How to identify the type of mice infestation taking place in your house?

If you have found the presence of beady eyed, round eared and furry bodied mouse in your home, you can safely assume that you will be in the grip of a nasty mice infestation or are already have one. It is important for you to know what kind of mice you are dealing with because their character traits will allow you to find better ways to exterminate them. If you are assured that you have mice infestation and require to expel them immediately you can trust the experience of BBPP, the professional mouse exterminator Brampton as well as for nearby towns. Here we will describe the appearance of most commonly found mice species in Canada, North America.

How to identify the mouse types?

There are two most popular mice species that haunt Canadian homes and they are House Mouse and Deer Mouse or Wood Mouse or white footed mouse.

House Mouse (Mus musculus)

The house mouse likes to co-exist with human thus invade homes and build nests. They can also be found in the garden, nearby thicket or bush, tree trunk or tree cavity. The house mouse hunt food in your house and surrounding areas thus contaminate the entire area with droppings, urine, saliva and hair. A house mouse can deliver 3-12 pups per litter and there will be 5-10 litters per year by the female mouse. The new born attain maturity at the age of 8 weeks and start breeding with a gestation period of just 18-20 days. Depending on the location they live they can be gray to brown and have cream colored bellies. It has four legs and a rotund body, pointed snout, and has large ears and eyes. A house mouse weights 15-20grams averagely and are fundamentally omnivorous. Besides pillaging food material and altering your home structures and furniture they also bring in deadly diseases like HPS or Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome.

Deer mouse Aka Field Mouse Aka White Footed Mouse

It is named after its upper cover which is similar to the one that deer wears. From head to tail the mouse can grow up to 12-28 cm and weigh 15-32 grams. Most distinctive feature of deer mouse is its dual colored tail. Peromyscus is its scientific name and it is small and becomes plentiful when multiply. It can produce babies at tremendous numbers and the maturity age of 6 weeks and a gestation period of 20 days allow them to breed babies as quickly as possible by rodents. The deer mouse can produce babies within a gestating period of 18-21 days and a single mouse can deliver babies 3-10 times in a year.

These mice species are extremely agile and hard to catch. They can spread diseases like Hantavirus, Lyme disease, salmonella, LCMV and plague and more. They are more than a nuisance and can make you spend sleepless nights with their constant chattering, and running around. You will see the food stock in your house is depleting quickly and foul smell is pervading the atmosphere. They are of no use to you and it is best to get rid of them by calling the professional services of BBPP, the most successful pest control Brampton and get rid of them. You can call them on phone number 647-910-6315 or by email to info@bbppcanada.com and get a free quote for the service.

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