Oh rats! A new rodent culprit is popping up in Eagle homes

A lot of people in Eagle have been rumbling about rats. Now, a local exterminator says Idaho might have a new problem. “Every day now, we are getting a call. Last year, it was like once a week,” said Scott Springer, the owner of Pro Guard Pest Control.

Rat problems are on the rise in Eagle but according to Springer, the city has been ground zero for rodent infestations these last few years.

According to Springer, “It spread through Garden City, parts of Meridian, into Star, and then Emmett. By the end of next year, Boise, too.”

Although exterminators and neighbors are doing their best to control these rodents, recently Springer says he found the first confirmed Roof Rat in an Eagle home…

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