Introduction
Mice
will commonly enter homes in search of food or shelter. They are most often
problems in homes during the winter months but can enter at any time of the
year. Usually a house has either rats or mice, rarely both. It is important
that the problem be accurately identified so proper control measures can be
performed.
Mice are usually
noticed in kitchen areas. They leave many small droppings (about the size of
chocolate sprinkles) wherever they go. Their droppings or the odour of mouse
urine is often the first indication that you have a mouse problem.
Damage can be caused
to foods and your belongings. Besides eating food, their droppings and urine
can contaminate remaining items and cause odours. People will not tolerate
seeing these pests running about in their house or place of work. They may
damage items with their gnawing. Sometimes electrical fires are caused by
damaged wires.
The most common pest mouse in urban areas is called the house
mouse.
Like rats, mice are excellent climbers and jumpers. They can:
-
climb any rough surface
-
jump almost 30 cm (1 ft.) straight up
-
jump more than 60 cm (2 ft.) horizontally
-
pass through any opening bigger than 6 mm (1/4 in.)
square
-
walk along horizontal wires and climb vertical wires
-
gnaw on almost anything
Mice breed very quickly. They reach sexual maturity in as
little as 6 weeks and can have 5 or 6 litters of 5 to8 young per year.
Diseases
Deer
mice are generally in rural
areas and also enter houses. They are of special concern because they carry
the disease hantavirus.
Control
Click here to go to the section on mouse
control using integrated
pest management.
Prevention
Click here to go to the
prevention section.
|
If you need service for
controlling a Mouse problem or for Mouse Dropping Clean Up and Removal,
call us now.
|
Thanks for visiting http://www.pestvictoria.com
PES Professional Ecological Services Ltd.
98-B Burnside Road West, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
V9A 1B5
Phone: (250) 383-2445
Fax: (250) 383-6775
e-mail: services@pestvictoria.com
We provide professional integrated pest
management (IPM) services, a high-tech form of pest control. We are called
professional pest managers, not exterminators or fumigators. We provide
pest management, not extermination or fumigation. Excluding pests before they
cause a pest offence is a good example of IPM at work.
If You Need Professional
Services from Your Pest Control and
Pest
Management Experts,
for pests in Greater Victoria, British Columbia (B.C. or BC), Canada
Contact Us Now!
© Copyright PES Professional Ecological Services Ltd.
February 2002
contact webmaster at: services@pestvictoria.com
|
