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Holy Bats! — Why Are They Flying Into Our Homes?

August 28, 2021
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Bats In Our City Even though Singapore is a city, there's so much wildlife amongst us. Think otters, the jungle fowls, wild boars and even snakes! What people do not realize is that we have many bats living amongst us too. Being the only mammal that can achieve full flights, these nocturnal creatures are actually very good for us. They fly around in the evenings and nights eating up insects and other creepy crawlies. During the day, they rest in trees, under dark corners of buildings. And increasing now - as we noticed - under the solar panels now being installed by HDB all over the island. [caption id="attachment_86958" align="alignleft" width="300"] HDB Solar Panels @ AMK[/caption] [caption id="attachment_86959" align="alignleft" width="300"]...

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Top 5 Things to Consider for Insect Screens

July 23, 2021
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Though insect screens (aka mosquito net, window mesh, flyscreen) are not yet very common in Singapore, it is considered a necessity for most homes elsewhere in the world, so it’s really quite strange why this is not yet the case in Singapore. Insect screens are useful not only to keep mosquitoes out. In fact many families install the screens (aka mesh) to keep out lizards, cockroaches and other creepy crawlies too. It is certain a good solution to allow you to keep your windows opened for good air circulation while blocking these uninvited guests out! With the increasing occurrence of dengue fever over the years, and now everyone staying at home due to Covid-19 and even "midge infestations" (usually near...

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Keep Out Those Pesky Birds! 🦅

July 13, 2021
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Many birds are beautiful and sing with a lovely voice. However, many birds that live in Singapore are nuisance to our living environment. Birds Can Be Pesky In places such as Hougang, Ang Mo Kio, Sengkang, Woodlands, Eunos and Tampines, they nest on nearby trees, making unbearable noise and sometimes flies into our home for a free meal and water. It's so irritating and so difficult to chase them away because they keep coming back. The best method to keep these pesky birds (usually mynah, sometimes pigeon) away for good is to remove their food sources and even to close our windows. But these may not be good solutions because closing windows will cause our homes to be hot and...

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Flying Cockroach, Yucks! Let’s Keep Them Out!

June 10, 2021
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Why Do Cockroaches Come Into Your Home? Cockroaches are disgusting but the flying ones are the worst! 🤯😲😡 Cockroaches visit your home for food and water (and not because they like you!). This is the reason why the most vulnerable places at home is the kitchen & bathrooms.  Keep food carefully packed away and keep the bathrooms dry and you will see less (and hopefully no more) cockroaches! And yet it is not uncommon to have them flying into our homes here in Singapore. Doesn't matter whether we're staying in a flat, a condo or even landed houses. Especially at night when we go to the kitchen to get something to eat. Or on "fumigation day" when rubbish chutes are...

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Keep Your Family Safe – No Mosquito = No Dengue = No Zika

February 2, 2019
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Are You Living in a Dengue Red Zone? These past few days had been hot and rainy, the perfect kind of weather for Aedes mosquito to breed and it's no wonder that we're seeing an increase in the number of dengue cases across Singapore. [caption id="attachment_86948" align="alignleft" width="300"] 10 Dengue Cases here at Yishun Street 81 Khatib area (photo taken 18 Jan 2019)[/caption] [caption id="attachment_86949" align="alignleft" width="300"] 20 Dengue Cases here at Yishun Street 81 Khatib area (photo taken 1 Feb 2019)[/caption]                 Dengue is a Painful Disease Unfortunately most folks in Singapore is still unaware of how dangerous and painful it is to suffer from dengue (it's other name is "Break Bone...

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Keeping Kitty Safe!

January 12, 2019
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Keeping Your Cat Safe It is said that "Cats Choose Us, We Don't Own Them", and indeed there's so much truth and wisdom in this sentence. But whether we own cats or they choose us, one of the biggest challenges and concerns that cat owners have is to keep our beloved cats safe in our high rise home here in Singapore, whether HDB or condo; even landed houses. And so it's so scary and sad to have irresponsible not keep their house safe when keeping cats - especially when we see the cats innocently hanging out at the edges of windows, kitchen yards and even clothes hanging poles. And this is why the Cat Welfare Society, SPCA and (almost) all...

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Keep Lizard Out of Your House!

January 10, 2019
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                        Lizards Are Scary For most people, lizards are just harmless creatures that lurk in dark corners in the house. In fact fairly useful creatures that gobble up the mosquitoes, flies and other insects and pests. But for some - the very thought of knowing that there're lizards in the house strikes chill and fear deep into their hearts! Even causing them to be debilitated. This is terrible, the house is meant to be a home. It is a place to feel safe and a place to relax, refresh and recharge. So Hot & So Stuffy at Home When Windows Are Closed So what then usually happens is that...

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No Mosquitoes = No Dengue!

December 17, 2018
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Dengue is A Dangerous (and Painful!) Disease The state of dengue in Singapore is the most serious in many years. 9 People have already died this year and we're still in the midst of the epidemic, so it'll get much worse before it gets better. Please keep your family safe. Not many people know that dengue hemorrhagic fever is also known as the bone break disease. The reason? Dengue fever is an extremely painful disease because when infected, the bone marrow's normal function is suppressed - resulting in low platelet counts and internal bleeding. In most severe cases death may result. Do The 5-Step Mozzie Wipeout! Our National Environment Agency (NEA) has been doing a great job in terms of keeping...

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