No doubt that feral pigeons can be the most annoying pest that will visit your property day after day. In fac,t once a pigeon or group of them find your home a good roosting location, then in all likelihood they will be back day after day & then year after year.
We at pest Control Essex receive phone calls for all number of different bird problems that we find ourselves dealing with. In fact, no pest control job is ever the same in bird control.
The general perception by the public is that pigeons offer no real threat to public health, yet most people are not aware that a Feral pigeons carry as much of a threat as a rat.
Here are a few be going on with:-
Histoplasmosis is a disease caused by a fungus, which grows in pigeon droppings. It also grows in soils and is found throughout the world. When cleaning droppings a person may breathe in some of the fungus, which in cases of high exposure can cause infection
Symptoms of histoplasmosis begin to appear about 10 days after initial infection and include fatigue, fever, and chest pains. Most people, however, do not show any symptoms. Those with compromised immune systems such as cancer patients are generally more at risk of developing histoplasmosis. The disease cannot be transmitted from person to person.
Psittacosis (also known as ornithosis or parrot fever) is a rare infectious disease that mainly affects parrots and parrot-like birds such as cockatiels, and parakeets, but may also affect other birds, such as pigeons. When bird droppings dry and become airborne people may inhale them and get sick.
In humans, this bacterial disease is characterized by: fatigue, fever, headache, rash, chills, and sometimes pneumonia. Symptoms develop about 10 days after exposure. Psittacosis can be treated with a common antibiotic.
Cryptococcosis is another fungal disease associated with pigeon droppings and also grows in soils throughout the world. It is very unlikely that healthy people will become infected even at high levels of exposure. A major risk factor for infection is a compromised immune system.
Everyday lives.
So we are touched by birds no matter what we do each day, consider the scenario, you’re on your way to work and leave your home to find that ferial pigeons have left their dropping on your car window.
You climbing a flight of stairs outside and your hand comes in to contact with a hand rail and come across pigeon droppings, or you’re at work and open a window that has a pigeon dropping on the window sill as birds are frequenting there daily.
Birds are all around us each day, yet control is something that Pest control Experts can help you deal with.
There are so many different ways to help control birds, and depending on your situation a solution can be found to suit your budget and pest control problem. Here are few solutions to help you see what can be done.
Bird Wire Systems
Bird Netting
Spike Systems
Optical Gel
Avi Shock Systems
All these systems are used with very good results, Current HSE law should be followed closely with using any of these systems as there will be no doubt that any pest control company that fits any of these systems will be working at height.
Call in a Bird control company to resolve your issues, commercial of domestic companies like ours can help resolve these headaches from your property.
We hope this information is factual and helps you to see there is a solution to the problem at hand.
And do not panic help is out there!