VIDEO. Deratist, he presents his daily life

“A lot of people think that we are in daily contact with rats, that we hunt them directly. No, I don’t see rats every day. I see it from time to time, but from afar.” Ivan Rimbaud is an exterminator. His daily life: to prevent rats from entering the establishments and properties of his clients. “You still have to remember that the rodent is a vector of diseases and pathogens and that this has consequences for human health. You can’t let a rodent roam around a restaurant.”

“The idea is not to eliminate all rodents since they have their place”

Ivan goes directly to structures with pest problems. He has rat extermination contracts, in particular with professionals, such as restaurateurs or bakers. “Before each intervention, we will check that we have all the equipment in our toolbox. We must have safety shoes. We will check that we have, here, garbage bags, for example”he explains.

“There are customers who want us to be more anonymous”also specifies the pest control. “Often it’s also the hoteliers, to be honest, so suddenly, when we go there, we have another van that is not flocked and we become a little anonymous.” For him, the goal is not to totally eliminate rats. “The idea, for deratting, is not to eliminate all rodents since they have their place, we need rodents. If they are there, there is a reason, but on the other hand, they have no place with us.