Welcome! Syracuse Rodent Exterminator is a full-service rodent control company specializing in the permanent removal of mice and rats in Syracuse, NY. Whether you have a problem with mice in your attic, rats in your walls, or rodents scratching in your house, we can solve it! The key to PERMANENT rodent control lies in our inspection and preventative work - we seal the rats and mice out of your house forever, and we trap and remove them. We do not use poison! We answer our phone 24/7, and can schedule a same-day or next day appointment. Some of the services we offer include:

Syracuse's Best Rodent Removal: Rats and other rodents often create many problems for various businesses and households and their penchant for destruction can often become widespread if not taken care of quickly. Through this line of thought did our idea for our rat-killing company come into being. From a small location to a larger scope, we rose and evolved to provide the best services to our customers, ensuring that an infestation would be stopped in its tracks and they could rest easy as we did our jobs. With our dedicated team, our customers can enjoy a great number of services which can range from normal to chemical traps, depending on the type of infestation and the desire of the customer as well. In fact, as the times are changing, we too are continuously upgrading our skills and instruments to provide faster and more efficient services so we'll never be caught on our back foot and will continue to provide even better services as time passes. Our ambitions led to our company becoming one of the most skilled companies in our field and we're confident that we will continue to grow as time passes. However, despite our enthusiasm for upgrading our skills, we will not put our customer's desires lower than the business'. For this reason, we continue to search for new techniques and ways to appeal to our customers so that their satisfaction would always be top-notch and they can peacefully return to their busy lives.

We New York's top experts in rodent control. We are not a typical Syracuse rat removal or pest control company. We don't treat rats or mice like insects, because they are not - they are mammals! You can't just use poison to get rid of them, like you can with insects. Unlike most Syracuse pest control, we focus on complete and permanent solutions. We don't just use poison every month. We solve your rodent problem forever, by following these steps:

• Inspect the entire house, ground to roof, and the attic
• Seal shut all entry areas, no matter how small, with steel
• Set a dozen or more rat or mouse traps in the house and attic
• Remove all rodents as they are caught and monitor for activity
• Once there is no more activity and no more caught, we're done
• When necessary, we clean rodent droppings, replace insulation, and repair chewed electric wires

Syracuse Rodent Removal Tip:

Are Cats Good at Keeping Rats Away?
For thousands of years, humanity has bred the ultimate pest detection system. Or so the theory goes. I'm talking of course about cats. These feline friends have long stalked our urban areas hunting for the dreaded rat. It's likely how cats became domesticated in the first place. 

But in the modern era, is there any truth to the idea that cats keep rats away?

The answer is more complicated than it seems.

On the surface, the answer seems obvious. Cats are adept at hunting and are often found dragging dead birds into houses. Therefore, cats should also be pros at catching rats. But there's a big difference between wild cats hunting rats and their pampered equivalents.

To a cat, mice are easy prey. They're small and unassuming. And best of all, they don't fight back. With rats, the story is different. These rodents are highly aggressive and are likely to bite. That isn't to say cats can't kill rats; if pushed cats would kill rats with almost one-hundred percent success. But for the cat, the encounter isn't worth the bother. 

So, cats are useless at catching rats? Well, there's more to the story.

A New York Tail
Research from New York found that when released into a recycling center, cats killed very few rats. Only two were reported dead throughout the trial. However, there was definitely an effect. Over the 79 days of the experiment, microchipped rats displayed radical changes in behavior. 

Rat sightings dropped in the presence of cats. These rodents spent much more time in hiding than out in the open. In the natural world, this can mean longer stays in their burrow. This alone can prove to be valuable. 

Elsewhere in New York – a city famed for its rat population – store owners routinely use cats to keep rats off their premises. Considering rats present a risk of food contamination, such methods are cheap and reliable. 

Anecdotes abound about how the introduction of cats led to a marked change in rat populations. Once stores regularly lost stock to rat infestations, following a cat's purchase, everything changed. 

Rat-catching cats
Historically, cats served several useful roles as a rat-catcher. Farm or barn cats live outdoors in barns and other outbuildings. Their job was to hunt for vermin, preventing the loss of crops to the rodent population. To this day, many farmers keep cats to catch rats and mice.

Another popular location for cats was on ships. Almost every ship had a cat that would control the rodent population. Rodents were a significant risk on ships, chewing through the stores or ropes. They also carried diseases. Therefore, for the superstitious sailors, traveling without a cat aboard was considered bad luck.

The recap
In short, cats are pretty useless at catching rats. They aren't interested. Suppose you've got mice, fantastic. But otherwise, you won't see many dead rodents. However, the very presence of a cat can function as a natural deterrent. Rats will avoid cats at all costs, spending much longer in hiding. Though it hasn't been tested, such behavioral changes also imply that cats' presence could stop rats from residing in an area entirely. 

So, get a cat, by all means, just be aware of the expected results.


We service nearby towns such as Liverpool, Baldwinsville, Camillus, Manlius, Skaneateles, Cicero, Clay, DeWitt, Nedrow, Fayetteville, Marcellus, North Syracuse, East Syracuse, Solvay, Pompey, LaFayette, Tully, Minoa, Elbridge, Otisco, Van Buren, Fabius, Jordan, Mattydale, Fairmount, Westvale, Lyncourt, Galeville, Village Green, Lakeland, Seneca Knolls.