Heaving a sigh of relief after mice extermination is natural reaction after your horrendous experience with the rodent. You may feel elated that there are no more mice in your home to contaminate your food and wake you up in the dead of the night. However there is one more things you need to do for complete elation and that is to clean house after mouse extermination. It is a vital task necessary to be undertaken if you want to prevent deadly infections from mice droppings. You could contact BBPP the best mouse exterminator Brampton for the removal of mice from your home and also obtain some tips on how to clean your home after the extermination.
How to clean:
Mice Urine and mice
Extreme precaution needs to be taken during the clean up because mice droppings and urine can be contagious if the rodents have already been infected. Before cleaning up seal all the entries so no mice from outside don’t get inside your house. Even after extermination keep traps and watch for further mice capture. When you are sure that there is no more infestation you can start cleaning mice urine and droppings. By this time droppings and urine would have dried up and they may not be infectious. Before cleaning up ventilate the area by opening the windows and let fresh air come in. use cross ventilation for 30 minutes.
When cleaning up do not use vacuum or broom to sweep as it will stir up dust and nesting material. they could get in to your nose and mouth and may still be infectious.
- Use rubber, vinyl or latex gloves to handle droppings and urine
- Spray the waste with disinfectant or water mixed with bleach. If you use commercial spray read instructions
- Use paper napkins or towels to pickup droppings and wipe urine. Dispose them in waste bin. Disinfect the area from where you have picked up the droppings
- Mop the floor and spray the entire area with disinfectant
- Shampoo or steam clean upholstered furniture fabric and carpet. Launder bedding and clothes with hot water mixed with detergent if you suspect they have been exposed to rodents waste
- Finally remove your gloves and wash your hands and feet with soap water or a sanitizer solution.
Dead rodents and nests
- Spray the dead mice with disinfectant or bleach water
- Soak the nest with bleach water for 5 to 10 minutes and wipe them away with rag or paper towel
- Put the animal bodies and nesting material in to plastic bags and seal them. You should also put it in another bag and seal it before dumping it in to the trash bin.
- Wash your hands as mentioned before or use a sanitizer
You will follow the above procedure when you clean up attic, barn, sheds, garage and outhouses. Air these places properly with proper ventilation to get the smell out. Rodent infestation like mice is capable of spreading highly contagious diseases like salmonella, LCMV, Hantavirus, plague, and many other deadly diseases, so the above steps are necessary to prevent that from happening. For comprehensive mice extermination and advice call BBPP, the most successful pest control Brampton in the town and for other towns located nearby. You can contact them on phone number 647-910-6315 or by email info@bbppcanada.com and get a free quote.