FAQs - Mice
Need advice on the removal of mice from our home, thus far eight have
been trapped.
Inspect your house for mouse droppings. Remove
any items that may have been a food source for the mice and place your
traps or bait in these areas. Put out as many traps and baits as you
can afford because the greater the number of traps out in a single night
the sooner the problem will be solved. Inspect your traps daily and
reset or replace bait as needed. Garages and crawl spaces should not
be overlooked since many problems begin in these areas.
We recently had problems with mice which was taken care of by a professional
pest service. After the service was done, we setup a few bait stations
in our basement as a preventative measure. Consequently, a mouse ate
the poison and managed to crawl up the walls of our first floor before
dying. The decomposing odor is quite strong; is there anything we can
do about it? How long does it usually take for the body to decompose
and the smell to go away?
Not to worry. Mice are very tiny and the smell
should clear in a week or two.
I am doing research on ways to eliminate rats and mice from buildings
housing electronic equipment, but no normally occupied. Poisons are
NOT the preferred solutions as the rodents tend to die in the building!
The buildings can not easily be sealed. Do you have any specific information
about the suitability of ultrasonic (or similar) devices. Do they REALLY
work? Is there any supporting test or other evidence?
Our company has never used electronic equipment
for rodents or insects for that matter. Personally, I do not believe
they are effective in eliminating infestations of any kind. I have come
across commercial establishments which have installed them during construction
but after a few years they have returned to traditional methods. If
odor is your biggest concern, use lots of snap traps or glue boards
initially to eliminate the infestation and then use bait stations to
deter future infestations.
