Mice are attracted to warm residential homes that are full of food and water, and offer shelter from predators. Most homeowners, however, don’t enjoy having mice over as guests. That’s because invasive mice can contaminate and destroy a home while creating unpleasant sounds and smells from behind your walls. Here are some ways to tell if mice are in your walls, how they got there, and what you can do to get rid of them.
3 Signs of Mice in Your Walls
Sometimes, it’s better to look for signs of mouse activity than for the mouse itself. Signs of mice activity to look out for include:
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Disturbing Noises
Strange sounds coming from the walls, floors, and ceilings all point to a growing mouse infestation. Invasive mice will make scratching, squeaking, and scurrying noises that can keep you awake at night.
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Disgusting Smells
Mice produce 50–80 droppings each night, and scatter them randomly throughout the areas they occupy. Typically, droppings will be found underneath sinks, along attic floorboards, or in kitchen cupboards where they walk or spend time eating.
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Damaging Stains
Routes that mice use often may show grease stains from being rubbed by the oils in a mouse’s coat. Tracks and trails may be obvious in dusty places particularly. In well-developed infestations, piles of urine, grease, and dust will form in areas the mice regularly populate.
How Mice Get Inside Your Walls
Mice are tiny, nimble rodents that can squeeze through exterior openings smaller than the diameter of a nickel. They can also crawl through piping, scratch through ventilation ducts, and use their teeth to chew their way into your home through roof shingles, drywall, and foundational cracks.
How to Locate and Remove Invasive Mice
Effectively and safely removing mice from your home’s walls takes precision, training, and proper safety gear and equipment. Furthermore, because mice largely stay hidden and inactive during the day, it can be difficult to determine where they are nesting if you lack experience. If you suspect mice have taken up residence in your home but are having trouble being certain where their nest is located, then contact your local mice removal professionals to help identify, locate, isolate, and remove all unwanted mice from your property.
Expert Mice Removal Services in Orlando
The experienced mice removal technicians at Critter Control® of Orlando have the knowledge, tools, and years of experience needed to remove any invasive rodent from your home. We will quickly and safely evict all nuisance mice from your Central Florida property and keep them from returning. To schedule your inspection and receive a free estimate for our humane and efficient mice removal services, call Critter Control® of Orlando today at 407-295-7194.
