why perform cleanup after a mouse infestation

why perform cleanup after a mouse infestation

Mice are a problematic infestation the can cause all kind of destruction to your home. They defecate and urinate in the walls and the basement and the attic. Their feces contains all kinds of dangerous illnesses and their saliva gets all over your food and can cause illnesses as well. Deer mice also carry ticks which can give you Lyme Disease which is incurable after 24 hours of exposure to an infected tick. This is one of the major reasons to get any mice that could be in your home, out. Now how do you do this? Glue traps? Not unless you want to see mice eating each other out of starvation. You can try sprinkling human hair on the floor and you can even try buying grocery store poison but none of these are likely to make an impact. Even a cat bent on eating every mouse in the home will not be able to keep up with how quickly the mice can breed and grow from infant to adult.  if you are experiencing a rodent problem, call Mouse Exterminator Toronto   

The good news is mice do not have a gag reflex, this causes them to choke easily on anything that can fit in their tiny airway. If a human hair or a mote of dust gets caught in their throat they will choke and die. If they eat poison and feel sick, they cannot purge themselves. This is both a boon and a burden, however. As mice cannot throw up they are very careful with what they eat. They tend to try the food before eating too much of it. They wait and see if they feel sick. If they don’t they will continue to eat. For this reason, the poison Mouse Control technicians use is called rodenticide. The poison takes two to seven days to start showing symptoms and by then the mouse will have gorged itself on the poison as it is flavored to appeal to their taste buds. 

Once you have gotten them out of your home, however, you will need to do some major cleaning. Now while the mice corpses are not a biohazard the feces and urine are. Make sure to throw away any food that looks like it could have been accessed by a mouse. You may need to tear down walls to clean out toxic insulation and the cleaning of mouse feces is a huge process. Call a professional from  Mouse Control and we can have the mess cleaned up in no time at all. 

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