Your favorite Broken Arrow pest control company will be inundated with calls about rodents such as mice and rats as the weather gets cooler. This time of year is when rodents seek the indoors where they can stay warm and find food. This year we have the added factor of the drought that we’re experiencing here in Oklahoma. Because of the drought, many rodents, and other insects, are seeking to go inside peoples homes in order to find water.  This makes the subject that much more important, especially for you and your Broken Arrow pest control company. In this article is take a look at mice, their lifecycle and how we can protect our homes from these tiny rodents.

MICE SURVIVAL AND BROKEN ARROW PEST CONTROL

Mice find themselves at the bottom of the food chain. They are a mammal that is small in stature and immense in population. They reproduce very quickly because they are one of the most important food sources for predators that find themselves above mice on the food chain. The lifespan of a mouse is usually fairly short because they are so fed upon. In order to survive, they are usually very quick and can hide in small places.

Mice have very acute sense of feeling and smell. They use their sense of feeling to travel quickly around the room. The whiskers on the sides of their nose rub up against the wall giving them a tactile GPS system to know where to run. Their sense of smell helps them to find food and discover hidden attackers. While these two senses are quite acute, their sense of vision is actually quite bad. But their other senses make up for this in big ways. Understanding these facts gives your Broken Arrow pest control company an edge against them.  

MICE IN TIGHT PLACES AND BROKEN ARROW PEST CONTROL

The skeletal system of the mouse is unique in the fact that it can crush its rib cage down to a very small size. Its bones are quite rubbery and able to manipulate itself in many different directions. This gives it the ability to squeeze through small cracks. A typical mouse can fit through a hole the size of a dime. If a mouse can put his head through a gap, then the rest of its body will morph until it fits through that gap. 

The mouse uses this ability to enter our homes by finding small cracks and holes in the outside of our buildings. A good Broken Arrow pest control company will find these entrance and exit points and block them off so that mice can’t get in or out of the house. In Oklahoma, the ground is constantly moving creating new cracks and new gaps all the time. This gives mice the ability to get in and out of our homes constantly.

MICE ABILITIES AND BROKEN ARROW PEST CONTROL

These rodents are very good at swimming, climbing and jumping. They can swim for fairly long periods of time and hold their breath as well. They jump anywhere from 6 inches to a foot in the air if they need to climb up on something. For climbing they can use the claws in their paws to get up to high places if need be. They are constantly looking for food and protection from predators. Another fact that many people don’t know about mice is their ability to sing. During the meeting ritual, after the meeting is finished, the males will often seem to the females. Not only can they sing but they do have some primitive forms of communication with the squeaks and sounds that they make. Scientist are constantly discovering new ways that mice communicate with one another.

So how do you deal with mice if you have them? The best solution is to call your Broken Arrow pest control company and have them come in and get rid of these rodents for you. But many people do try to self diagnose and fix the problem on their own. There are many traps and poisons that you can get at the hardware store. 

CONTROLLING MICE WITH YOUR BROKEN ARROW PEST CONTROL 

The poisons that you get at hardware stores are predominantly anti-coagulant rodenticides. These rodenticides cause the mouse to lose the  ability to have their blood clot when they cut themselves. As mice chew through things their gums constantly bleed. The anticoagulants cause the mouse to not be able to clot and they will bleed out overtime. Anticoagulants need the mice to eat the poison multiple times before they can completely take affect. The benefit of these rodenticides is that there are antidotes if a non-target animal such as your pets get a hold of these rodenticides.

The more effective rodenticides are non-anticoagulant. These rodenticides will kill with one dose, but they also have no antidote if a non target animal gets a hold of them. For this reason, only a licensed Broken Arrow pest control company can get a hold of this kind of poison. Many people will also attempt to try to trap nice. While you can kill some mice by doing this, it really isn’t practical. Mice reproduce so quickly that if you see one or two mice, it’s pretty certain that there are many more hiding somewhere where you can’t see them. So trapping one or two mice is not going to solve the problem. 

ENDING MICE INFESTATIONS WITH BROKEN ARROW PEST CONTROL

At the end of the day a rodenticide that they will carry back to their young will do more to get rid of the population in your home than any other solution. That’s why your Broken Arrow pest control company will predominantly use rodent baits against the these pests. Always make sure that any baits that are used are always in tamper free bait stations.

If you’re having issues with mice or any other rodents or pests, it’s time to call in a Broken Arrow pest control company that you can trust. Here at TermMax Pest Control, we’re the best in the business when dealing with mice or rats. We service the greater Tulsa area including Owasso, Turley, Broken Arrow, Prattville, Sapulpa, Sand Springs, Coweta, Claremore, Catoosa, Jenks, Bixby and much more. Call today for a free estimate. We’re here to help!