If your pets love running around and playing on the lawn, you may be concerned about lawn pest infestations that your pet might bring indoors. Pests may also carry diseases that may be dangerous to your pets. Maintaining your lawn can help eliminate harmful insects in your yard. Below is how your lawn care service can protect your pet:
Identifying Signs of a Pest Infestation
Regular inspections are necessary for lawn infestations to be noticed until they cause significant damage. Lawn care professionals are trained to identify signs of problems in lawns. They have also interacted with many lawn pests as they work for their clients. They can easily tell when your property is infested by checking for burrows, patches of dying grass, and dirt mounds.
Some pests that your lawn care professional may find in your yard include the following:
- Chinch bugs
- Caterpillars
- Fleas
- Armyworms
- Ticks
- Grubs
Eliminating Pest Infestations
Once your lawn care provider notices a problem on your farm, they employ targeted control measures to eliminate each type of pest they find. Fleas and ticks are particularly problematic when you have pets because they can affect their health. A lawn care expert can treat your lawn with products designed to kill and repel fleas and ticks, preventing future infestations.
Professionals use pet-friendly products. They can advise you on wait periods after lawn treatment before allowing pets onto the lawn.
Using Pest Prevention
Most lawn care providers are trained in integrated pest management (IPM) methods for preventing infestations. IPM strategies aim to make your lawn inhabitable to pests by eliminating their shelters and food sources.
Mowing your lawn is a simple way to minimize infestation since pests have nowhere to hide on shorter grass. Your lawn care provider can also advise you on pest-resistant grass varieties to plant on your lawn. Control methods like treating your soil regularly and using the correct types and amounts of fertilizers and supplements also prevent infestation.
Monitoring Pest Pressure
When you call your lawn care service for pest control, they monitor the level of activity on your lawn to determine which areas need attention. Monitoring the pressure keeps you from drenching your entire yard with pesticides when only one spot needs treatment.
Checking pest activity also helps determine your lawn’s action threshold. That is how much activity your lawn can tolerate before you need to apply chemical controls. If you only see one grubworm on your lawn, it may be unnecessary to use a pesticide. Your lawn care provider can check your yard to determine if the one insect you observe is a sign of a more significant infestation or an isolated case. This allows for timely and only necessary interventions.
Call Your Lawn Care Service
Lawn maintenance helps you spot infestations before they start affecting your pets. Working with your lawn care service ensures your pets are not exposed to harmful pests as they play outside. Lawn maintenance also keeps your lawn healthy and tidy, making it less attractive to pests.
