costs us the job. Sometimes an inspection shows there is no rodent at all but a stone marten, and then we refer you on. Sometimes a single mouse walked in through an open door and a trap plus a draught-proof threshold is enough. And sometimes the cause is a defect that needs a builder.
In practice the difference between the two species means this: with mice we often work entirely with traps indoors and the problem is noticeably smaller within a week. With rats we take time to let the animals get used to the equipment, place locked stations outside and allow for two to three weeks.
The signs we find in homes in Made
Damp and rodents belong together, and that connection is often missed. Rats need to drink daily and settle by preference where water is available: a leaking pipe, a blocked downpipe, a wet crawl space or an old disused drain. Where it is dry, they rarely stay long.
It matters for the approach how long the animals have been there. Animals that have just come in are still close to the point where they entered and are quickly caught. A population that has been in place for months has spread across several rooms and needs the whole house treated at once.
How an untreated problem develops
- Week 1: occasional noise, loose droppings, hardly any damage
- Weeks 2 to 4: fixed routes, grease marks, more droppings
- After a month: nests, gnawing damage and activity in several rooms
- Animals visible in daylight: the population is large and spreading
Price structure and conditions
A quote from us is three lines rather than three pages. What we found, what we are going to do and what that costs. That simplicity is deliberate: the longer a quote, the more places there are to add something later that you did not notice.
A roof edge four metres up counts too, as does a facade that can only be reached across the neighbours' property. We name those things during the free inspection, so the amount on the quote needs no explanation.
What the quote states
- What was found, with species and scale
- Which work that requires, step by step
- The fixed amount and the guarantee period
- The date on which we can start
Our rates at a glance
Guide prices. You always get a fixed price in advance based on your situation, with nothing added afterwards.
Inspection & advice
Free
No obligation, quote included
- Thorough inspection
- Honest advice
- Fixed price quotation
Rat and mouse control
from €95
Single treatment
- Targeted treatment
- Safe around pets
- Follow-up advice included
Treatment + proofing
quoted per property
Complete and lasting result
- Rat and mouse control
- Entry routes sealed
- Guarantee on the work
Prevention indoors and outdoors
What you do in the first week matters more than what you do in the third month. As soon as you find a trace the population is still small and still close to the point where it came in. Every week of waiting means more animals, more rooms and a longer treatment, while the measures stay the same.
Check once a year whether the crawl space hatch closes properly, whether there are droppings or nesting material, and whether the penetrations upward are sealed. If loose insulation is lying on the floor of the crawl space, look underneath it: that is favourite nesting material.
With chickens, rabbits or pigeons
- Feed what is eaten in one day and remove leftovers in the evening
- A feeder that does not tip over or spill
- The hutch on legs, at least twenty centimetres off the ground
- Feed stored in metal bins, because plastic buckets get gnawed through
Rats and mice in Made: common questions
- Yes. We will drive to Made for a single mouse behind a skirting board. With a small problem the work is done in one or two visits, which is the cheapest outcome for both sides.
- Yes. Made falls within our service area in Noord-Brabant, along with the rest of Drimmelen and the neighbouring places. There is no call-out charge for it.
- We take them with us and dispose of them. You do not have to do anything, and nothing is left behind in the crawl space or the shed.
- You can, but place them against the wall and across the running route; a trap in the middle of a room stays empty. With rats it only works after a few days of habituation.
- Through openings from about six millimetres: pipe penetrations, broken air bricks, gaps under thresholds and the crawl space hatch. Rats need two centimetres.
We also work in the smaller places around Made
These hamlets and small villages do not have a page of their own, but they are part of our service area. There is no call-out charge and we get there as quickly as we do in Made itself.
- Drimmelen
We see the same reports in these places
See all the places in the municipality of Drimmelen or the overview for Noord-Brabant, or read more about rat control and keeping mice out.
Want to talk through your situation in Made?
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We mainly work for private households. Is your business dealing with rats or mice? Get in touch to hear what is possible.
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On site within 24 hours, often the same day in Made. Call or message us and we will help you quickly.