From ensuring your yard is secure to choosing the healthiest pet food at the market, your pup or kitten (or fish, or lizard, or bird…we could go on) deserves the best—and that includes living in a pest-free space.

Pests aren’t just a danger to you and your home, but they’re also (and sometimes even more of) a danger to the wellness of your animal companions. Insects like fleas and mosquitoes can lead to conditions such as Lyme Disease, heartworms, tapeworms, or bacterial infections in addition to poor quality of life by causing uncontrollable discomfort, pain, and itching.

Even if you are giving your pets anti-heartworm or anti-flea medication, having a pest infestation around your property is a risk you shouldn’t be willing to take.

But is there such a thing as pet-safe pest control that still gets the job done? And if so, how does it work? Here at Lloyd Pest Control, our Southern California pest control experts explain what pet-safe pest control is, how it works, and how we do everything we can to ensure our customers and their pets are protected during our pest control treatments.

What Is Pet-Friendly Pest Control?

At Lloyd, we want to put your mind at ease about our professional pest control services and the health of your pets: Our pet-friendly pest control solutions (and responsible pest control technicians) both ensure insects around your home are eliminated and that your pets stay safe during the application process.

To adequately eradicate pests without harming the surrounding environment, we take a modern approach to pest control that minimizes the use of pesticide applications. This means that we’ve searched high and low for elements that disrupt the life cycle of pests without disrupting the health of you or your pets. (Talk about a win-win!)

Pet-Safe Treatments with Low Concentration Levels

Pet-friendly pest control treatments are designed to be applied at low-level concentrations, meaning they are just high enough to eliminate unwelcome insects without posing a risk to humans or pets. For example, topical flea medications used on the necks of cats and dogs contain the same active ingredient as our ant treatment!

Peace of Mind with Manufacturer Safety Data Sheets

To give you peace of mind about the pet-friendly pest control products we use during our treatments, we are more than happy to provide you with manufacturer safety data sheets (MSDS). With these sheets, you can cross-reference their efficacy with your veterinarian to prove our continued approach to the safety and well-being of your pets. 

How Are Pet-Safe Pest Products Applied?

As the initial step to treating your home for pests, our pest control technicians focus on preclusion first and foremost. We will inspect your property and discover what is attracting pests, notifying you of any areas that need to be cleaned or sealed off to prevent their access.

We will address all sources of the infestation prior to treating your space—from leaky plumbing to torn vents or screens. Depending upon the type of infestation you are dealing with, our technicians have a number of treatment types to safely and effectively eliminate present pests.

Gel Baits

If we are treating a roach infestation indoors, we will apply a dime-sized amount of our advanced gel bait to targeted areas such as the inside corners of cabinets or moldings. These gel baits are less toxic than a standard tube of whitening toothpaste, but they pack a punch to roaches. 

Sprayed Applications

When treating pests like fleas or mosquitoes, we will power-spray a low-intensity wettable powder that creates a general pest barrier to the exterior of your home. When treating fleas indoors, we will directly apply our pet-safe treatment to targeted areas where these insects thrive, such as carpet, upholstery, and any area your pets like to hang out. 

Do I Need to Keep My Pets Away from Treated Areas?

Although our treatments have extremely low concentration levels, your Lloyd Pest Control technician will recommend your pets stay away from any treated area or surface until the product is dry. Our sprayed applications are quick-drying and dissipate from the air rapidly, minimizing exposure for both you and your pets. 

Call Lloyd for Pet-Friendly Pest Control in Southern California

Your pets are your family, and keeping your family (even its four-legged members) protected from harmful pests is crucial for their well-being. With professional pest control from Lloyd and the proper medications regularly administered to your pets, your entire household will stay shielded from insects and rodents. Plus, with pet-safe pest control from the pros, you’ll avoid the dangers of potent DIY treatments (such as Raid or Black Flag) that introduce airborne pesticides into your living space.

Contact Lloyd Pest Control today for the best pet-friendly pest control in Southern California!

The post Pet-Friendly Pest Control in Southern California first appeared on Lloyd Pest Control.

If you find yourself asking, “Is a landlord responsible for pest control?” it’s important to know that it depends upon the habitability of the property. Regardless of whether you own a multi-family property or a single-family home, California law requires landlords to keep their properties in livable condition. This means that you (with the help of your friendly pest control professionals at Lloyd) are responsible for ensuring adequate pest control is performed so your building remains habitable and your tenants stay safe.

So, just what exactly does California law state in terms of a landlord’s responsibility to prevent pests? And how can you ensure pests stay out of your property all year long? At Lloyd, our team of pest control professionals is here to help by weighing in on what types of pests gravitate toward rental properties, the lawful duties of property managers, and the importance of developing a proactive pest control plan from the get-go—both to ensure that your current tenants stay healthy and that your reputation doesn’t become tarnished.

Is a Landlord Responsible for Pest Control in California?

Yes. According to the California Department of Consumer Affairs, landlords or property managers must keep their buildings in livable condition. A current or ongoing pest infestation—including an infestation of rodents, insects, birds, or any other type of pest—will render your property uninhabitable. This means it’s your responsibility to handle all pest control initiatives (using the proper protocol as determined by a licensed pest control service) to ensure your living quarters are clean, healthy, and safe for all your tenants.

Tenant-Caused Pest Infestations

Even if a pest infestation takes place after your tenant has moved in, it is still your responsibility to ensure these pests are swiftly, safely, and thoroughly eliminated. This also includes infestations caused as a result of your tenant’s living conditions. Under this circumstance, however, the tenant can be held financially accountable for pest control services required to eliminate the infestation.

Pest Control Addendum

To avoid confusion about pest control responsibility between you and your renters, it’s important to have a pest control addendum in your rental agreement. Signed by both you and your tenants, this document will clearly identify what your obligations are should a pest infestation arise, as well as detail the steps you take to proactively prevent pests during their rental period.

This document should also detail the tenants’ financial responsibility for pest control services should there be proper evidence that their actions—including improperly disposed of food waste or secondhand furniture use—caused the problem.

What Types of Pests Can Infest Your Properties?

Whether you manage an apartment complex, an Airbnb, or a rental home, human-made shelters—and the people or pets that live inside them—will attract pests no matter how pristine they are. (Although, having a messy living space will certainly increase your chances of an infestation.) Many pests rely on us humans for survival, as we unintentionally provide them food sources, moisture-rich spaces, and a safe place to hide from predators as they propagate.

Pests that frequently invade California rental properties include:

• Cockroaches
• Rodents
• Ants
• Bed bugs
• Birds
• Spiders
• Termites
• and many others

While some of these property-crashing pests are considered a nuisance, others—such as roaches, rodents, bed bugs, and termites—pose a serious threat to your tenants’ health and to the infrastructure of your property.

What Can a Landlord Do to Prevent Pest Problems?

Proper, proactive pest control starts with prevention, especially in the case of preventing pests in rental properties. In order to ensure your property remains pest-free for tenants, a licensed pest control professional must inspect and treat your livable spaces regularly. Before a tenant moves in, a pest control technician should examine your property to identify problematic areas and apply any necessary pre-treatments. If an infestation is found, these pests must be eliminated prior to the scheduled move-in day.

If one of your current tenants is dealing with a pest infestation and has notified you or your management team, time is of the essence. Rather than having a member of your management staff waste valuable time and resources with DIY pest control solutions, our team at Lloyd can swoop in with professional pest control treatments and eliminate the problem at the source. With more than eight decades of experience treating pests in Southern California residential properties, we administer targeted strategies with fast-acting results.

A Partner in Pest Control You Can Trust

When you partner with Lloyd to handle your property management pest control needs, we do everything we can to ensure insects or rodents are eliminated promptly and that your living spaces (and tenants) remain pest-free with regularly scheduled follow-ups. In addition, we assign your property management company to a dedicated account team that ensures faster service response times as well as documentation and certification for compliance standards.

Keeping Your Business BrandSecure

From online reviews to word-of-mouth referrals, your reputation is of the utmost importance to our team at Lloyd. With BrandSecure, you’re able to remove your liability in the event of a future pest infestation on your properties.

100% Money-Back Guarantee for Property Managers

We guarantee our pest control services will get the job done. That’s why we’ll refund 100% of your service fees if we don’t deliver on our promise in 90 days.

Call Lloyd Today for Property Management Pest Control

When you manage rental properties in Southern California, keeping pests out of your living spaces is crucial for the health of your tenants and the infrastructure of your buildings. Rather than waiting until your renters are dealing with a pest infestation, it’s important to take a proactive approach to pest control initiatives from the get-go. With regularly scheduled pest control inspections from Lloyd, you can evict unwanted pests and prevent them from moving back in. Contact us today to put pests in their place!

The post Is a Landlord Responsible for Pest Control in California? first appeared on Lloyd Pest Control.