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Is your home harboring tiny uninvited guests? A visual sighting is the worst method of discovery. Avoid this method at all costs. Instead, check your home periodically for evidence of a mouse problem. Mouse droppings are the easiest way to confirm or deny an infetation.  Even a few mice can produce thousands of mouse droppings in a short period of time. Check your home for mouse droppings in areas mice love to congregate, including under the stove or refrigerator, cluttered garages, under water heaters, crawl spaces, secluded corners, storage boxes, and beneath cabinets.

Mouse Droppings

Mouse droppings are approximately one quarter of an inch long. They are small, with one or both ends pointed. Fresh mouse droppings are dark and soft. After about three days, mouse droppings lose their color and harden. Determining the age of your mouse droppings will help you determine if your infestation was recent. Also, the more mouse droppings you have, the more rodents you have, and the more aggressive you must be in combating the problem.

What Do Mouse Droppings Mean?

Besides the scurry of little feet in walls and the sounds of squeaking, mice can disturb you by damaging food and other materials in the home. Not to mention the spread of diseases, including the Hantavirus. This deadly disease can be transmitted through the air or by contact when you get near infected mouse droppings. Although rare, individuals have died from Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome. Mice have also been known to cause electrical fires by gnawing on electrical cords. Don’t give mice the freedom to roam your home! The best form of protection and prevention is rodent control.

No More Mouse Droppings!

What should you do to combat your mouse problem? Take steps to remove the mice from your home. New to the market are electronic mouse traps that kill mice quickly and without the mess. Catch and release traps expose you to the risks of handling mice. Standard spring release traps are messy to clean and often kill mice slowly. With electronic mousetraps, mice enter the chamber where they are shocked and instantly killed. There body drops into a drawer where up to 10 mice can be stored. This trap is fully automated and features a built-in safety switch that turns off when the door opens. You won’t be at risk while setting the trap, and your children and pets are safe from accidentally shocking. You’ll love this powerful electronic mousetrap that’s easy to use and poison free. Stop living with mouse droppings and shock away your problem.

Other Steps to Remove the Threat of Mouse Droppings

There are many ways to protect your family from the diseases that mouse droppings may bring into your home. The best way to combat these intruders is through good sanitation. Outside of your home, keep garbage secured in sealed containers. Think like a mouse. Where would he like to build nests in your yard?  Do you have old junk piles, construction materials and abandoned vehicles in your yard? Mice love to multiply in these locations, so consider cleaning them up.  Store firewood away from your home and elevate at least 15 inches. Keep your bushes and shrubs properly maintained. Mouse droppings are often found in overgrown areas. Removing these temptations can keep mice from settling into your yard and, shortly thereafter, into your home.

Did you know that a mouse can squeeze into your home through as little as one quarter of an inch? Some of their favorite access points include garage doors, crawl space vent covers, chimneys, dryer vents, exterior lines into your home, and doors. Every door, including the garage, should have less than a quarter inch wide gap on the bottom. Your chimneys should be capped, vents sealed with metal screening, and exterior lines leading into your home should be sealed off. Your screen doors should also be maintained and free of holes.

Also, keep mice out of your home with an ultrasonic rodent repellent. These devices keep rodents from entering your home by emitting a high frequency sound wave that only mice can hear. These waves have no effect on your non-rodent pets. Since you can’t hear this frequency, ultrasonic rodent repellents have a red light that indicates when the device is on.

Let’s talk about the inside of your home and lessening the chance of unsightly mouse droppings. Rodent-proof your home as best as you can by maintaining the areas where food is stored. Keep your food in tightly sealed containers. Mice especially love dining on pet food, dry food and birdseed. Don’t give mice a source of victuals. The end result is more mouse droppings throughout your home, and no one wants that. Crumbs also increase uninvited guests, so regularly clean areas under your refrigerators, stoves, and dishwashers where tasty treats can accumulate. Don’t leave glasses of water out overnight. Stop giving mice a source of liquid refreshment. Keep countertops free of food. Store food and supplies off of the floor. Although good sanitation efforts can decrease the likelihood of mice making your home theirs, it will not eliminate the threat. Another method of rodent control, such as an electronic mousetrap, may be crucial to keeping the mice at bay.

Good luck and here’s hoping you don’t see any mouse droppings in your home, the telltale signs of a mice invasion.