Mice Pest Control
Runaway Bay Gold Coast

How to keep mice under control in your home

Mice require a food source, shelter and easy access. They prefer dry, warm areas in Runaway Bay in which they are not disturbed and can build nests.

There are many ways to help keep mice under control in your home or business units. Here are a few:

• Food safety – be careful not to attract mice with food. Where possible food should be stored in plastic or metal containers. Regularly wash under stoves, refrigerators and cabinets.
• Doors – fit bristle (or brush) strips to the base of doors to prevent entry, especially in older properties where the door fit may not be snug
• Holes – these are usually made in exterior walls for pipes and cables; take a look at that old pipework holes and ensure they’re sealed too
• Air bricks and vents – cover those with best galvanised cord mesh, mainly if they’re damaged
• Eaves — fix damaged roofing and use twine mesh to seal openings
• Vegetation – trim tree limbs after more In the home and where possible dodge plants growing up the sides of your property. Congested vegetation near the dividers will offer mice secure house and potential settling destinations.
• Lawns – maintain grass mown fast to reduce refuge and seeds for foods. Ideally leave a gap among the construction foundations and the yard.

Once mice infestation is spotted, call the help of pest control professionals.

For present mice infestation, we will offer a brief, quality service to remove mice appropriately from your house or business.

With over a number of years of globally backed knowledge and experience, this enables our specialists to give high-level knowledge and mouse control in the areas they render service for and live, as well.

Detecting Mice Problems

To confirm if you are experiencing mice problems in your home or in business Runaway Bay , here are indicative signs and symptoms that there’s an infestation:

• Droppings – their droppings are the same as rats. They leave traces of it and are usually concentrated in one area. Their droppings looked like chocolate sprinkles and are smaller than rats.
• Urine – the odor of their dark coloured urine could be nasty. If you find one and may be surrounded with their droppings, DO NOT try to clean it without so much as wearing protective gear such as masks, gloves and long sleeved clothing.
• Noises – clearly, you may hear scratching and squeaking in your walls or on your roof especially at night which mice are most active.

Other signs that there is a mice infestation:

• Pee and musty, stale odor
• Smear marks – these are usually greasy marks left areas where they rub their skin accompanied by fur and dirt
• Ripped food packages

Deterring Mice Problems

A careful and regular inspection is the first step in discovering mice infestation. Doing this thoroughly can help deter any mice problems. Though DIY methods can help, they can only supply short-term solutions. Hence, it is good to think of long-term solutions to completely prevent such problems around Runaway Bay.

In fact, there are viable alternatives on how it will save your home and environment from mice infestation but the easiest way is to seal entrance ways.

Setting Traps and Baits

Traps are a solid defense. This is applicable to mice that are dwelling comfortably within the property. Of course, we just don’t set traps and baits like what we see in cartoons. In fact, there is a proper way to do this.

For traps, there are actually two kinds: the sticky ones and the spring-loaded. Sticky traps can offer success by entrapping the mouse alive though it also has its downside. CDC stated that live trapped mice can urinate out fear and mice urine can spread diseases.

With over a number of years of globally backed knowledge and experience, this enables our technicians to provide expert advice and mouse control in the regions they not only service but in which they also live.

Runaway Bay Pest Control

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