Rodents like mice are close to human because their dwellings offer the shelter and protection. A household is made up of several rooms and areas that offer isolation and concealment and mice thrive in this environment by building nests and breeding babies. The only way to prevent their menace is to keep them away from your home which may look Himalayan task, but you can always try and score some amount of success if the infestation is in the initial stage. If you already have rodents in your home, you can call professional help like BBPP, highly successful mouse exterminator Woodbridge and remove them from your home.
There are basic things that you have to do first and foremost to keep mice out of your home.
What mice want from you?
- Shelter
- Food
- water
You provide these three things to mice and that is the reason they are in your homes. If you cut off these three things for them they will go away, look somewhere else. Mice are dangerous and can cause lots of problems for you so it is not wise to allow the danger to linger on. The harm they can do to your home would include
- Damage property.
- spread of disease which are fatal
- Eat and destroy food besides contaminating them.
- Cause fire accidents by chewing electric wires.
How to keep them away?
- Plug holes and prevent access
Find holes and gapes in walls and other areas and plug them with materials like caulk, cement, steel mesh, hardware cloth, plaster and weather strip under doors. Mouse is tiny and can get through tiniest of holes. Mice are excellent climbers and can climb up tree and run along branches out reaching your house structure and get in to your roof, ceiling, attic, and eventually into your rooms. Trim off tree branches and deny access.
- Prevent access to food
A house mouse is resourceful and can find food anywhere in your house, both indoors and outdoors. So do not keep food open and cover trash cans with lids. If you have fruit trees in the garden pick up fallen or rotten fruit from the floor. Do not leave water to fill in the lawn or garden and empty vessels that contain water. Keep animal feed sealed away and do the same to bird seeds. Similarly don’t leave food on the dining table uncovered and also close shelves and cabinets where you store food materials. Clean kitchen and remove all food smell from dining table, food preparation counter, cooking range and kitchen counters.
- Remove clutter
Mice make clutter their habitat and you will find lots of clutter in a normal house such as dumped cardboard boxes, old furniture, clothing, sofa, paper and wood pile in the garden. They could also get in to your garage and under the hood of your car engine. Keep both indoor and outdoor clean as far as possible and close garage door tightly. If you keep wood outdoors store them at least 2 feet above the ground. Remove thickets, bushes, and heavy growth and also remove fallen logs or tree stumps where cavities provide shelter for mouse.
- Bait them and trap them
Place baits and traps to lure rats and exterminate them or leave them far away in the fields. This will work if the infestation of tiny size. If you are planning to use rodenticides to eliminate them it is advised that you call professional help like BBPP, the best Pest Control Woodbridge for the town and nearby towns and with extensive knowledge of rodents and methods to exterminate them.
You could also check your neighborhood for mice infestation and collectively undertake rodent removal by calling the professionals. You can contact them on phone number 647-910-6315 or by email info@bbppcanada.com and get a free quote.