Released on = January 19, 2006, 3:47 am

Press Release Author = CavyRescue

Industry = Consumer Services

Press Release Summary = Small animal charity CavyRescue have produced a short guide
to humanely removing wild rodents from your home.

Press Release Body = Small animal charity CavyRescue have produced a short guide to
humanely removing wild rodents from your home.

Now we are in the depths of Winter, wild mice and rats everywhere are seeking out a
nice, warm house or garden shed where they can live during these colder months.
However, not everyone appreciates these uninvited house guests and will call in an
exterminator. However, the methods used to \'deal with\' these rodents are cruel and
unnecessary says Stella Hulott, co-founder of CavyRescue.

She says: \"The methods used by professional pest controllers are inhumane -
anti-coagulants are put down with the food bait which is then eaten by the rodent.
He can then expect a long and painful death dragging over five days where he will
literally bleed to death. There are humane ways of removing these unwanted visitors
from your home and ways which do not put your family and household pets at risk
too.\"

The guide not only highlights humane ways of removing rodents from a property but,
more importantly, shows how to prevent rodents \'house breaking\'.

Stella says: \"While calling the exterminators in may work in the short term by
killing any rodents in your home, you will soon get more. The key is prevention -
and is the easiest and best long term solution. Simple things such as repairing
broken air bricks and holes in external walls and filling floorboard holes and
replacing damaged skirting boards will help stop the rodents get in. And not leaving
food rubbish bags around in your gadren will stop attracting them too.\"

The guide is available online at www.cavyrescue.co.uk


About CavyRescue

CavyRescue is the Kent-based small animal shelter and is run by Jason and Stella
Hulott. They rescue, rehabilitate and rehome 'small furries' - such as guinea pigs
and rabbits - and their area of expertise is rats.

Their aim is to not only rescue 'small furries', but to educate people on animal
healthcare and needs. The shelter is entirely self-funded and in its six years of
operation has rehomed nearly 2,800 animals via the shelter; working with other
independent rodent rescues; and its website.

Web Site = http://www.cavyrescue.co.uk

Contact Details = Stella Hulott
07932 750271