Therefore, we strongly recommend the placement of a PestChaser in each room where problems are evident. According to the Centers for Disease Control, rats bite more than 45,000 people each year. Rats contaminate and destroy enough food worldwide each year to feed 200 million people, according to estimates of the World Health Organization. Rodent-associated diseases in the U.S. include plague, murine typhus, salmonellosis, rat bite fever, leptospirosis, trichinosis, toxoplasmosis, and hantavirus. The rat population in the U.S. is estimated to be at least one rat for every person.
Rats can jump three feet straight up, and four feet outwards, from a standing position.
A rat's teeth are so strong it can bite through aluminum, lead, and other metals. A female house mouse gives birth to 6 young about 19 days after mating. She is ready to mate again in two days. She can produce 6 to 10 litters a year. Each of her young is ready to mate in two months.