Rhino Pest Management

Rhino Pest Management Rhino Pest Management is a household name around Ashby, Swadlincote, Burton & Coalville. servicing homes & business all around the area and further afield.

21/09/2026

Please read..

Last week I took a wasp sting to the hand.

I was working on a ladder with full PPE on and a wasp managed to sting my finger though the glove. The wasp and it's sting became stuck meaning I took what felt like 4 or 5 stings in succession into my knuckle.

Within 2 minutes my finger was swelling up, the whole area had turned white. I started to get chest tightening and my throat started to feel different. I took the prescribed antihistamines I had with me and then went to sit at my mum's who luckily lived just round the corner from where I was.

Within an hour the chest pains subsided and slowly my throat went back to feeling normal.

My hand continued to swell to the point it was double the the size which left me unable to bend my fingers.

After days of very strong antihistamine injections, I'm at a further appointment to try and sort out the fluid that's built up in me.

Because the last few stings I've had the way my body is reacting means with each stint I get I'm increasing the chances of anaphylaxis. The doctor's main worries are the pains in my chest and throat... Not good.

There are options available which I'm going to talk to the doctor to when I get seen to shortly. 100% pushing for an Epi pen, immunotherapy has been mentioned.

This is a message to say that wasps are no joke. Especially this time of the year. Done mess with them.

Not only that I appreciate that there are bookings. I need to deal with and when I am home later this afternoon I will be contacting everyone to sort out rearranging the appointments.

Does this mean I won't be dealing with wasps anymore? Not at all. All bookings will be honoured and I will see this season out.

New PPE is my main focus now.

Where does that leave me today? With a swollen hand and in limbo.

Hopefully after today then swelling will start going down to the point I can grip stuff and I can get back out.

Ughh....

How bizarre to find this chap next to my van at home... What a way to start the day. It goes to show you they are everyw...
10/09/2026

How bizarre to find this chap next to my van at home...

What a way to start the day. It goes to show you they are everywhere.

Time to step up my defences

Rhino Update... I haven't posted anything on here for a fair few months and I think it's time for an update Essentially,...
09/09/2026

Rhino Update...

I haven't posted anything on here for a fair few months and I think it's time for an update

Essentially, all is good in the world of pest management. I'm as busy as ever with my working weeks filled nearly 3 weeks I'm advanced always.

Wasp numbers are down from last year but it's still been a decent run. This week they have completely dropped off most likely because of the rain and the cooler temps. BUT they won't be gone. Please continue to tag me and pass out my number. Unfortunately I can't like every tag any more, I would spend all day doing it and with WhatsApp going 24/7 it gets a bit too much.

The last 18 months have been a whirlwind for so many reasons but mostly health-wise. I'm a year down the line and almost at the point where the hospital should be starting treatment. I'm hoping once that starts I can start to feel like me again. Although in July I was told there is a really long waiting list to start treatment. So I'm not hopeful it'll be anytime soon.

Why do I mention this? Because of the increasing effects it's having on me. I've gone from being able to function on 4 hours sleep to wanting to sleep all day and night. To struggling getting out of bed before 8 or 9am when I've always been up at half 5. It's effecting my day to day life and my work.

I'm lucky that my commercial customers have been understanding and together we have made allowances for this including giving me keys and codes so I can let myself in at any time.

There are a few more customers I need to make contact with to figure out that stuff.

I will be ok. I will get back to being me. Those who follow my profile will see i have enjoyed the summer doing various things. This won't stop. That one time out a week is when i dont feel tired, I don't feel poorly so I make the most of it.

Moving forward from this week

• I'm looking for bigger commercial contracts.
•Rats are back and I'm stocking up on traps and bits to see the winter through

But the biggest thing coming and has been two years in the making with false starts. I am now in a position where I can finally open my online store.

Once my order arrives I will share the details.

I have branded rat and mice boxes, traps, cages, lures, tracking dusts, and everything you could need to do pest control yourself. Doing it yourself with guidance and using tried and tested traps etc is going to be easier.

I will not be selling rodenticides. But I can guide you.

As time progresses I will add more and more stuff to the shop eventually selling everything you should need to deal with any pest.

Let's keep this Rhino train going.

For now, enjoy this photo of a wasp stripping this fence...

Oh Lawd have mercy! That was intense. I'm now thirsty beyond belief, I swear it I sneeze, sand will be blown out I'm sta...
26/05/2026

Oh Lawd have mercy!

That was intense. I'm now thirsty beyond belief, I swear it I sneeze, sand will be blown out

I'm starving

I'm sweating

But it's all worth it.

It is time.... Wasps are on the scrounge for wood and paper, they're looking for insects and dead animals, they're build...
20/05/2026

It is time....

Wasps are on the scrounge for wood and paper, they're looking for insects and dead animals, they're building this year's dynasty!

2026 wasp season has begun

*Cuts ribbon*


12/05/2026

I just want to say thank you to everyone who tags me and my other page Ben Rhino Hunt for work. It's massively massively appreciated. It always will be.

I hate having to say this though, I am getting increased amounts of people emailing me, messages on WhatsApp and by text asking me how I do my work, what stuff I use and how to use it.

I will help anyone. But I'm not going to be helping that extent. I'm running a business to keep a roof over mine and my son's head.

I appreciate that money is right especially with fuel and food prices constantly going up, but that effects me too. My fuel bill currently for just my van is around £250 a month and that's before the wasps start.

So I will not be answering any messages from anyone who just want to know how I do my job. So they can do it DIY.

I made some progress yesterday sending off information about the new direction I am going in. I had a good conversation ...
08/05/2026

I made some progress yesterday sending off information about the new direction I am going in. I had a good conversation with one company who have me on board and will be sending my details to their associates.

What a day. 11 hours setting this site up. Palletline in Birmingham is massive 180 rat boxes 40 mouse boxes620 labels6kg...
05/05/2026

What a day. 11 hours setting this site up.

Palletline in Birmingham is massive

180 rat boxes

40 mouse boxes

620 labels

6kg of bait.

220 m of tether wire

4 miles walking in circles.

And I have to do this again next week for their Coventry site!

It took me 5 hours just to label up!

Time for a Chinese!!

There is so much going on with Rhino Pest Management right now. Over the last few years I've had various ideas to try ou...
04/05/2026

There is so much going on with Rhino Pest Management right now.

Over the last few years I've had various ideas to try out but for one reason or another they didn't happen or didn't work out.

I've spent a good long while figuring out what I want to do with my company, especially with having a knackered shoulder and some other up in the air health issues. They're nothing that are going to stop me working or prevent me doing what I am doing.

At the minute I am struggling with fatigue and struggling to wake up in the mornings, I'm hoping this month I will finally have some more answers and the doctors manage to do something more then "we will be in touch". It's that bad I've put on an official complaint about some stuff.

Anyway, I digress.

There is something I will be doing, it'll be starting this month once I have the insurance in place. I will be setting up a lot of meetings with various companies about my new service Vague I know) the hope is to increase my commercial portfolio in a massive way. This is a very specific role, it'll be very specific working with various departments together to get a singular result.

It's all pest related, it'll still be Rhino Pest Management but a more specialised area.

I'll still have all my contract work and still be offering domestic and be king of the wasp.

I need to keep pushing forward and pushing what I am doing.

Wasps are coming. Let war commence.

I had my first ever commercial contract in 2020 there were maybe 4 boxes outside and a few boxes inside to this This is ...
24/04/2026

I had my first ever commercial contract in 2020 there were maybe 4 boxes outside and a few boxes inside to this

This is a 220 unit order for just one site, the second site mirrors this.

Silently in the shadows I'm pushing and pushing to be one of the biggest names in pest management in our area. Keeping my sights local.

Incredibly proud of myself for this. To see your hard work paying off and to see your name and logo on things is a great feeling.

I know I'm not the only person working hard, there are many more and they equally deserve praise and recognition.

Bit of a pain having it dumped at my front door but I've managed!!

I have another exciting meeting next week for potentially 2 more sites to take over in Ashby.

Absolutely flying through 2026.

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