Pests love summertime. While some are nothing more than nuisances, others can create serious health problems. With the potential to spread Lyme disease, ticks fall into the harmful category, making it crucial to take the necessary steps to keep them away. Though they specialize in wildlife control for homes and businesses, the experts at American Bio-Tech understand how important it is for Connecticut residents to be able to live and work in an environment that’s free of pests—especially ticks.

Here are a few ways to eliminate ticks from your property during the summer:

• Maintain Your Yard: Ticks prefer shady areas and tend to latch on and hide in tall grass. Keeping your grass cut short, cleaning up piles of leaves, and removing debris from your yard will reduce the number of places ticks have to find shelter.

• Treat Your Animals: Animal fur provides ticks with the perfect opportunity to hitchhike their way indoors. Check your pets regularly after they’ve spent time outdoors, and administer specialized treatments that are designed to repel ticks.  
• Hire Animal Control: Your pets aren’t the only animals you have to worry about harboring ticks. Any wildlife that ventures into your yard has the potential to bring ticks with them. For this reason, wildlife control plays a large role in tick prevention.
• Participate In A Year-Round Treatment Program: The most effective way to limit your risk of Lyme disease is to follow a year-round tick treatment program from a professional pest management company. Your yard will be inspected and treated twice during the spring and early summer and then twice again during late summer and fall.

Follow these steps to stop ticks from making their home on your property. For pest control services in Connecticut, call Amtech Personalized Pest Management at (203) 297-9961 and receive a free estimate on tick treatment. For help with wildlife control, call American Bio-Tech at (860) 355-1231, or visit their website to learn more about their fast and efficient animal removal services. You can also connect with the wildlife control experts on Facebook and Twitter for more tips on keeping your home safe.