Mouse Removal

Find Out Where The Mice Are Entering Your Home

If your foundation has a crack, seal it with a cement caulk. If you do not have any caulk, stuff the hole with steel wool, as mice will not chew through that. I had the caulk give out around the air conditioner pipes, and I put new caulk in the area, so the mice could no longer get in. Caulk any rotten spots on your window trim and wrap tin around them. Never leave grass clippings next to your house; it is an excellent spot for mice to have offspring. If your clothes dryer vent happens to fall off, you will have lots of rodents entering your home. Make sure any vents are tightly secured to your home.

Perfumy Soaps

Putting a bar of soap between your door and your screen door is excellent since mice do not like the smell of scented soap. I had a mouse take up residence between a couple of entries, and the mouse left at the scent of the soap.

Do Not Feed Your Birds Next To Your Home

By feeding birds next to your home, rodents will come and eat the bird food at night. The mice will then multiply and reside in your home in the cold weather months.

Killing Mice In Your Home

Using any silverware, dishes, and tablecloths that mice have urinated on is unsafe and unsanitary. Keeping pet food in your home will attract mice as they can smell the food in your home. Use a plastic mouse trap with jaws and almond butter on the paddle. Put out rodent blocks to kill mice where no pets or children can eat them, as they are deadly if consumed. They have warfarin in them and cause the mouse to bleed out or a child or pet. Never leave any food on your countertop or in your cupboards that are not in a plastic container that the mice cannot eat through. Sticky traps will catch them, but you have to deal with disposing of the wiggling mouse on the sticky trap and hope he does not get loose. Do not store corn on the cob for squirrels in your home; Indian corn, nuts, or other seeds will attract mice.

Keep Other Buildings Mice Free

Put mouse killers and traps in your garage or storage buildings. If mice breed in these buildings, your heated home will eventually become their new favorite hangout. As the cold begins to strengthen, the mice start to come into your home.

Mice Like To Live Under Lids And Rubbish

Clean up any junk or debris next to your home. Mice like to make nests under lids and old lumber. Do not store fireplace logs next to your home; you may take a mouse or two into your home when you gather the logs.

Cats Keep Mice Down

I had an older black Tom named Onyx outdoors, and he patrolled the ditches and kept all of the building rodent-free. He lived to be eighteen years old. I have house cats that kill rodents who make the mistake of trying to live in my home. Stay proactive on any mouse problem before the mice take over your home. If things get worse, hire an exterminator—scram for your lives, mice.