Sacramento County Service Area
Hearing rats in the attic, or finding droppings in the garage? We provide rat and mouse removal and rodent proofing in Citrus Heights from our base in Dixon, along Interstate 80. It is a mature suburb of ranch homes and big trees, built mostly in the 1970s and 1980s, with creeks behind the neighborhoods. We inspect, seal the openings, and trap any rodents still inside. Inspections are free, with a written estimate before work begins. If you are searching for rodent control near you in Citrus Heights, this is the local page: what we check, how the work runs, and what an inspection covers here.
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What we inspect
Rats and mice can get in through small openings all around a home. We check the common trouble spots and show you which ones need attention.
Rats or mice in your home?
Roof rats ride the mature tree canopy and fences into Citrus Heights attics. Mice and rats work the crawlspace, foundation, and garage openings below. We check both levels, plus the creek side, so the estimate covers how they are getting in.
Nearly all Citrus Heights housing went up from the 1960s through the 1980s. That leaves two things rodents use: a mature tree canopy over almost every street, and homes old enough for vent screens and seals to have worn out. Roof rats travel the canopy and fences into attics. Mice and rats work the lower openings. Creeks behind the neighborhoods keep the population supplied.
In the ranch tracts, mice are a fair guess. House mice work garage corners and crawlspaces here. But attic scratching blamed on mice is a roof rat as often as not. Droppings tell them apart: about a quarter inch and pointed for mice, about half an inch for rats. We identify the animal at the inspection, then seal the low openings mice use and the roofline openings rats use.
Hearing scratching in Citrus Heights?
Get a free, photo-documented inspection and a written estimate.
Arcade Creek runs across Citrus Heights and Cripple Creek joins it, with the Stock Ranch Nature Preserve on the east side. Creeks are covered travel routes, and they end at back fences across the city. From the fence, a branch or line bridges to the roof. On creek-side homes we start at the back: rear roof transitions, overhanging trees, and garage and foundation openings.
Most homes here are single-story ranches around Sunrise Boulevard and Greenback Lane. At forty to sixty years old, entry points are predictable: torn vent screens, eave gaps, roof-to-wall junctions where patio covers were tied in, garage corners that no longer seal, and crawlspace openings. We work that list junction by junction. There is rarely just one hole.
Some. The older core along Auburn Boulevard has smaller homes and mature lots. The big tract waves followed Sunrise Mall in the 1970s and 1980s. Later infill toward Roseville is tighter at the foundation, so openings gather at the roof. Either way, we cover roof, attic, garage, and ground level, weighted to age and canopy.
Seal first, then trap. We seal the openings first, so the next group cannot move in. Then trapping removes the animals still inside. Trapping alone never ends, because the openings stay open. We set both plans at the inspection, then return for trap checks.
The inspection is free. We check the roofline, attic, garage, crawlspace where there is one, and the outside, with extra time on the canopy and creek side. We show you what we find and give a written estimate listing the openings to seal.
What we check first in Citrus Heights
We start with the canopy and the creek side: overhanging branches, fence-to-roof connections, and vents facing Arcade Creek or Cripple Creek. In the ranch tracts, crawlspace and foundation openings get equal time, because these homes often have a way in at both levels.
Citrus Heights service area
Citrus Heights sits between Sacramento and Roseville on Interstate 80, where we already work. We inspect, show you what we find, and recommend the repairs that fit the house. We are licensed and insured, and we do not use poison.
What you can expect
Local questions
Quick answers about inspections, proofing, follow-up and service coverage.
Every service below is available in Citrus Heights, starting with a free inspection and a written estimate.
Yes. Citrus Heights is part of our Sacramento County service area, between Sacramento and Roseville on Interstate 80. We are based in Dixon at 529 N Adams St STE A. We inspect, seal, and trap across Citrus Heights. Call (707) 754-2408 for a free inspection.
It depends on how many openings your home has and how safely they can be reached. The inspection is free, with a written estimate before work starts.
Yes. Roof rats climb, and a mature canopy gives them covered travel. A branch near the roof or a utility line is enough. Trimming helps. Sealing the roofline openings is the lasting fix.
Usually it means steadier pressure. The creeks are where rodents live and travel, and creek-side homes are the first shelter they reach. We weight the inspection to the creek side.
Not always. Many homes need proofing and trapping only. If droppings or damaged insulation are heavy, clean-up can be discussed separately after the inspection.
Related guides
Guides from our Resources section on the entry points and questions these pages cover.
The Integrity Process
Inspect. Proof. Clean Up. Follow Up. We inspect the whole home, seal the entry points, clean and sanitize on the same visit, then set traps and keep coming back until the house stays quiet.
The inspection is free, and it is where every job starts. Our inspector checks the attic, roofline, garage, crawlspace when there is one, and the full outside of the home, tracing droppings and runways back to the openings rats and mice are using. He takes photos of what he finds, and the inspection becomes a written estimate with a report and map our crew works from.
Our crew works from the inspector's report and map, sealing every entry point rats and mice are using, and the ones they could use next. We seal with construction grade materials.
Clean-up is its own step, but it happens on the same visit as the proofing, while the crew is already there. Where it is accessible, we remove droppings, nesting material, damaged insulation, plastic vapor barrier, and heat duct insulation, then sanitize and deodorize the areas we cleaned. Damaged materials go back new and up to code, and we protect the inside of the home while we work.
After the proofing, we come back every 3-5 days until there is zero activity. At each visit we check the traps and re-inspect the sealing, looking for any new opening or fresh sign that rats or mice are still moving. Once the traps stay empty and the house stays quiet, we take the traps out and the job is done.
Hearing scratching? Finding droppings?
Seal it once. Seal it right. That’s the Integrity Way.
