Termite Extermination – You and Your Pets

If you have pets and it is time for a termite treatment, especially a fumigation, there are things you need to consider to keep your pets safe. You should leave your house and take your pets with you. Remember that if a place is not safe for you, it is not safe for your pets. 

Some termite treatments require you to leave the house, but others don’t require you to leave they are not harmful to people.  Even though the chemicals are not dangerous to you, this does not mean that they are not harmful to your pets.

REMEMBER:
Your pets live  down on the floor where the termites live, and therefore where they are being killed.  Pets could eat or lick, the products and become sick.
Pets are small and the effect of chemicals will be effect them much stronger than they will you.
Many of the treatments take place out side your home where your pets spend time.  When you return to your home, it may be safe inside of your home for you, but it might not be safe outside of your home for your pets.

Be sure to talk to your termite exterminator about your pets and when it will be safe to bring them back and where they can go when they return. This is especially true if your house is being fumigated and not just sprayed. Also ask if any bait stations were put anywhere that your pet could come in contact with them. Some bait staions contain chemicals but others just hold wood that will be monitored for damage.

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