Mice invade millions of homes every winter, often unnoticed until the signs add up. Knowing what to look for and how to respond keeps a few from becoming many.
The early signs are easy to miss: droppings in cabinets or along walls, gnaw marks, a musky smell, and scratching in walls at night. Mice breed quickly, so a couple noticed in fall can be a population by winter if nothing is done.
Beyond the nuisance, mice contaminate food surfaces, carry disease, and gnaw wiring that becomes a fire risk. The response that works is the same as for any rodent: trap to remove the current population, seal the entry points with exclusion, and remove the food and clutter that drew them.
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Quickly - a small fall presence can become an infestation over winter without action.
Sealing the entry points. Trapping without exclusion leaves the door open.
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