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The Complete Mouse Control Guide

When someone finds a mouse in their house, it’s usually quite startling. Whether you’ve found mouse activity that leads you to believe you have mice in your home, or you found a live or dead mouse itself, you’ve come to the right place to learn how to get rid of them.
In this complete mouse control guide we cover topics like: how to know if mice can get in your home, how to know where to look for mouse entry points, how to trap mice, how quickly do mice reproduce, the diseases mice carry, and the mouse services we offer.

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6 Ways on How To Trap Mice

Usually when a mouse enters a structure first it is an alpha mouse looking for some safe and warm lodging for its family. Alpha mice are very smart and are often the very last mouse to be caught. After entering a structure, the alpha mouse…

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5 Types of Diseases Mice Carry?

While the cartoon mice, like Jerry from Tom & Jerry are cute, the little furry ones that like to invade your home are not. Mice can pose a threat to the health and safety of your home. Learn how mice operate and the diseases they carry…

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How Quickly Do Mice Reproduce?

There is a saying we’ve heard from clients in the pest control industry: “If I’ve seen one mouse I probably have more.” This phrase is true, knowing…

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How to Know if Mice Can Get in Your Home

Did you know mice can squeeze in through any crack or crevice as small as one-fourth of an inch in diameter? That’s about the size of an eraser cap point! Mice do have bones, but…

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How to Know Where to Look for Mouse Entry Points

Today you will learn how to know where to look for mouse entry points. Previously, you learned that mice can fit into any opening one-fourth of an inch in diameter: the size of an eraser cap tip. Mice search for and find many little openings in a home through which they can squeeze.
They don’t have very good eyesight so they run right next to a structure. As their fur brushes up against the structure, it leaves pheromones, just like the droppings and urine they continuously leave. This alerts other mice of their presence and that your home or business may be a safe, warm home for them.
Mice often look for man-made openings, like an air-conditioning line or laundry vent. But if those don’t work, oftentimes Minnesota’s changing of seasons can create little cracks and crevices wide enough for mice to squeeze into.