Do You Have a Rodent Problem?
Signs of a mouse infestation are their droppings, chewing and gnaw marks, especially on wood and wiring, and smudge marks along walls, pipes and holes. However, often the sound of scurrying is the only sign a homeowner will have until the infestation is out of hand.
Rodent-Proof Your Home
It is almost impossible to rodent-proof any building. Mice can squeeze through an opening less than 1/2 inch wide, can leap over one foot high, and can fall safely over 12 feet. They are able to balance on thin wires and ledges and nimbly scale any textured surface. They usually avoid water except as a last resort. Rats, on the other hand, are very adept swimmers, in addition to jumping three feet high and dropping safely from more than 50 feet. Do your best to tightly seal all cracks and holes where a rodent might enter your home.
Health Threat
Rodents are capable of posing an immediate health threat and exposing the population to potentially deadly diseases. While devastation attributed to mice is due primarily to contaminating its environment with droppings and eating human food sources, mice also carry and spread such diseases as salmonellosis (bacterial food poisoning), tularemia, rickettsialpoz, the particularly lethal and airborne hanta virus and leptospirosis, among others.
Baits, in the form of bars, pellets and bait packs, can be very effective to control rodent infestations. If you choose rat baits, pellets, bars or bait packs, put them where animals, other than rodents, will not come into contact with them. If you place them in bait stations, the stations must be strong enough to keep out the non-target animals. Glue traps and snap traps provide effective rodent control without endangering pets, livestock and wildlife.

Snap traps and glue traps are low cost and effective. They provide effective rodent control without endangering pets, livestock and wildlife. Cheese is the traditional bait for snap traps but a dab of peanut butter will cling to the trap better, preventing bait thievery.

Glue traps are small trays of very sticky glue that are placed along the baseboards and walls where rodents travel.
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