Mice are not good to have around your home because they can cause large scale property damage. House mouse is the most commonly found rodent species in Canadian landscape and they must be already entrenched in your household. Most people ignore the presence of mice because they don’t know what mice can do apart from stealing your peanut butter or last night leftover. One of the biggest issues with mice is that they are hardly visible to occupants and are not spotted during day. Mice are naturally nocturnal and only come out during night to hunt for food and gather nesting material. These two activities make sure that your precious household articles and home structure are damaged considerably and make you spend large amount of money in repairs and restoration. If you suspect that you have mice in your home and in large numbers you should immediately seek expert help from BBPP, most accomplished mice control services Woodbridge and get rid of them at once.
What possible damage mice can cause to your household?
Material damage
- They will raid food items that are stored in weak plastic containers and sacks and spill them, eat them and contaminate them, rendering them useless and unfit to eat. Food contamination by mice droppings, urine and saliva can cause serious diseases among family members.
- They won’t spare cattle feed, bird seeds, sacks of grains, nuts, etc stored in barns or outhouses.
- Your house mice will also cause considerable damage to your garden by shredding and eating plants. They will use the trees in your yard to climb up and jump on to your roof to access entry
- Mice choose their nesting place carefully and you will find them in a overcoat hanging in the coat stand or behind the dark corners of your wardrobe. They will also invade table drawers to build nests.
- Mice will pierce the underbelly of your living room sofa and build nest and in the process weaken the sofa structure by pulling out foam and cotton materials.
- Mice have two strong and sharp frontal teeth that they use with great effect to achieve their end.
Structural damage
- Mice access entry in to your home through holes and gaps on the outer walls. Some of these entry points can be found on the basement, foundation, and crawl spaces. They will enter through the smallest gaps and enlarge them to make space for building nests. As their family enlarges and increases in numbers they dig more in to masonry in order to find more space which obviously results in structural instability.
- Mice are required to keep the growth of their two frontal teeth in check or they will perish. Mice use their teeth extensively to gnaw, bite, and shred so they could blunt their continuously growing front teeth. This is the reason why they even cut in to live electric wires, switch panels, insulation and wood work.
It should be noted that mice are capable of spreading contamination in the household while doing the above and the contaminants can get in to your respiratory system or via hands if you touch them dead or alive. The above said things are matter of facts if you have mice infestation. If your household is under siege by rodents do not hesitate to call BBPP, most professional Woodbridge Pest Control Service and also for nearby towns. You contact them on phone number 647-910-6315 or send mail to info@bbppcanada.com to get a free quote.