It isn’t just water on the rise: rat population is booming! Procter Pest-Stop helps with infestation
With some areas across the UK having as much as a month’s rainfall in 24 hours, it’s not only the wet weather that is causing problems - rat population is also on the rise.
In the recent humid weather and high water levels, people in the West Country in particular have reported seeing as many as 600 rats within 20 feet of their homes.
Pest control experts, Procter Pest-Stop, urge you to keep your shelves fully stocked with rat traps. Rats are a serious problem and customers will make distress purchases all over the country.
The high number of new developments on floodplains doesn’t help with this situation. With water not draining away as quickly and naturally as it should, the wet conditions create the perfect habitat for rats to breed and survive.
Surveys have proven that the rat population in this country has increased by more than 52% in a four-year period. Today there are more rats than humans in the UK.
Rats, like mice, can be a serious risk to health due to the various diseases they carry, including salmonella. They can also cause structural damage to properties.
Easy-Setting Metal Rat Trap
Product Code: PSESRT
The Pest-Stop Easy Set Rat Trap is a long lasting powerful trap that is simple to set. This trap is constructed using strong metal that will last for many years and has a sensitive mechanism, making it a very effective trap.
- Easy to use
- Long-lasting
- Reusable
- Powerful action
- Individually boxed with hanging tab
Product Barcode: 5014055001030
Product Dimensions: H 197mm x W 91mm x D 40mm
Product Weight (Exc pack): 132g
Product Weight (Inc pack): 154g
Inner Quantity: 12
Outer Quantity: 144
Pallet Quantity: 1,296 (3 outer cartons per layer x 3 high)
Waste Packaging: Product – 22g paper, Secondary – 108g paper; Outer – 793g paper
RRP £3.50
Little Nipper Rat Trap
Product Code PSLNR
This wooden-based, traditional rat trap is one of the most powerful on the market due to its strong spring. The treadle bait-station is based on the Little Nipper wooden mousetrap design.
Bait is placed on the treadle, which is raised when the trap is set.
- High catch rate
- Supplied in full colour display box
- Powerful spring ensures a quick kill
- Full setting instructions included
- Quick and humane
- Pack of one trap
Product Barcode: 5014055000033
Product Dimensions: H 85mm x W 148mm x D 191mm
Product Weight (Exc pack): 918g
Product Weight (Inc pack): 1.01KG
Inner Quantity: 6
Outer Quantity: 120
Pallet Quantity: 2,160 (3 outer cartons per layer x 6 high)
Waste packaging: Product – 94g paper; Outer - 906g paper
RRP £3.50
Electronic Rat Killer
Product Code: PSERK
State-of-the-art ‘smart’ electronics control this unique device. When a rat enters the electronic rat killer to reach the bait, it reaches a point where it touches both killing plates and completes an electrical circuit, which kills it in seconds. Because of the open design to suit rats rather than mice, the rat killer is intended for use by professional pest controllers and agricultural workers.
- Four C-size batteries (not included) provides enough power for up to 12 kills
- Warning light flashes when batteries need replacing
- Also kills mice
- Warning light signals a capture
- Full instructions for use provided
- Individually packaged in full colour box
Product Barcode: 5014055000439
Product Dimensions: H 220mm x W 125mm x D 105mm
Product Weight (Exc pack): 481g
Product Weight (Inc pack): 591g
Inner Quantity: 1
Outer Quantity: 4
Pallet Quantity: 320 (12 outer cartons per layer x 5 high)
Waste packaging: Product - 102g paper, 8g plastic; Outer - 190g paper
RRP £59.99
Procter Pest-Stop advises using bait such as peanut butter and chocolate which are the most appealing smell to rats.
You can purchase these products direct from a selection of online retailers listed on the Procter Pest-Stop website. Visit www.pest-stop.co.uk, navigate to Rats under Get Rid Pests, select your preferred product then click the Buy Now tab to compare retailers’ offers. The products are also stocked by many independent DIY and hardware stores.
Remember, rats carry a variety of diseases, and should never be handled without protection.
Procter Pest-Stop is one of the UK’s longest-established manufacturers of pest control products for the home and garden with a history dating back to 1740. The company publishes extensive background and practical information about all aspects of pest control at its website – see web address above.
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BACKGROUNDER
Procter Pest-Stop is one of the UK’s longest-established designers, manufacturers and suppliers of pest control products.
With world-renowned products such as the ‘Little Nipper’ and ‘Trip-Trap’, Procter Pest-Stop have been manufacturing rodent traps for more than 100 years, with the parent company, Procter Brothers, being in existence since 1740.
Back in 2004, Procter Brothers brought all of its market-leading pest control products together under a single new brand name: Procter Pest-Stop, with the intention that the Procter Pest-Stop brand became the one-stop shop for all pest control requirements.
From its sites in Leeds and South Wales, Procter Pest-Stop is now the UK’s leading manufacturer and supplier of high quality pest control products. Their comprehensive range includes products which use the latest ultrasonic and electromagnetic technologies.
As a measure of how good Procter Pest-Stop products are, they are widely used by pest control professionals internationally to trap or repel most pests.
The company offers an extensive range of electronic pest repellers, mouse traps, rat traps, mole traps, cage traps, rodenticides and humane traps. Products are continuously developed to meet the needs of both consumers and professionals, with its expertise in the market second to none.
With the half barrel mole trap (also known as a tunnel mole trap), first developed by John Newton Duffus in 1920, Procter Pest-Stop called in one of the UK’s leading expert mole catchers, Jeff Nicholls, to refine the design of the product. The updated trap is now even more effective than ever, and carries the Guild of British Molecatchers endorsement and is used for their training courses.
Procter Pest-Stop’s brand is built on reputation and continued success, delivering products which are easy to use and highly effective. A measure of that success is on-going and positive customer feedback, with a few examples as follows:
Success with the Cat Repeller: “These super, little brown sticks we have found to be very effective, clean and easy to use for keeping cats out of our garden!” Trevor W (via e-mail).
Procter Pest-Stop 2000 (Whole House Repeller), an effective solution: “I would like to congratulate you on a very good and effective product. I am sincerely impressed with the speed that it dealt with my pest problem. I had previously called in a private pest control firm at a cost of £200, but saw no improvement in the situation. After I bought the PS2000, within 24 hours I realised there were no noises. It was wonderfully quiet. They are the best thing that I have ever bought. I will certainly recommend them to other people.” Brenda R, (Spalding, Lincolnshire).
Mole repeller: “It makes a pleasant change to deal with a company that has a no quibble after-sales service for its customers. I have installed the new mole repeller and it is working fine. I have recommended your product to friends of mine who suffer mole problems.” Trevor Ferris (via e-mail).
Winning the rat race: “I purchased one of your ‘Pest Clear Professional’ units yesterday as I live in a wooded area. Due to the cold weather, a large quantity of rats (10 or so!) moved into the house, under the floor, in the roof and wall spaces. I got home last night, plugged in the unit and stood back and watched them all run for their lives down the garden! Absolutely delighted with the unit. Never seen so many rats leave a house with such speed and determination.” Louise Raymond (via e-mail).
Procter Pest-Stop 2000 (Whole House Repeller): “I have to write to you to ask you to commend your staff on their service to customers. In the last two years, I have had occasion to contact the company on their performance of ‘Pest-Stop 2000’. Each time, I have received superlative service – full marks! If I had a gold star, I would award it to you. Keep up the good work.” Mrs G.P. Rayton (Lincoln).
Outdoor repeller: “I purchased an outdoor pest repeller in April 2006 as I have a problem with cats in the garden. I am pleased to report a great improvement and am extremely satisfied with the effectiveness of the product.” N.W.R. Houlgate (via e-mail).
Mole deterrent: “Approximately 12 months ago we purchased a pest clear high power sonic mole repeller with a range of 9,000 square feet. After a short period of time, it had deterred moles with one re-appearance during the summer.” Troy S (via e-mail).
Vermin problems: “I would like to say a big thank you for the excellent service you have given us and how helpful your staff have been in resolving our vermin problems. You may well see reports in the national press of a mass exodus of vermin from Reepham, Lincolnshire.” C. Caldwell (Reepham, Lincolnshire).
Customer service: “I must let you know how much I appreciate your extremely swift and helpful response to our problem. We wish to congratulate your company upon the high standards of its after-sales service, from which others could learn a good lesson.” Colin G. White MBE (Wargrave-on-Thames, Berkshire).
It was back in 1897 that the Little Nipper mousetrap was first made by Procter Brothers. Since then, there has been fierce debate and much intrigue about how best to bait a mousetrap. One animal behaviourist from Manchester Metropolitan University, and supported by the Stilton Cheesemakers’ Association, suggested that mice were not interested in cheese.
Even the Government through Defra’s “Rural Development Technical Service Note 05 on House Mice” stated that cheese was not necessarily the ideal bait, while the 19thcentury seminal book, “How to Trap and Snare” by Moorman, claimed the locust beans, mixed with maize, were irresistible.
Procter Pest-Stop recommends both peanut butter and chocolate, and the ultimate is a Malteser!
