Mice Control
Ashfield

How to keep mice under control in your home

Mice require a food source, home and simple access. They lean toward dry, warm areas where they are not bothered and can build homes.

There are also preventative ways we can do to minimise mice encounter at home particularly if the source of infestation is not yet identified. Here are a few to do so before calling the aid of experts:

• Food protection – be cautious to not attract mice with food. Meals have to be stored in steel or plastic containers. Regularly wash under stoves, refrigerators and cabinets.
• Doors – fit bristle (or brush) strips to the base of doors to save you access, particularly in older homes wherein the door match might not be snug
• Holes – these are often created in exterior walls for cables and pipes; consider that old pipework holes and ensure they are sealed too
• Air bricks and vents – protect those with greatest galvanised cord mesh, mainly if they are damaged
• Eaves – fix damaged roofing and use twine mesh to seal gaps
• Vegetation – trim tree branches lower back from the house and wherein viable keep away from plants growing up the sides of your private home. Overgrown plants near the Walls will provide mice shelter and capacity to perform nesting sites.
• Lawns – maintain grass mown short to decrease shelter and seeds for food. Ideally leave a gap between the construction foundations and the backyard.

After mice infestation is seen, call the help of pest control professionals.

For current mice infestation, we’ll offer a quick, quality service to remove mice appropriately from your house or business.

With over a number of decades of internationally endorsed knowledge and experience, this enables our technicians to provide expert advice and mouse control in the regions they not only service but in which they also reside.

Detecting Mice Problems

To confirm if you are experiencing mice problems at home or in business, here are indicative signs that there’s an infestation:

• Droppings – their droppings are the same as rats. They leave traces of it and are usually concentrated in one area. Their droppings looked like chocolate sprinkles and are smaller than rats.
• Chewed up packed stuff or items – this is apparent as you may discover some chewed up pieces of things like papers or even the surfaces of your furniture.
• Noises – clearly, you may hear scratching and squeaking in your walls or on your roof especially at night which mice are most active.

Other signs that there’s a mice infestation:

• Pee and unmistakable stale smell
• Smear marks – these are often greasy marks left on areas where they rub their skin accompanied by fur and dirt
• Ripped food packages

Deterring Mice Problems

A careful and regular inspection is the first step in discovering mice infestation. Doing so thoroughly can help deter any mice problems. Though DIY methods can help, they can only supply short-term solutions. Hence, it’s good to consider long-term solutions to completely prevent such problems.

Actually, there are viable alternatives on how it will save your house and surroundings from mice infestation but the easiest way is to seal entry ways.

Setting Traps and Baits

Traps are a solid defense. This is applicable to mice which are dwelling comfortably within the property. Of course, we just don’t set traps and baits like what we see in cartoons. In fact, there is a proper way to do this.

For traps, there are two kinds: the sticky ones and the spring-loaded. Sticky traps can provide success by entrapping the mouse alive. However, it also has its downside. CDC said that live trapped mice can urinate and its infected urine can spread diseases.

So, if you suspect mice problems, do not hesitate to give us a ring and we’ll definitely help you deal and get rid of mice forever. Call us now!

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