What's different in Campbelltown
Rats and mice are the resident's job
Campbelltown City Council points to the Public Health Act 2010 and says residents are responsible for controlling rats and mice on their properties. It steers people away from baits, because they can poison native animals and pets.
A swarm goes to a beekeeper
Council's line on a swarm is plain: don't kill it, don't interfere with it, call a beekeeper. Many amateur beekeepers here collect swarms as a community service, and bees are busiest from late August to early April.
The pest animal list
Council names Indian myna birds, rabbits, foxes and wild cats as pest animals in the area. Sightings go to FeralScan, not to a pest business.
Funnel-webs, in smaller numbers
The Australian Museum says the drier, flatter parts of western Sydney and the Cumberland Plain have fewer funnel-webs. Fewer isn't none, so a big black spider still gets treated as the real thing.
Rodent control starts in the yard
Council's own list is a good one. Trim branches back from the roofline, keep the grass short, and stack timber and boxes off the ground and away from the walls. Pet and poultry food shouldn't sit out overnight, and chicken feed should be a day's supply at most.
If you're still hearing scratching after the tidy up, a pest controller can work out how they're getting in and what to do about it. Our page on rats and mice in Sydney explains what that visit looks like.
Buying a place around Campbelltown?
A building and pest inspection is really two jobs done by two kinds of people. NSW Government advice is to use a licensed builder, a surveyor or an architect for the building report, and it warns that report won't show whether termites are still around. We match the timber pest side only, and our pre-purchase page for Sydney covers what it includes.
What's yours, and what to hand over
You can
- Seal gaps and fix broken vents or eaves as soon as you find them.
- Keep pet food, poultry feed and bins covered at night.
- Keep a gap between garden beds and the slab, and fix leaks near the walls.
- Photograph droppings, gnaw marks or a swarm from a distance.
Leave to a pest business
- Finding hidden rodent entry points and nests in the roof or walls.
- Termite inspections and treatment. Leave any mud tubes exactly as you found them.
- Bees that have moved into a wall or roof, once a beekeeper says they can't reach them.
Where we'd start with pests in Campbelltown
Spend a weekend on council's rodent list before you pay anyone, because food and shelter are half the job. If it's been a while since a termite inspection, book that next. For anything you've seen or heard, tell us what it is and your postcode.
Want someone to look at it?
Tell us what you've seen and your postcode, and a local pest business that handles exactly that calls you to talk it through.
