Parts of Tarzana we cover
- Melody Acres
- Tarzana Ranch
- Caballero Canyon
- Ventura Boulevard
- Providence Tarzana Medical Center
- Tarzana Recreation Center
How rodents get into Tarzana properties
Large lots in Melody Acres
Residential-agriculture lots in Melody Acres have room for orchards, animal pens, sheds and long fence lines. Feed, fruit and outbuildings give rodents food and shelter well away from the house, and the long fence lines lead them straight toward it.
Hillside homes south of Ventura
Houses on the slopes toward Topanga State Park sit beside chaparral and oak, often on terraced lots with retaining walls and decks. Wild rodents move down from the brush, and the spaces under decks and behind retaining walls give them cover right at the foundation.
The Ventura Boulevard corridor
Providence Tarzana Medical Center, the medical offices around it and the restaurants and shops along Ventura Boulevard have kitchens, loading doors and trash areas, and they back onto residential streets. Commercial buildings get the same close inspection as homes, from the roof down.
Pools and backyard equipment
Many Tarzana homes have pools, with pump and filter equipment tucked behind a fence or in a small shed. Those warm, hidden corners and the pipes that run from them to the house give rodents cover and a route in.
In apartment buildings, rodents move between units through shared walls, pipe runs and garages, so a problem can start next door.
