Orange oil, once dried, doesn't add to fire risk
Orange oil, once dried, doesn't add to fire risk
[...] I began checking and find that it's not widely adopted, so those who use it have little competition, and charge high prices for the service.
[...] I thought (insurance broker that I am) will this oil make the house more flammable if an unrelated fire should happen in the future?
Fortunately, it looks like most of their damage is not structurally significant, but now that we're in the repair phase, we'd like to treat the beasts effectively.
The reason it isn't widely used is that the owner of the product requires everyone to go through an extensive training program to get certified.
For rats, you can use rat-size snap traps and also bait them with pieces of Slim Jim meat stick.
If you kill mice or rats in a snap trap, spray the body with a disinfectant like Lysol and put it in a plastic bag, trap and all and discard it.
[...] never set the traps, live or snap traps, with your bare hands as the rodents may pick up the human odor and avoid the trap.