Are The Mice In Pulaski A Problem For Residents?

It is easy to assume that because people keep mice as pets, they would not be that much of a problem as pests. This could not be further from the truth. Pest mice are a thousand times more annoying, harmful, and destructive than pet mice. If live mice are scurrying around your Pulaski home and property, you should take some time today to understand them better and adopt some strategies to get and keep them out.

Can Mice Infest Your Belongings In Pulaski?

Mice are curious little creatures. If these pests are crawling around inside your home, one thing they will do is look for places to build their nests. Most often mice choose to nest inside wall voids and in other extremely secluded areas. If they cannot find shelter in wall voids, they might look to other places to build their nests, like inside your stored belongings. Some places mice nests have been found are inside upholstered furniture, in stored boxes, and inside car engines. Live mice will not, however, infest belongings that are in busy areas like living rooms or kitchens. They will gravitate to attic spaces, basements, and storage areas where they won’t have to worry about you or anyone else catching them off guard. This gives them more comfortable so they can do things like make baby mice and leave disease-ridden fecal droppings around that might get you and your family sick. 

Will The Mice In My Pulaski Walls Go Away On Their Own?

Mice need only a few things in life to be happy: some food, a bit of water, and a place to live. Your home will almost always provide these pests with at least one of these three necessities. Often it offers all three. If live mice are crawling around inside your living areas they will not want to leave. If you remove potential food sources and moisture sites whiles these pests are indoors, it will limit how fast they can reproduce, but will not solve your problem. They will find ways to leave your home and scavenge for snacks and drinks outdoors. The only way to make your home unlivable for mice is if you blocked off all entrances and exits, removed all sources of food and water, and didn’t live there for about a month. In our opinion, this is not a good way to handle live mice!

What Mouse Traps Work

Many homeowners turn to store-bought mouse traps to solve their mouse problems. We believe that most conventional traps should not be used to eliminate these pests. Take sticky traps for instance. They do not kill rodents immediately but restrict their movements until they eventually starve to death. Because of their nature, mice will squirm to the point of breaking their own limbs to get free from these traps. Rodenticides pose another problem in that they are not just dangerous to mice but to humans as well, especially if they are used improperly. The only type of traps we recommend for smaller infestations is snap traps baited with peanut butter.

How To Get Mice Out When Mouse Traps Aren't Working In Pulaski  

If mice are inside your Pulaski home, causing trouble, your best option to get them out is with pest control professional help from All Pest Control & Solutions. We offer everything from detailed rodent inspections, to humane removal services, to long-term control plans.

Call today to find out more about our pest control plans and to schedule your Pulaski home for a visit.