Mice are a frustrating infestation and aside from bed bugs and cockroaches are among the most difficult infestation to rid yourself of. While there are many options when it comes to domestic mouse treatments if the infestation has been going on for longer than a few months it likely domestic products will start to fail. There are many types of mice including deer mice and field mice that do not frequent human homes, at least not in the summer and rarely enter the home through the basement or the first floor.
If you are dealing with a mouse infestation or have suspicions thereof, contact Biehn Mouse Control for a fast and effective complete eradication.
These mice are temporary invaders and are looking for warmth, not food. The mouse that lives in the walls of the house, hunting for food and never leaving the house for any reason is specifically referred to as the house mouse. They are white and often patchy with various shades of brown and they are smaller than many other mice species. They enter a human house to stay permanently and can breed rapidly. As time goes by they will move up the house, invading each floor above as their population grows. They will eventually reach the attic where the infestation will become severe and dangerous and feces fills the attic and hantavirus and respiratory issues and even sepsis can get you. Mice leave feces on the food they eat and shed fur that creates a specific smell of must and fills the house. People with existing respiratory issues will suffer from the dander and feces as it dries.
Protecting your home from house mice starts in the kitchen, if you have a pantry then you are in great danger. Real pantries are in the basement which mice have ready access to, they can invade your food supply and poison it with their feces. Plastic wrap and cardboard are no defence, they can even chew through hard plastic containers. They cannot chew through glass however but can chew through soft aluminum and even wood and concrete. They do this by nature because they must file down their teeth as they keep growing throughout all rodent’s lives. This is the quality that defines what is a rodent and what isn’t. Squirrels are rodents because their teeth grow endlessly.
If you want to protect your pantry from mice you can use a variety of methods. Rodent traps work well when baited with something mice love like shrimp shells that have gone off. Do not bother with cheese, peanut butter or shellfish works better. You can also use mechanical and electronic traps but they need to be emptied regularly or will not be effective. If the situation has gotten severe then you may want to think of calling in commercial exterminators who can use commercial grade rodenticide to kill the mouse population in your home, quickly and easily without having to worry about dangerous and messy traps. The mice dehydrate and desiccate in the walls and are not a bacterial issue.