What are the indicators of mouse issues?

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It is not very difficult to recognize signs of mouse problems in your home. It often starts with finding mouse dropping, these resemble granules of sprinkles. You may also be able to smell mouse urine in various rooms, because it has a fairly pungent smell! Do you open kitchen cupboards and suddenly come across eaten food packaging? What a horror … you can throw everything away! Also gnaw marks on wooden or plastic furniture? If you add everything together, you can certainly assume that mice live in your house!

Are you the proud owner of a company that works with food? Mice can appear there too! Perhaps you will come across mouse droppings in production areas or warehouses. It is miserable when you also find eaten goods: they are immediately unsaleable! Do you also smell mouse urine and do you find gnawing marks in various places? Then the ‘mouse party’ is complete. 

What types of mice are found in the house?

Rustling in the night. A patter along the walls. Who or what commits trespassing? When you think of mice, you tend to pull your feet up. These clever but harmful rodents can really hide anywhere. Once you see, hear or smell them, you can’t sleep! But which mouse species mainly cause headaches in homes and businesses?

House mice

The house mouse is the mouse species responsible for most of the pests in homes and businesses. It is seven to ten centimeters long, has a gray-brown back and a pointed head.

Wood mice

The wood mouse lives mainly in the wild, but if it gets too cold in winter, it can take refuge in buildings. The wood mouse is about four inches long, has a brown back and a pointed snout. Wood mice are protected and should therefore not be controlled. You can, however, put a barrier against these mice.

Field mice

The field mouse mainly lives on fields. This mouse species can end up in homes and businesses if its colony becomes overcrowded. Field mice can be recognized by their blunt snout, brown back and short tail. They are also legally protected, but may be banned.

Is it possible to remove a mouse nest?

Mice build nests in places you can barely reach. For example behind kitchen cabinets, in a cavity wall or in a crawl space. Do you find a mouse nest somewhere? It is better not to touch the nest with bare hands, because mouse nests can harbor a lot of bacteria and viruses. It is better to catch the parents, so that the youngsters do not get food anymore.

Is it impossible to fight mice yourself? Ask pest control London for help!

Fighting mice yourself is not exactly a happy or fruitful daytime activity. If you’re lucky, you’ll catch a few mice, but never the whole family. It is, therefore, better to leave the work to a professional mouse controller, who has often chopped with the ‘mouse ax’. Call pest control London to resolve your issue.

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