Mouse and Rat Control in Southeastern Pennsylvania

Rodent Control

Trapping handles the rodents already inside. Finding and sealing the entry point is what decides whether you are doing this again in six weeks.

A house mouse can pass through a gap of roughly a quarter of an inch, which is smaller than most people picture and smaller than most gaps anyone would think to close. Utility penetrations, the gap under a garage door, an unscreened dryer vent, a rotted section of sill plate, or the space where a pipe enters a fieldstone foundation are all normal routes. Older Main Line housing has more of them than newer construction does.

This is why the trapping and the sealing are two halves of one job rather than alternatives. Trapping without sealing removes the current occupants and leaves the route open. Sealing without trapping can leave animals shut inside a wall cavity. Doing them in the right order, and knowing which order that is for your building, is most of the skill.

Droppings, gnaw marks on packaging, a faint ammonia smell in a cabinet, or scratching that moves along a ceiling line at dusk all point the same way. The technician will identify whether it is mice or rats, which changes both the trapping and the exclusion work, then show you the entry points that need closing.

Who it is for

Anyone hearing movement in a wall or ceiling, finding droppings in a cabinet, or seeing gnawed packaging..

What you get

• Entry points identified and shown to you, not just treated around
• Mice and rats are distinguished first, because the exclusion work differs
• Trapping and sealing sequenced so nothing is closed in
• Attic and crawl space checked, since that is where the route usually starts

Serving Ardmore, Berwyn, Blue Bell, Broomall, Bryn Mawr, Collegeville, Glen Mills, Horsham, King of Prussia, Malvern, Media, Newtown Square, Paoli, Springfield, Wayne. Call to book an inspection.