Mice are most active when it is dark, so they venture out in the night for foraging food. However they are not averse to moving around during day time as you can see an occasional mouse jumping over your kitchen counter. You see less of them in day time and also hide quickly if someone spots them by chance. This actually transfers into them not liking daylight or light. They are afraid of predators and human and also scared of brightly lit places and noises. They are easily startled and will scurry away with sudden noise. Bright lights and sounds startle mice and keep them away from your rooms and send them packing to their nest burrowed deep in to your walls or basement. But lights and sounds cannot be on all the time in a household because you have to sleep and have some peace. Keeping lights on means losing privacy and increasing electricity bills and even then mice will not go away from your home. if you have mice infestation your best bet to lose them is to call BBPP, most experienced Mouse removal Milton and get rid of them.
Keeping lights on is not the solution?
Mice like dark and shady places because they do not want to confront their foes and human. Predators can easily pick them up in day light or brightly lit spaces. This is the reason they are mostly active during dark and venture out less in day light. Mice are repelled by many things and they range from scent of flowers to natural oils and many items that are pleasant to smell for human. If you keep the lights on mice may not come out of their hole and hunt food. But this may not be the ultimate solution because they will come out as soon as all lights are turned off. Well, you can’t keep all lights on in your home during night, can you? It will disturb peace and you cannot enjoy the privacy of darkness. So keeping lights on is not the solution. There are other ways like keeping the house clean not leaving food articles out in the open, sealing food items in smell proof containers, and blocking holes and crevices in the house with impenetrable sealants are some of them.
Keeping periphery lights on may deter mice from crossing the line and entering your homes. But that will keep only those mice that are new to your house and what about the ones that are already entrenched in your basement, attic, barn, sidings, wall crevices etc? if you look at that, it is will be a total no go solution and you will end up wasting money on electricity bill and losing your privacy. Best way to get rid of them from your home is to engage professional mice exterminators such as BBPP, the most effective pest control Milton. Once they get it done you can opt for prevention measures like blocking entry and keeping house clean etc. To engage BBPP call the number 647-910-6315 or send email to info@bbppcanada.com and also get a free quote.