Basic steps to ensure a successful Mouse Control Service

Basic steps to ensure a successful Mouse Control Service

• When possible, keep lawns mowed, garden plants pruned, and yard areas clear of clutter to reduce hiding places for mice. Eliminate protective areas that mice could use to hide from predators as they attempt to gain entry to your home.
• Keep fence lines and perimeter walls free of tall grasses and prune dense foliage next to them. These areas are frequented by roving animals (mice) looking for food, water and safe shelter.
• Store wood piles 20 feet or more from your home and never directly against the foundation. Mice will use this as shelter in the warmer months and then move from there into your home in cooler weather.
• Pick up fallen fruit and clean up around bird feeders. Don’t leave pet food outdoors. Fix leaky faucets and irrigation lines.
• Practice good sanitation both inside and outside the home and other buildings. Place trash in closed receptacles. Inside, don’t leave food on counters or dishes in the sink. Wipe kitchen counters and sweep kitchen floors to remove food particles. Refrain from taking food into bedroom areas where uneaten food and crumbs are often overlooked.
• Protect yourself and your family from invading mice. Inspect your home for any access points. Mice can get through a space as small as ¼ inch in diameter. Fill holes and cracks with steel wool. Be sure to plug any small holes around utility lines entering the home.
• Add Door sweeps to exterior doors, including the garage door, fix broken window screens and ventilation screening in foundation areas and attic vents.

These basic steps encourage mice to look elsewhere for life’s necessities: food, water and safe shelters.

Nexterminate was created to eliminate an immediate infestation of mice, then to provide an annual maintenance program.Nexterminate pest control service is a year-round treatment program guaranteed to get rid of ants and spiders and control ticks, whitefly, aphids, and mosquitoes. Once you have had an initial Mouse control service, mice control can be added to the Ultimate Pest Control Service (no charge).

NEED TO GET RID OF MICE?

From time to time, many people will deal with an infestation of mice in their home. The tiny creatures squeeze through thin gaps or openings in the outside of a home in search of tiny crumbs of food or a warm dry place to live. Mice can damage property, create a huge mess with their feces and urine, and spread hantavirus and diseases.

Once inside your home, mice can take up residence in kitchen cabinets, or more commonly in the void between walls. You may hear the pitter patter of tiny mice feet or the sound of scratching inside your walls or ceilings, particularly at night when the nocturnal animals are most active.
If an exterminator to address mice in your home, call Corky’s Control today at 866-506-6674 for proven effective measures to control these pests and protect your property and family.

COMMON TYPES OF MICE

The house mouse is the most common mouse found in homes not only in San Diego, Riverside, and Orange County, but throughout the world. The mouse is very prolific, giving birth to between 35 and 40 young per year. At that rate, you can see how quickly a house mouse infestation can get out of hand.

The house mouse is also an excellent climber and jumper. The most common signs of the house mouse are his fecal droppings, which are small, dark brown pellets and can collect at a rate of about 50 per day.

The house mouse is considered a vector of disease which is spread mostly through his urination and fecal droppings in human food sources. People who come into contact with mouse droppings or urine or are bitten by a contaminated mouse risk contracting a potentially serious disease or infection.

HOW CAN I GET RID OF MICE?

Just like rats, the best way to control and remove mice inside your home is to use traps to catch them. Using poisoned bait to kill mice is not the best option, since that allows poisoned mice to crawl back to their nests inside your walls or attic to die. A dead mouse will begin to stink as it decomposes, may spread disease, and can be a challenging thing to find and remove from inside your walls or ceiling.

TREATMENT

Initial Setup

• The initial mouse service set up consists of 4 weekly service visits.
• Trapping and baiting are set up inside the structure.
• The technician is equipped to determine the best possible strategy to get rid of mice currently in the structure and to control future infestations.
• In residential properties, a mouse problem is generally accompanied by a rat problem. Our service includes both mouse and rat control.

First Service Visit:

Setup Stations

• We determine by rodent activity and landscapes where bait stations should be placed on property to effectively control rodent populations.

Second and Third Service Visits

• Check and refill indoor traps. Reposition if necessary.
• Refill and reposition outdoor bait stations for optimal control.

Fourth Service Visit:

Institute Maintenance

• We determine by rodent activity and landscapes where bait stations should be placed on property to effectively control rodent populations.

GET RID OF RATS

MAINTENANCE

It takes a very short time to repopulate landscape with rodents.
When bait stations are taken away, rodents will return. That is why it’s important to stay on an ongoing regular rodent control service.

RECOMMENDATION

To get rid of conditions sustaining mouse populations we recommend reading our “Help Us Help You Control Rodents” page.
In addition to our Mouse Control Service, we also provide rodent cleanup, sanitation and exclusion services.