If you are in the middle of mice invasion you should gather as much intelligence as possible about their activities and accordingly act on your own or hiring the services of a pest control company. The information you gather about these mice will tell what kind of mice you are dealing with and it will greatly help in the mice removal process initiated by BBPP, professional mouse exterminator Maple, and enable them to complete the process in a smooth manner. The inputs you provide to the exterminator will prove invaluable and help eliminate mouse infestation efficiently and quickly.
Tips for detecting mice infestation
- There are several ways and methods to find out what type of mice inhabit your space. You can start by inspecting your premises and give special preference to places like foundation, roof, basement, drainage system, outhouses and garden. Close inspection of these locations will reveal their entry and exit points.
- Inspect food storage, kitchen shelves, behind refrigerator, under the sink and other places where you handle or eat food. You may find mice droppings in a heap as rodents have the habit of defecating on the same place where they eat their food.
- You may come across shredded paper, wood fibers, dried plants, cloths etc. Rodents use these materials to build their nests where they would keep their babies.
- Chewed furniture and woodwork, ripped food packets, plastic containers, spilled food grains on the floor, scattered food crumbs near dining table, are some of the other signs that indicate towards a mice infestation.
- Rat or mice smell emanating from isolated areas of your home. Mice and Rats also build nests in debris, cardboard boxes, pile of wood, and clutter in uninhabited area of your home. You will telltale sign of tiny mice foot mark, runways along the wall and urine stain on the floor.
Mice can live in your house without being detected if it is a lone mouse or a couple. But they will soon become large families as mice are capable of producing 75-100 pups in a year. When the younger ones become adults they will produce similar numbers and the process will start when a mouse attains the age of 6 weeks. Large colonies of mice become unmanageable by owners because the sheer numbers will defeat home remedies like catching them with traps and baits. You can deter mice entry by making your home unpleasant for mice. This you can do by sealing entry points, cleaning exteriors, removing clutter and water sources from outside. You should meticulously check foundation, insulation, basement and walls for small holes and crevices. These make potential entry points and mouse will enlarge them by nibbling and scratching.
Cleaning kitchen surfaces and dining table with disinfectant will wipe the food smell from their surfaces. Mice are attracted by food smell and by disinfecting you can erase it. Keep trash cans/bin sealed tightly and take out garbage regularly. These are big attraction for mice and by removing these you can discourage them from making an entry in to your home. However it is advised to seek professional help such as BBPP, the best Pest Control Maple if the infestation is big and entrenched and they will remove mice without a fuss. Contact them on phone number 647 910 6315 or email info@bbppcanada.com and get a free quote for pest removal.