Effective Mouse Control - Don't Panic About Rodent Infestation

!: Effective Mouse Control - Don't Panic About Rodent Infestation

Having rodents, such as mice, take up residence in your home can be extremely worrying and inconvenient. Not only do they pose a health risk but also they are liable to cause structural damage to your property. However, there are many ways you can control them.

The majority of people don't have the qualifications to exterminate these vermin professionally and aren't sure even how to guard their home against them, let alone get rid of mice once they are firmly ensconced in their home.

Prevention is the first step to dealing with any pest problem. Small animals can get through the tiniest of openings, and you should never underestimate a hungry, determined mouse.

Mice can chew through, wood, plastic or rubber in order to get in. They will make their home almost anywhere, in boxes, behind furniture and between walls. You firstly need to prevent them from making it indoors. You cannot close all openings but by walking around the exterior of your home to check gaps you can certainly reduce the risk of an infestation.

Pay particular attention to the gaps between the bottoms of doors, places where pipes and vents penetrate and ground level windows. You can use foam rope, foam sealer, steel wool, caulking or better yet steel wool combined with caulking to plug any visible gaps.

Scale down plants and weeds that grow up exterior walls. Mice are shy creatures and are always on the lookout for cover and cutting greenery back will reduce their protection making it unappealing to them.

Always move your bin far away from your garage or the side of your property. These pests are constantly on the hunt for food and the scent of rotting detritus will only serve to attract them.

There are a few signs you can look for to detect a mouse invasion. Small droppings will be the first one. They are usually rod shaped, black and between three and six millimetres long.

Another sure indication of mice is gnawed furniture. You may also find their nests in sheltered areas around the house, made from finely shredded paper or similar. These rodents also have an unmistakeable musky odour.

It is unusual to have just one mouse invade your property. They normally move around in pairs and can breed at an alarming rate. A female adult can have up to seven litters a year, with around five pups in each litter. Baby mice reach maturity within eight weeks and will live for approximately a year. Therefore a vermin problem can escalate rather rapidly.

Should you discover you have a problem, you can attempt your own mouse control by trying to catch them yourself. Poison traps can be toxic and dangerous to humans and pets so it may be safer to use a traditional spring trap first.

You should place the traps wherever you think the mice are most active, in particular anywhere you have spotted droppings. Make sure other household members will not disturb the traps.

Try using a sweet bait to attract the creature. Sultanas, raisins, chocolate or peanut butter are all very tasty foods to a mouse. Avoid touching the trap too much as you could overpower the bait with your own scent and this may put the animal off.

Once caught, to dispose of a dead mouse, it is best to wrap it carefully in a plastic bag and place it in your outside bin.

If you are a quite squeamish, you may want to use a humane trap that won't harm the rodent. It is best to set it free a great distance from your home. By letting it go in your back garden it will inevitably find its way back inside.

You may decide to use poison to rid yourself of your mouse problem. Do take care to place it where it won't be accessible to children or pets, as it can be extremely dangerous if eaten.

There are some chemical free poisons available on the market. Their composition relies on the nature of the mouse's body to take effect and cause dehydration. The animal will retreat, fall into a coma and eventually die.

You could try sonic control to purge your rodent guests. Ultrasonic waves disturb mice until they give up and go elsewhere. A good model will cover an area of 400 square metres and will not harm cats or dogs. Do be aware though that smaller domestic pets like gerbils or hamsters may be affected.

In extreme cases of infestation, it is always best to seek professional help. Not only will a pest controller alleviate your problem but will also offer advice on how to avoid future influxes.

There are various measures you can undertake when it comes to mouse control. It is just a case of finding the one that is most effective for your own situation.

Effective Mouse Control - Don't Panic About Rodent Infestation

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DIY Pest Control

!: DIY Pest Control

Reports say that you are never more than a few feet away from a rat or mouse at any time anywhere in Britain. As a result of ever increasing rodent populations, more pest control is needed. Rodent populations have increased due to a number of factors. Firstly the introduction of fortnightly refuse collections, but secondly local authorities decreasing their pest control activities. There are many local authorities in the country that have been forced, due to lack of funds available, to cease supplying a free pest control service. This, coupled with the economic slowdown, the need to cut costs both commercially and domestically has never been more important.

Both businesses and domestic people are looking for the most economic efficient alternative than costly pest control contracts and job work. One of these "cheaper alternatives" is DIY pest control. Do-It-Yourself pest control has really taken off over recent years with a number of DIY pest control companies opening up on the Internet. Take DIY product for rats and Mice for example, to call a pest control company out for a 3 visit rat treatment can cost as much as 300 Franks, but to do the treatment yourself, and in most Cases with exactly the same bait and equipment, can cost as little as 15 Franks. There are various ways in which to deal with your rat or mouse problem using poisons, live traps, cage traps, snap traps, electronic devices and plug-in repellers. 

Poisons can be very effective against rodents, but a lot of people tend to worry about children, pets and non-target animals, and rightly so. Most internet based pest control shops will provide you with expert advice on what to use and where, such as a secure, lockable bait box in which the poison is securely fixed within the box and a key is needed to open the box, block bait for example is held in place by a metal rod running through the centre of the block, making it perfectly secure within the bait station.  Live traps and cage traps are used to catch the rodent live, by placing an attractant inside the trap, the rodent will enter to feed, when he does this the trap is triggered and the door closed behind him thus trapping him inside. Snap traps work on the same principle as tempting the rodent to the trap with a tasty treat but dispatching the rodent instantly.

The electronic device again uses the attracting principle and when the rodent reaches a certain point of the trap it is very quickly dispatched. Finally, the plug-in or ultrasonic devices, are units which work on two levels. Firstly, ultrasonic waves are emitted from the unit, it is worth noting that on this setting the unit will only cover the room it is plugged in to and will not travel objects such as walls and furniture etc, the second function is electro-magnetic pulses, these pulses will travel through your homes wiring, and on average covering an area of around 2000 sq meters.

These units make living conditions for rodent very uncomfortable and will drive your unwanted guests away. These pest-repelling devices will not work properly if used in conjunction with other pest control methods such as poisons, as you are trying to drive away the pest on one hand, and tempting him back with a tasty treat on the other. DIY pest control is a fast immediate pest control solution for anybody to think about. It is worth looking at pest prevention after the initial problem has been fixed, thus reducing the chances of re-infestation in the following years to come.         

DIY Pest Control

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