Mice infestation of home is not good news because rodents like mice and rats spread diseases that are rare and without a vaccine. Many people do not know that mice carry such dangerous diseases as they are always alleged of stealing food and shredding clothes. Some of the most contagious diseases in history have been transferred from rodents to human and the prime example is the Plague that wiped out large populations in Europe during middle ages. It is important to stop mice or rats entering your homes and you can contact BBPP, the nearest Mice Removal Woodbridge if you want to get rid of your current infestation. However, you can always think about the future and take precautions to prevent mice from entering your home and here we provide a few precautionary measures that will prevent mice from occupying your premises.
How to prevent mice from entering your homes?
Stop or close entries
Check out entry points naturally occurring or rodent made and plug them with strong sealants. Your walls can develop holes and cracks that provide easy access for mice to your indoors. Wall voids, cavities in tree trunks nearby, pipe entry points, sewer system, roof top entry points, gaps under doors and broken window panels etc are possible entry points for mice seeking warm shelter. You should close them with adhesions that are unbreakable and you can choose caulk, cement, and concrete, steel wire mesh, steel wool ball etc for the purpose. If you can accomplish it you can easily thwart the mice attempts to enter your home. This could be effective mouse control woodbridge measures and practicing them will stop mice from reaching your interior.
Remove food and food smell
Do not leave food outside and always keep food covered by proper lids. Carelessly left food items after dinner in the kitchen or on the dining table are great lure for rodents. Leaving food on the lawn after a BBQ party can spur rodents to get active and taste the food. Rats and mice like the smell of roasted meat and sugary drinks that you serve in your lawn party. It is vital to remove whatever food or meat scrapes left after the party and dump them in tightly lidded trash cans. Keep kitchen clean and use disinfectant solutions to sanitize kitchen surfaces, counters, food preparation areas etc. if mice don’t find loosely left food they may go away. Consult rat control Woodbridge to find ways to drive away the rodents.
Store food items in steel or metal containers
Polythene bags, cardboard boxes, plastic containers and similar storage items cannot protect contents against the sharp frontal teeth of mice and rats. Rats being bigger and stronger can easily tear in to these containers and steal and spill the food. Food packets, cereals, grains, cattle feed, bird seeds, cheese, meat and dairy products are not safe if they are not stored in metal or glass containers. Replace thin plastic containers with either thick plastic containers or metal containers as it will offer better resistance.
Food and water are great attractions for rats and mice and by depriving them of these items they won’t stay in your house. Make your home as unattractive as possible and mice will flee to some other places. Even if all these efforts fail you can always depend on BBPP, most trusted rodent exterminator Woodbridge, to take care of the infestation at affordable costs. You can contact them by dialing the number 647-910-6315 or sending message to info@bbppcanada.com and get a free quote.