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t's surprising how little mice can spell big trouble! We'll be seeing lots of this trouble during the months ahead. The fall and early winter is when mice (as well as rats) start looking for a warm place to spend the winter. Most homes and businesses provide not only warm and dry shelter, but also food for these invading rodents.

Little Mice are Big Troublemakers

Mouse populations can quickly grow in size. When uncrowded, with enough food, water and nesting sites, female mice can produce as many as 50 mice in a single year! They are also incredibly adaptable. Wild house mice in a chamber kept at below freezing (24°F), have not only survived, they've continued to reproduce year after year.

Mice easily gain entry into most homes and other buildings. They can squeeze through a crack as small as ¼ inch in diameter, which is the size of a full-grown mouse skull. If they can get their head through the hole, the rest of their body will easily slide through.

Once a mouse has found its way indoors, other mice may use the same entryway. This happens because a mouse leaves a trail of body secretions and urine, and other mice simply follow that trail. Openings in the exterior of a home should be repaired, caulked, or plugged to slow down this parade of invading mice. It is also important to store food properly and to deny mice nesting and hiding places.

Call us if you are having problems with mice or rats. These common and

destructive invaders multiply quickly when left uncontrolled.