MICE & RATS

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Hearing scratching in your attic or walls can be a tell-tale sign of rodents. Common Ohio rodents such as the house mouse (Mus musculus), deer mice, or Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) can cause significant damage to your property!

   To maintain sharp and proper length teeth, rodents must constantly chew. They are known to chew fabric, wood, plastic, aluminum, insulation and electrical wires. Rodents can also be sources of pathogens such as Rat Bite Fever and Leptospirosis and Hantavirus.

   Mice, like bats, can fit through a 5/8-inch hole; that’s roughly the diameter of a human finger! Mice and rats are the most persistent wildlife invader we deal with, exclusion and vigilant management of local populations are the only effective methods of rodent control.