Find out the safest, easiest, and most common ways to make mice go away.
If you are seeing evidence of mice, consider what could be attracting them to your home.
Are there cracks and crevices near doors, windows, and walls?
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Do you have bird feeders around that are providing them food?
Could they easily find water in your yard?
Mice and other rodents are also incredibly sensitive to airflow, especially in the fall and winter.
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Spray foam may fill the space but mice and rats can easily chew through it for re-entry.
Instead, screw some punch in ofmetal sheet or meshin place.
ensure themouse trapsyou are buying are special mouse snap traps and not rat traps.
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Rat snap traps are too big for mice.Snap traps onlycatch one mouseat a time and require emptying and resetting.
The goal is to trap the mouse in something that it cannot climb out of.
Peanut butter, cheese, crackers, and chocolate can be used to bait the mouse.
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Consider adopting a cat or borrowing one from a friend to help rid your home of mice.
To identify droppings, put on protective gloves and squish one of the droppings between your fingers.
Mice vs.
Rats
Rats and mice cause similardamagebut theylook and behave differently.
Mouse poison must be used correctly.
Professional pest control experts should put rodenticide blocks in a locking station anchored in place.
These stations encourage rodent feeding while keeping the bait locked away from people and pets.
Putting out poison is the fastest way of getting rid of mice.
Once ingested, the lethal dose can take only a few hours to kill a mouse.
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