If you suspect you have mice in your home, it’s important to take action as soon as possible. They breed quickly and can spread throughout all areas of your home, leaving damage in their wake.

Mice may be cute as a button, but they are not to be underestimated. They can spread disease through their urine and droppings, and can even cause a fire to break out due to chewed cables and wiring.

This guide provides you with the best DIY mouse removal strategies you could try on your own, as well as ways to protect your home from any future invasions.

Signs of Mice Infestation in Your House

Some of the classic signs of mice infestation in your home include mice poop/droppings everywhere, chewed cables, and the most obvious one being chewed on cheese ha ha.

Mice Droppings/Mice Poop:

The most tell-tale signs are the small droppings that they tend to leave all over your home, especially the kitchen. They love leaving it in the cutlery drawer and behind appliances.

Bite Marks and Shredded Packaging:

They tend to shred packaging and carry up fabrics and paper with them to make their stay in your residence as comfy as possible. Along the way, they’ll leave pieces of their building materials.

Get Rid of Mice In Your House | Mice Removal Tips

Here are a few strategies you could use to get rid of mice in your home. Try simple DIY methods for a small mouse infestation. If the issue is serious, we suggest calling a pest control expert.

Mouse Traps

You could decide to set mouse traps in your home where they are most likely to be. You could take the route of a live trap, which involves trapping them without killing them, or use a snap trap, which will almost always ensure a swift death.

Live Trap – Catch and Release: As the name suggests, you’ll catch these mice in a container like a bucket or bowl, and release them into the wild.

Attract them with some nice food like peanut butter or cheese. Be sure to release any caught mice in an area that is at least a mile away from home.

Kill Traps: Snap Traps
As bad as it sounds, kill traps, especially the more powerful ones, are a lot more humane than you think. They kill the mouse immediately without causing long-lasting suffering. Look for ones that have great reviews and have a quick and powerful snap mechanism.

Poison
Poison causes a slow, agonising death to the poor mouse. On top of that, they can also cause secondary poisoning of any animals that eat the mice, like barn owls, cats and dogs.

Call Pest Control For Mice 

If the mouse problem in your home is severe, pest control is your best option. Pest control companies have years of experience and access to equipment that makes mice removal quick, efficient and ensures your home has the necessary proofing to prevent future infestations. 

Need Help With Pest Control in the Sunderland Area?

Since 1992, Northern Pest Solutions has been helping homes and businesses in Sunderland stay mouse-free. We’ll get rid of any pest infestation from your home or place of work—and make sure they stay gone.

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How to Prevent Mice From Coming Back 

Once you’ve gotten rid of those unwelcome guests, you want to make sure that there’s no way they can get back in. Ensure there’s nothing in your house to attract them, like food and water, and ensure that there are no entry points they can go through.  

Keep Your Place Clean and Neat

Keeping your place clean from crumbs and other leftover food is a way for a mouse to avoid your home as a possible place to stay. Ensure that your bins are sealed correctly and that any pet food bowls are sealed in containers. 

Remove Clutter: Remove clutter from your home and garden, especially in places like your garage, where there are often plenty of hiding places for mice to use as shelter.

Block Entry Points 

Common entry points include gutters, cracks and crevices in your walls, and gaps in windows and at the bottom of doors. 

Use steel wool to block holes within cupboards, behind kitchen appliances and other possible entry points. You can also opt for ‘vent mesh’ to stop them from coming in. This works well for other pests like cockroaches and wasps too. 

Notes: 

• Mice are able to climb through 6mm gaps 
• They are arguably the undisputed champions of gnawing, so please avoid using caulk or plastic fillers as mice will chew right through them.

Think of getting a cat

Enter mice’s worst nightmare.

There’s a reason cats are employed as makeshift security guards in corner stores; they are basically like very affordable pest control.

Getting a cat is one of the most effective ways to keep mice out of your home. Cats are fast, stealthy, and natural predators of these pesky critters.

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