Welcome! Columbus Rodent Exterminator is a full-service rodent control company specializing in the permanent removal of mice and rats in Columbus, OH. Whether you have a problem with mice in your attic, rats in your walls, or rodents scratching in your house, we can solve it! The key to PERMANENT rodent control lies in our inspection and preventative work - we seal the rats and mice out of your house forever, and we trap and remove them. We do not use poison! We answer our phone 24/7, and can schedule a same-day or next day appointment. Some of the services we offer include:

Columbus's Best Rodent Removal: Our rat removal company has served this district since 1990. We began with one location and four employees. Today, we have over 50 employees and eight branch offices. For the past three decades, we have served over 50,000 clients, becoming the leading wildlife removal company in the district. We have also solidified our reputation as the "company that cares" and our actions are a testament to that. Mice and rats are unwelcome guests in your home, and even with strategically placed traps, you might not be able to solve the problem on your own. Due to our robust experience, we know all the best methods and techniques to eliminate the rats in your home. We even offer a free inspection, where we come to your home to survey the area and determine the extent of the problem with our 32-point inspection process. This helps us to develop a strategy that's guaranteed to resolve the problem. At our company, we hold ourselves to the highest standards of ethics and humane treatment of animals. That's why we NEVER make use of poison or other deplorable removal methods because they cause unnecessary pain and have unintended consequences. We have found snap traps, electric traps, or exclusion tactics to work effectively. But they have to be well-implemented by experts to produce the intended results. As a company, we are keen on attaining the best results for our clients. That's why we provide a guarantee for good results. We have also been voted as the best removal company in this district for five years in a row. So, what's stopping you? Give us a call to tell us about your rat infestation problem. Let our experienced experts show you how we can protect your health, home, and environment. Our friendly, caring staff is looking forward to taking your call and introducing you to our family!

We Ohio's top experts in rodent control. We are not a typical Columbus rat removal or pest control company. We don't treat rats or mice like insects, because they are not - they are mammals! You can't just use poison to get rid of them, like you can with insects. Unlike most Columbus pest control, we focus on complete and permanent solutions. We don't just use poison every month. We solve your rodent problem forever, by following these steps:

• Inspect the entire house, ground to roof, and the attic
• Seal shut all entry areas, no matter how small, with steel
• Set a dozen or more rat or mouse traps in the house and attic
• Remove all rodents as they are caught and monitor for activity
• Once there is no more activity and no more caught, we're done
• When necessary, we clean rodent droppings, replace insulation, and repair chewed electric wires

Columbus Rodent Removal Tip:

Are rats smart animals?
When we think of rats, we tend to envision those tiny little claws, and the sharp teeth, and the general grossness that humans have come to associate with the little rodents. We feel an immediate surge of disgust, but this is often a quite unfair reaction. There's so much more to rats than we tend to at first assume. 

Rats are quite fantastic creatures, ones that deserve our respect, as well as our compassion.

So, to answer the title question…

The short answer is yes, they are.  Rats are surprisingly clever creatures, which becomes apparent once you examine their behavior more closely. The first thing worth noting about these much-maligned rodents is that they've got an excellent memory. You see, since rats are mainly nocturnal creatures, they tend to suffer from pretty poor eyesight. So a rat isn't likely to see around itself all that well, but that only serves to make this skill that much more remarkable. Rats are known to compensate for this bad vision with a remarkable sense of navigation. This is how they're able to make their way through the world and return to their nest, and it is believed that once a rat learns a specific route, it will never forget it. Pretty impressive, right? 

And since they're nocturnal creatures, it could be said that rats could find their way around in the dark, and that's no small feat for allegedly "stupid" creatures.

Rats are also capable of thinking through problems and finding solutions. If you pay careful attention to the behavior of an intruder rat, its intelligence will easily become apparent. First of all, rats know how to make their nests in a place where they're not likely to be discovered. For example, a favorite hang-out spot of these rodents tends to be your attic. This is because the rat has observed your patterns and knows you won't go into the attic as often as you do other rooms in your home.

In fact, rats have often been compared to dogs in regards to their intelligence. Rats that are kept as pets are often taught various tricks by their keepers, and they take to these new learnings with astonishing ease. This is a testament to a rat's incredible ability to learn, adapt, and grow its intelligence, quite similar to the way you'd teach a dog to do tricks.

Rats aren't only highly intelligent creatures, but also quite developed emotionally. They are some of the most social creatures known to man and will develop strong bonds with other rats, care for their families, and so on. Even more interestingly, they will also form a bond with the human who cares for them (in the case where the rat is kept as a pet), as well as groom and regularly interact with the human.

Did you know that pet rats have been observed to bounce up and down excitedly when they see their human? This closely resembles the excitement a dog feels when its master returns home.

What this means…
While the repulsion we tend to feel toward rats is understandable, the rat's empathy and intelligence should at least prompt us to treat them humanely. It's generally inadvisable to let invading rats live in peace in your home, as they expose you and your pets to a hoard of nasty diseases. But you are dealing with a highly complex and intelligent creature here, so when you attempt to dispose of it, you should always try to do this in a manner that is cruelty-free, for example by use of a live trap. 


We service nearby towns such as Grove City, Hilliard, Upper Arlington, Worthington, Gahanna, Groveport, Bexley, Obetz, Grandview Heights, Whitehall, Lockbourne, Marble Cliff, Urbancrest, Minerva Park, Valleyview, Brice, Lincoln Village, Riverlea, Darbydale, Blacklick Estates, Huber Ridge, Lake Darby, New Rome.