Rat Control in Miami Shores

Miami Shores became a village in 1932. A few years earlier the Shoreland Company had marketed it as "America's Mediterranean," and some of those original Mediterranean houses still stand, along with the ranch houses and other homes built in the decades after. It's mostly single-family homes on tree-lined streets, with Barry University's campus in the village and Biscayne Bay along its eastern edge.

Old houses, old trees and fruit in the back yard add up to a roof rat neighborhood. Most calls from the Shores are about noise in the attic and rats in the mango tree.

Older Roofs and Attics

A house from the 1920s or 1930s has been reroofed several times, often by different crews with different materials. Gaps show up where an addition meets the original roof, where vents were replaced and where tile ends were never closed. A provider should walk the whole roofline and then go into the attic. Rats in the attic walks through what they look for.

Yards, Fruit and the Bay

Big lots with mango, avocado and citrus trees feed roof rats for much of the year. Pick up fruit every day and keep branches back from the roof. Homes along the bay and canals have seawalls, which can bring Norway rats. If you're finding burrows and not attic noise, see Norway rat control.

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