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The aroma of freshly baked cookies fills the air, twinkling lights illuminate your beautifully decorated home, and family members are arriving for your annual holiday celebration. Everything is perfect—until you spot a line of ants marching across your kitchen counter toward the dessert table, or worse, notice a cockroach scurrying across the bathroom floor just as your guests are arriving.

The first cold snap of winter arrives in Riverside County, and homeowner Sarah Martinez notices something unsettling: small droppings near her pantry, scratching sounds in the walls at night, and tiny gnaw marks on her cereal boxes. What she's experiencing is all too common throughout Southern California during the winter months—unwanted rodent guests who've decided her warm, food-filled home is the perfect place to ride out the cooler season.

While many people assume pest problems disappear when temperatures drop, the reality is quite different in our region. Winter actually drives rats and mice indoors in greater numbers, making this season one of the most critical times for rodent prevention and control.