Mice taking shelter in your house is a real problem. They will build nests, contaminate food, cause structural and furniture damage, waste food material, and spread diseases. They are unwanted guests that need to be eradicated from your home immediately. The most common methods used to eliminate them from your house is placing of traps at strategic points and keeping a vigil on them. You can control mice to certain extent with DIY methods but will not be able to effect complete removal. For that you will have to call the expertise of BBPP, most successful Mouse Exterminator Kleinburg in the town and having experience of treating hundreds of homes nearby.
Here we answer some questions related to mice and infestation
How do you know there is mouse infestation?
The most apparent sing of mice infestation is spotting a live mouse or two in your house. However there are more signs that could reveal the infestation such as:
- Gnawed woodwork, furniture with fresh teeth mark, food packages with holes, shredded paper left ina pile, cut or gnawed wiring insulation etc
- Finding food crumbs inside your drawers, closet corner or inside shoes.
- Finding rice sized black or brown droppings of mice in isolated corners, unvisited home spaces, behind cooking range, and other secret places where you don’t usually venture
- Runways created by the tiny feet of mice. They will be distinctly visible and you can see smear traces of mice on the walls along the runways. Urine stains, mouse hair, and piled paper cuttings, sofa fillings, and fibrous materials that they scavenge for nest building.
- Scooting and screeching sounds from different spaces, sounds coming from inside the walls, roof, ceiling and attic
- Musty and foul smelling odor that mice and rats emanate from their furry body
How do you distinguish between mice and rats?
Several key differences will determine rats and mice. Rats are larger and mice are relatively smaller. A mouse will grow up to 7-10 inches in adulthood and can be brown, reddish brown or gray. Rats are bigger and can grow up to 14-16 inches and the tail length can vary with species. The most common mouse found in Canada is House Mouse and the most common rats found are the Norway rats. Rats are aggressive and scare the light out of you when confronted. When food becomes short rats hunt down mouse and eat.
How to get rid of them?
You can use the traditional traps to capture them and exterminate them. There are different kinds of baits and traps available in the market and you can buy them over the counter and use. Best way to stop their infestation is to seal all entry points in your home and that would include holes and cracks in your foundation, walls, attic, barn, basement and crawl spaces. Removing food crumbs from floor and counters, sealing food packets properly in mouse proof containers, removing clutter from your interiors and exteriors and generally cutting food and water supply to mice. This always works and mice will go away if they do not get what they want from your home. If the infestation is bigger and beyond your comprehension you can contact BBPP, most experienced pest control Kleinburg and get rid of them. You can contact them on phone number 647-910-6315 or by email to info@bbppcanada.com and get a free quote for the service.