APPEARANCE:
The adult house mouse is small and slender and about 1-2 inches long,
excluding tail. It has large ears, pointed nose and small eyes. The tail
is as long as the head and body combined. The fur color varies, but it
is usually a light grey or brown, but could be darker shades.
DIET:
Mice will eat almost anything, but prefer cereal grains, seeds, or
sweet material. They require very little water, obtaining most of their
water needs from their food.
HABITS AND BIOLOGY:
If there are good living conditions(food, water, and shelter),they
can multiply rapidly. They sexually mature in two months, producing about
8 litters in a one year life time. Each litter has 4-7 pups. A house mice
in a city environment may spend it's entire life in buildings. In rural
and suburban settings, it may not only live inside, but be found outside
near foundations, in the shrubbery, weeds, crawl spaces, basements, or
in garages. They survive well on weeds, seeds, or insects, but when their food
supply is shortened by the colder months they move inside nesting closer
to a food supply. They make their nest from soft material like
paper, insulation, or
furniture stuffing. These nest are found in many places including: in walls,
ceiling voids, storage boxes, drawers, under major appliances, or within
the upholstery of furniture. Outside the nests are found in debris or in
ground burrows.
Mice while being "nibblers" eating many times at different places, they do have two main meal times...just before dawn and at dusk...they simply "snack" at other times at intervals or every 1-2 hours. They can eat about 10 to 15% of their body weight every day, the adults weighing about 5/8-1 oz. They get much of there water from food products.
HOUSE MOUSE INSPECTION:
Their droppings(feces)are about 1/8-1/4 inch long, rod shaped. They
gnaw small, clean holes about 1-1/2 inches in diameter. Many times in kitchens
you will find gnawing damage on the corner of boxes and paper, shredded
for their nest. They will gnaw at bar soaps.
I. TRAPPING
TRAPPING-ADVANTAGES
There are several advantages for using traps:
1. Safer than potential hazardous poison baits
2. Quick, immediate results
3. Easy disposal of dead rodents avoiding odor problems that will
occur if rodenticides kill rodents in inaccessible areas.
4. Types of traps:
A PERFECT COMBINATION OF LIVE TRAPS AND THE EASY TO USE T REX TRAPS FOR RATS (MADE SPECIFICALLY
FOR RATS)
MICE CATCH TRAPS-(MADE SPECIFICALLY
FOR MICE)
GLUE BOARDS-
II.
Rodenticides are poison baits and should be used in areas where domestic animals and children can't reach. However there are resistant -tamper proof bait stations that hold the baits in place and keep children and pets out...in fact it is a national law and guideline to use resistant-tamper proof bait stations in areas where children or pets could access.
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