If you are, it can lead to all kinds of problems. Bites, rashes, finding beetles wandering around indoors, you name it – some insects probably do it. But as you’re no doubt aware, the word insects is a catch-all term. If you say you have insects inside your property that are troubling you, it doesn’t…

Plenty of people provide bird seed and feeders in their gardens for the likes of sparrows, starlings and other birds to use. However, even if you do this, you probably wouldn’t want those same birds nesting in your home. You may not realise these birds are protected, which means you cannot ‘evict’ them once they…

Food is scarce for many animals during the winter. The frozen ground makes it all but impossible to dig for food, and other sources are also hard to come by. So, you can’t blame stoats and mink for seeking food wherever they can. If you have hens, though, you won’t want them taken away by…

If you see pigeons on your roof and you can hear noises in your attic, and you know they are getting in somewhere, chances are the noises mean you have pigeons in your attic. Similarly, if you see molehills on your lawn, you’ll know moles are to blame. And if you find tiny droppings in…

For some people, there is nothing better than spending Christmas at home. However, if you’re not up for cooking and you’d rather get away from it all, going on holiday can seem like a very good idea. Someone else doing the cooking, new surroundings to explore, maybe even a white Christmas if you go up…

Insects are just as much a part of life as we are. At certain times of the year, you’d expect to see lots of insects up and around and yes, probably getting on our nerves too. The summer months are packed with insects of all kinds, but what about the winter? Do they die off…

There’s something captivating and fascinating about watching it snow – especially when you’re tucked up in the warm and watching it out of the window. However, we’re not the only ones to seek warmth and shelter when the snow starts to fall across Scotland. Mice do the same thing, and you can hardly blame them.…

If you watch American television, you’ll have heard of cockroaches. But you rarely hear of them in the UK. Does that mean we can breathe a sigh of relief, safe in the knowledge they don’t exist in this country? Actually, no. It is possible your property has cockroaches and you aren’t even aware of it.…

Pet rats, or fancy rats as they’re often known, can be very sweet. They make great pets and are more tactile and friendly than many hamsters and gerbils. But it’s probably fair to say no one wants to find wild rats near their property – much less inside them. This is also the time of…

It might seem too early to start thinking about winter, but the darker mornings and evenings are already closing in. And September is the first month you’ll be aware of the presence of cluster flies around your home, and possibly getting indoors as well. Cluster flies aren’t harmful, but they can be annoying. Suffice to…