RODENT 鼠类

GENERAL BIOLOGY

Rodent achieving sexual maturity – 1 to 3 months depending on species
They reproduce 4 to 8 sets of offspring per annum, containing 1 to 12 rats per offspring
The lifespan of the rodents is about 1 year.
Rodents are good swimmers, climber, jumper, highly intelligent creatures.
They are neophobia, so they develop bait and trap shyness very easily.

RODENT SPECIES THAT WERE COMMONLY FOUND IN SINGAPORE

	House Mouse, Mus Musculus	Roof Rat, Rattus rattus	Norway Rat, Rattus norvegicus
Appearance	Sharp snout, tail is longer than the body and head	Pointed snout, tail is longer than the body	Blunt nose and muzzle
Habitat	Warehouse	Roof in the building	Coastal, riverbanks, lower portions of building, basement, garbage dump and sewers
Behaviour	Good Climber	Good climber, poor swimmer	Good swimmer, climer and burrower
Body size	Small Size, 6-9cm, 200-300g	Medium size, slender 15-22cm, 200g-300g	Big size, 18-25cm, 300-400g
Droppings	3-6mm, rod shaped	12mm, pointed at both ends	20mm, blunt at both ends

Sign of Infestation

Rub marks
Droppings
Tracks
Gnaw marks

Approaches to control them

For indoors, use glue traps, e.g. rodent glue board.
For outdoors, use baiting.

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