Ecocare Superior Pest Solutions

I had a mysterious mound in my garden this morning that I was worried was some sort of bug hive. I sent a photo to the lovely folks at Ecocare and they were able to identify the mound as a non-​toxic mold just from the photo.
Thanks so much for saving me from paying for an unnecessary site visit!

An awesome company to work with. Kind and courteous people on the phone and in person, and their 6 month guarantee is awesome. The solution they use on the inside is totally human and pet friendly, which is cool for people who have pets or who eat off floors. And it’s been almost a year now and no more pests!

We’ve been working with Ecocare for 6 months now — and we’ve probably had them to our house at least 5 times in that period. Each time they’ve come, they’ve been very nice and polite and they sound knowledgeable. However, we’ve only seen our ant problem get worse during this time — and no amount of spraying has gotten to the root of the problem. Now instead of having lots of ants crawling into our bedroom window and onto us while we are sleeping, the ants crawl through whatever poison Ecocare has sprayed, and they die in piles of 10 – 20 on our window sill and on our bed. Very gross.
So much for the promise they gave us so many times of «they’ll pick up this bait, take it back to the nest and your problem will be solved.»

When I was 10 I thought that Farmer Fitzgibbons & his cat were the Abbadon & Verdelet of kiddie hell (you know, the place with the nine circles, not the four Swedes altho I’ve heard they devour souls as well). Now that I’m decrepit, no longer believe in the great pumpkin, & have to crawl down into the basement (alone!!) to do laundry, those cute furry cartoon critters inspire more palpitations and shakes with a few high-​pitched squeals thrown in for good measure than warm fuzzies. Um, yeah. Did I mention that my rowing machine resides in the basement & who wants to be jumped by a gang of rodents while rocking out to Fluke & burning kcals? There’s cardio & then there’s cardiac, ya know?
Anyhoo, Despereaux may be dashing & adorable on paper but in the fur while sorting your socks? Not so much. Luckily, one of our friends had a pest problem involving a 20-​nothing, bedbugs-​cum-​fleas, & had a great experience – with Ecocare, not the rest of the unholy ménage & gave us their contact info. Set up a $ 75 inspection with them within a few days that was thorough and informative. Miles was punctual, friendly, and very good about explaining his findings and reasoning; all this while crawling around looking for ratty entry points. For those of us with furry critters of the non-​rodent variety, poison-​based pest-​control is not an option and glue traps would be a joke if they didn’t just piss off these hirsute harbingers of plague (Yersinia pestis all the way, baby). Apparently full grown rats are about a foot and a half tip to tail, around 1 – 2 lbs, and can easily cart a glue trap or two around while working up a berserker meltdown. Ecocare uses a box trap that’s baited with peanut butter that will deliver a lethal electric shock once the rat enters the trap – quick, relatively more humane death & no worrying about a rat wandering off & dying somewhere you can’t find them… until the smell makes you want to move to Botswana. He discussed the most likely entry points with us as well as solutions for sealing them off (which could be done by them or us) as well as giving us his professional opinion that our particular Rattus portlandicus was likely a one & done since there was no further evidence beyond the initial excrement gift basket that they were still there which was very refreshing instead of trying to lock us into a 3 month deluxe $ 250 rat hunt. Needless to say, I’m glad that Nicodemus et al have moved on but if they have another layover, I’ve got the ultimate Farmer Fitzgibbons eviction service on speed dial.