Mice Not A Mouse in the House - Guaranteed.Not only are mice a nuisance, but they can also damage and destroy materials by gnawing, eating, and contaminating stored food. Mice can also carry a variety of diseases that pose threats to human health.Never have mice again. Adam’s licensed, Pest Management Professional (PMP) thoroughly inspects your home for openings which could allow mice easy access. Adam’s then exterminates mice with a combination of bait, glue boards, and/or mouse traps depending on the extent of the infestation and level of mouse control desired.Adam's Pest Control Gets Rid Of Mice Fast100% customer satisfactionCompetitive pricingFast, local responseLicensed professionalsFriendly service A closer lookKnown IssuesContaminates FoodDamages LandscapesDamages StructuresSpreads IllnessStructure InvadingActive During DIY Mouse Prevention; Or How To Stop Mice From Coming Into Your Home: Mice are looking for places to spend the winter, and your home is a warm, inviting place.
Now is the time to prepare your home against mice by inspecting and sealing all entry points.Mice gain entry through holes, cracks, and spaces as small as 1⁄4” in diameter. A good method for inspecting is to take a pencil and if it fits, seal up the space.Where to look for entry points:Cracks in your foundationGaps around A/C lines, dryer vents, cables and anything else that comes out of your houseGaps between brick fascia or a fireplace and sidingWindows that don’t close tightlyGaps between doors and the threshold; or garage door and the floorStore firewood at least 20 feet away from the houseKeep shrubbery trimmed and cut back from the houseMice are excellent chewers, so it is best to use sturdy materials such as sheet metal, hardware cloth or concrete mortar for repairs.Stuff stainless steel pads into small holes around pipes and cables, and then seal the holes with caulk.Cover vents and windows with screens.Install sweeps on the bottom of entry doors and your garage door.You can also discourage mice by removing clutter.
Mice are attracted to convenient places to build a nest. Remove their favorite nesting places:Cardboard boxesOld furniturePiles of clothing, even clothes stored in bags or boxesStacks of magazines, newspapers, or other papersAnything made of cloth, especially if it isn't used oftenFinally, remove all food sources.Use tightly-sealed glass or plastic food storage containers.Don't store boxes of food on the floor.Take out the trash frequently and use a trash can that has a lid.Sweep and mop your kitchen floor often to remove traces of food.Clean up spills right away.Keep dog food in a sealed container.Rake up fruit, nuts and berries that have dropped from trees in your yard.Move your bird feeder away from your house and clean up all birdseed that has fallen from the feeder.If you spot evidence of a rodent infestation, act quickly. Mice are not only a nuisance, but also damage and destroy wires and building materials by gnawing; eat and contaminate stored food; and can cause salmonellosis (food poisoning), rickettsia pox and other diseases through their parasites and feces.
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Then there’s the house mouse. “It’s a truly remarkable species because it has specialized in living in human environments, with an extraordinary degree of adaptability,” Dr. Garner said.American homes offer lavish accommodations for house mice, with cavity walls that provide the closed-in spaces, nesting materials and temperature they crave. It’s no surprise they don’t respond well to eviction. And people often have their own reservations about the process, said Vincent Errante, the owner of Universal Pest Control, a Brooklyn extermination company. “I get clients calling, screaming that they want them out of the house, they want them dead right now,” Mr. Errante said. “When I get there, it’s a whole different story. Now they don’t want the little mousey to get hurt.”Greg Baumann, the vice president for technical services of the National Pest Management Association, an exterminators’ group in Fairfax, Va., emphasized the need to resist that sentiment. “Mice are not cute, cuddly pets,” Mr. Baumann said.
If you have raw food, they’ll run through it and spread salmonella across your counter.”The allergens in their hair and urine have also been found to cause asthma.Effective mouse removal is a three-step process: getting rid of the food source; and capturing the mice. First, Mr. Errante said, determine what they’re eating. Look for gnawing marks and droppings around the kitchen and signs of chewed bags of food or garbage. Repackage food in thick plastic containers.Next, figure out how they got in, looking for holes and more droppings. Apartment dwellers should examine the ceilings, floors and walls to see if mice could have come from neighboring apartments. As Mr. Baumann put it, “If a pencil fits through the hole, so can a juvenile mouse.”Patch or fill holes, particularly around pipes, with copper mesh covered with IPF foam, a bitter-tasting sealant. And get a door sweep, Mr. Baumann advised, since door cracks are especially vulnerable to mice.Then comes the fun part: the capture.
“Regular snap traps are cheap and effective,” Mr. Baumann said.Place the traps where you see droppings, and bait them with the food they’ve been scavenging or with nesting material like cotton balls or dental floss. If you’re trapping in the right places with the right bait, Dr. Garner said, “You should hear the traps go off before you go to bed.” Glue traps, although effective, are crueler, as most mice survive longer than 24 hours in them with broken limbs and other painful injuries from struggling. Everyone interviewed for this column discouraged their use.Mr. Errante also suggested skipping ultrasonic wall plug-ins (“After a while, the mice realize it’s fine,” he said) and over-the-counter rodenticides, which can be dangerous for pets and children. If there’s a large infestation, he said, hire an exterminator.What about house cats?They may be as ineffective in real life as in cartoons. “I see this a lot,” Mr. Errante said. “People feed their cat, and then the cat’s just lying there while mice run back and forth.