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Scientifically reviewed by Daniel Baldwin, BCE, CCFS, CP-FS
-Published on May 3, 2023
-Updated on July 21, 2023
Mice enter homes by squeezing through openings as small as a nickel or dime. A tiny crack or gap in a house’s foundation, wall, ceiling, or floor gives mice easy entry to find shelter, food, and a warm place for breeding. Once you have rodents in the walls of your home, their numbers can multiply. Learn how to recognize if you have a mouse problem, the damage they can cause, and how to get rid of mice in walls.
Food and shelter are the main attractants for mice. When outdoor temperatures drop, mice are drawn to the warmth and food inside our homes. Mice aren’t picky about their food—they’ll eat any bits of uncovered or unpackaged foods in kitchens and pantries, leftover crumbs, insects, and anything else they can find. They’ll also chew up insulation, cardboard boxes, and paper for nesting materials.
Other attractants for mice are piles of clutter around garages, basements, or attics they can use for hiding and creating nests.
If you have tall grasses, bushes, or weeds close to your foundation, mice make hide there and naturally find their way into your home for warmth. It’s a good idea to keep the landscaping near your foundation and exterior walls free from debris.
Look for these tell-tale signs of mice living in your walls or elsewhere in the home. Knowing what to look for helps you identify where mice are nesting. The more signs of mice you notice, the more likely it is that you’re dealing with an infestation that needs professional intervention.
Where there is one mouse, there will typically be many more to come as mice reproduce rapidly. The common house mouse, Mus musculus, is 5-7” long (including the tail) and weighs just half an ounce. A mouse’s life span is a year or less, but within that year, one female mouse can deliver up to 60 baby mice, each of which can reproduce within 10 weeks of being born.
Mice can cause a lot of damage to a home, so it’s important to deal with them immediately.
Some common damage that can occur includes:
Some of the most common sounds mice make in walls are:
These sounds will be the most disturbing at night when the house is quiet and mice are the most active. If you’re hearing these sounds, you most likely have an infestation and it’s time to call a professional pest control company.
Mice can spread disease to humans through their droppings, saliva, and urine. Mice produce dozens of droppings a day, especially if a large infestation is occupying your home. The feces can get into food sources, onto clothing, and become dust that’s inhaled in the air. If ingested or touched, mouse droppings, urine, and saliva can cause the spread of diseases, such as hantavirus, salmonellosis, and lassa fever.
The best way to get rid of mice in walls is by calling in a professional pest service, like Hawx Pest Control. Once you know there’s an infestation of rodents in your home, it’s important to address the entire colony before too much damage occurs. Removing mice from walls and ceilings on your own is not easy. In the meantime, you can take action to prevent new ones from entering.
To prevent rodents from getting in your walls in the first place, do the following:
Mice in your walls and ceilings can spread illnesses and cause extensive damage to your home. If you suspect rodents are in your walls or elsewhere around the house, contact our expert team at Hawx Pest Control for a free estimate. The Hawx professionals know how to safely and effectively remove mice from walls. We use the most modern treatments and techniques available to remove mice while providing you with preventative methods to keep them away.
Our experts continually monitor the pest control space,and we update our articles when the new inforation becomes available.
Edited by
Kurt Freudensberger
Copy reviewed by
Michelle Sanchez
Scientifically reviewed by
Daniel Baldwin. BCE. CCFS, CP-FS
Edited by
Kurt Freudensberger
Copy Reviewed by
Michelle Sanchez
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