Keep Your Pet Safe From Dangerous Pests & Pest Control Chemicals This Winter
Protecting Your Pet from Winter Pests: Advice from Steve's Pest Control
Your pet is a valued family member. Protect them from harmful pests and the chemicals used to get rid of them with Steve’s Pest Control.
How to Safely Store Pest Control Chemicals in Winter
When storing pesticides and other chemicals in your home, you probably already know they should be stored in a child-safe cabinet. By decreasing the chance of contact with a powerful chemical, you are already protecting your pet. However, you also need to consider how you can protect chemicals from their own failure. Chemicals are susceptible to changes due to increases and decreases in temperature. In Missouri, winter temperatures can fluctuate rapidly. From a sunny afternoon to a frost-bitten morning, temperatures are difficult to predict.
Safely store your home pesticides by placing them in a cool, dark, and dry environment. Besides temperature, many pesticides can also be reactive to light and moisture. For the best results, keep home pesticides out of locations like garages or exterior sheds where temperatures can fluctuate and cause the pesticide to go bad. It is best to store them in a temperature-controlled basement or secure interior cabinet. Before you store your pest control tools for winter, make sure they will not expire before spring.
How to Prevent Fleas, Ticks, & Heartworm in Missouri This Winter
When it’s cold outside, your pet is probably more interested in being snuggled up with you than being outdoors. However, being indoors does not protect your pet from the dangers of pests like fleas, ticks, and even heartworms! Just like you and your pet, pests love warm environments and will seek out shelter wherever they can find it. Learn how you can prevent pests, protect your pet from dangerous pest control chemicals, and make it through the winter without a pest problem. If your beloved pet has brought pests into your home, you need help from an experienced team of winter pest exterminators. Call Steve’s Pest Control.
Signs of Heartworm
- A mild but persistent cough
- Fatigue
- A decrease in appetite
- Weight loss
Preventing Fleas All Year Long
Fleas crave warm and humid environments, and what is a better environment for heat-seeking fleas than your home? Opportunistic fleas can be found in the areas around or under your home, meaning it is easy for them to hop onto your cat or dog and catch a ride inside. Once inside, they will jump to other pets, or even into your carpet, rugs, and furniture! To prevent fleas from entering your home and harming your pet and your family, start by giving your pet regular flea treatments and checking them for fleas anytime you see signs of these gross pests.
Signs of Fleas
- Persistent scratching
- Hair loss
- Red bite marks and skin
- Bites on your own ankles
How to Manage Winter Pests Like Ticks in Missouri
Ticks are the least active of winter pests, but that doesn’t mean they still aren’t a threat. Ticks can carry a host of dangerous diseases that they can pass along to your pet. Even worse, some ticks will abandon your pet and move on to you! Protect your pet by giving them tick prevention year-round.
Signs of Ticks
- Red bite marks
- Ticks actively feeding on your pet
Where to Check for Ticks On Your Pet
- Ears
- Under collars
- Under the front legs
- Between the back legs
Guard Your Pet Against Sneaky Winter Mosquitos in Missouri
Mosquitos love to seek shelter inside and the warmth of your home is the perfect place to do so. If a mosquito takes up residence in your home, it could bite you or your pet without ever being detected. While an itchy bite doesn’t sound all that bad, a mosquito bite can be incredibly dangerous for your dog. Mosquitoes carry heartworm, a dangerous parasitic disease that will impact your dog’s health drastically.
Winter Extermination Services at Steve’s Pest Control
Sometimes you can take every precaution and still be overwhelmed by pests, even in the less active winter months. If you find yourself with fleas on your carpet, mosquitos on your ceiling, or ticks on your pet, it’s time to call your friends in the pest control business, Steve’s Pest Control. The extermination experts at Steve’s Pest Control can treat your pest problem, all while keeping your beloved pet safe. For the ultimate pest management system, consider our 5 Star Services. They have been designed to exterminate and prevent almost any pest you can imagine. Learn more about our 5 Star Services below!
Steve’s 5 Star Program
- 5 general pest services (1 Interior, 5 Exterior, Exterior Web and Nest Removal, Exterior Rodent Baiting)
- Pests are Eliminated outside before they enter the building
- Safer and more effective than continuous interior treatment
- Easy and hassle-free scheduling
- Unlimited Retreatment Warranty
Steve’s 5 Star Advantage
- All 5 Star Program Benefits
- Plus: Pest and rodent protection
- Plus: Termite protection with Sentricon
- Plus: $250,000 damage warranty
Steve’s 5 Star Program
- All 5 Star Advantage Program Benefits
- Plus: Mosquito reduction with unlimited re-treatment warranty
Prevent Winter Pests in Missouri Thanks to Steve’s Pest Control
The best way to protect your pet from winter pests is to exterminate the pest before it becomes an issue. Make your home a safe place to be by calling Steve’s Pest Control. You can share your concerns for winter and year-round pests and our exterminators will create a plan that fits your needs. When you work with Steve’s Pest Control, you can spend less time worrying and more time snuggling with your pet.
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