Birds

Though most appreciate birds as one of Mother Nature’s greatest gifts, birds can become a nuisance when they decide to take up residence on or near your home or building.

Birds carry and spread disease, and bird feces can corrode building materials. The build-up of droppings or nesting materials is not only unsightly, but can also host parasites like bird mites. If birds are allowed to inhabit an area long enough, they will persistently defend it as their territory. It’s important to take a proactive approach when dealing with pest birds at your home or business. In the long run, it can save you time and money.

Health Risks

Birds, bird droppings, and nesting materials can carry over 60 different fungal, bacterial, and viral diseases that can be passed to humans and animals. Birds and bird nests can also host parasites and mites. Some carry diseases that can affect people such as Salmonella, Histoplasmisis and Meningitis.

Property Damage

Bird droppings are highly acidic and can corrode paint and some building materials including steel, wood, concrete, tile and shingles. Bird Droppings can also corrode and discolor fabrics like canvas. Removing these materials can be time-consuming and expensive. The longer bird droppings are left on a surface, the greater damage they can cause and the more difficult it will be to remove.

Safety Hazard

In late 2007, a New York City doorman was awarded $6 million dollars from the New York Department of Transportation, after he slipped on pigeon droppings in a subway terminal. Beyond the health issues of constantly being exposed to bird droppings or nests, the droppings themselves can pose a risk, should anyone slip on them.

Company Image

The build-up of bird droppings on a home is not only a health risk; it is unsightly and may inspire complaints from neighbors or homeowner associations. For businesses, bird droppings can ruin signs and store-fronts, and dissuade potential clients from entering. A sign or building is a physical representation of the business. If they are soiled with bird droppings and look sloppy, many customers will assume that it translates to the business practices as well.

Management

Fat Cat Exterminators technicians are trained to humanely reduce the health risk associated with birds in urban areas, using our advanced pest control technologies.

Gridwire systems and large 4" mesh StealthNet will deny access to large open areas. Bird-Flite spikes, 5" Bird Coil, and Bird-Shock electrical track are very effective on ledges depending on the level of bird pressure. The Daddi Long Legs is a great product to dissuade gulls from landing on silos, street lights, A/C units & large flat rooftops. For feeding sites such as dumps, a wide variety of audio/visual products like the Avikite or Flying Osprey and noisemakers like Zon Guns, Bird Bombs and Screamers, or high tech multiple and random sound distress call units like the BirdGuard, Squawker or BirdWailer units should be combined with exclusionary products such as Gridwire systems or 4" StealthNet.