Human Services

Is Your Home Open to Rats and Mice?

 

Rats and mice often make their nests in and around people’s homes and office buildings. Rodents are not picky about economic level or social status.  If your home or building can provide shelter and a food source, you are inviting rats and mice to move in!

HOW DO RODENTS GET IN?

Rats and mice can crawl through very small spaces (under doors, into crevices, etc.) and when they can’t fit, then they simply gnaw and chew their way through.

COMMON ENTRY-WAYS FOR RODENTS:

  • gaps under doors
  • pipe and wire chases
  • cracks in foundations
  • crawl space doors and vents
  • vents or other holes without screens
  • holes that have been chewed in plastic, wood, drywall
  • holes that have been dug in the dirt or grass

Last Modified: August 11, 2009
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