What To Do About A Mouse Infestation In Your Boise Home

How To Identify A Mouse Infestation In Your Home

A live mouse is a big clue that you’ve got a mouse in the house. But how do you know if you have an infestation? There are some tell-tale clues:

• You see rodent droppings in the pantry, drawers, cabinets, and under the sink.
• You find chew marks on food packages and paper-like materials.
• You find gnawed holes in drywall with a circumference as small as a dime.
• You hear knocking, scratching, and shuffling noises in your walls or attic.
• You smell a faint urine odor.
• You see more than one mouse.
• You have an influx of predators on your property, like stray cats, snakes, owls, and hawks.  
• You have an infestation of fleas, and you don’t have pets.

Mice are adaptive creatures that have evolved alongside humans. There’s no getting rid of them altogether, but you never want mouse problems in your home because the issues they cause aren’t only structural. Mice in your house can be a serious health risk.

Why Having Mice In Your House is Such A Health Risk

Mice carry diseases and fleas, and fleas carry diseases too. Typically, mice contaminate homes with their urine, but they can transfer disease through bites as well. Some of the diseases mice carry include:

• Leptospirosis
• Tularemia
• Salmonellosis
• Rat-bite fever
• Hantavirus

Mice can also trigger asthma and allergies with their droppings and urine, as well as contaminate food and food preparation surfaces. Pest control is crucial to limiting disease, and it’s been like that for a long, long time. As we’ve made advancements in healthcare, living, travel, and social structures, mice have acclimated too. 

Why Mouse Traps Aren’t Enough To Get Rid Of An Infestation

When you want to eliminate mice in your house, the first thing most people do is buy mouse traps. Try as they might, even humane mouse traps fail to get every mouse. Once they’ve figured it out, they'll adapt to avoid the trap. Humane mouse traps work well for one or two mice, but they aren’t the best thing to get rid of mice. Conventional mouse traps are just as ineffective and less humane. If you have mice in the house, don’t waste money on outdated pest tools that don’t work.

Call The Pros At The First Sign Of Mice In Your Home

If you have a mouse infestation, you’ll want to handle the problem sooner rather than later. Mice breed quickly, can cause significant damage to property, contaminate your pantry, and make you sick. The team at Owyhee Environmental knows how to get rid of mice. Our expert pest management professionals can handle mice and any other rodent that manages to make it into your home. We use eco-friendly pest solutions and deliver quality service.