Mice are small rodents, resembling diminutive rats. They usually have pointed snouts and small ears. A typical mouse is 1 to 5 inches in length.
When building a nests grass, fibers, and shredded material are the preferred choices. Mice are able to breed at 50 days old, and will breed year round. The average gestation period is 20 days with an average litter size of 10-12 baby mice. Mice will eat meat, the dead bodies of other mice, thier own fecal matter and have been observed to self-cannibalise their tails during starvation. Mice are often portrayed to enjoy cheese and people sometimes use it trapping bait, though mice actually do not like cheese due to its fatty texture. Instead, they like foods that contain high sugar levels, although chocolate is toxic to them. There are diseases known to be spread by mice and rats which include: Rickettsial pox (a disease similar to chicken pox), rat bite fever, food poisoning, hantavirus, bubonic plague and various parasites.
Here at Happy Pest Control-San Diego we don't believe in mouse traps, the
quick snapping mechanism is dangerous to children and pets.
Our weapon of choice for
the removal of mice is Bromodialone. Bromodialone is derived from the Sweet
Clover plant, and has been synthetically reproduced to form an
extremely
effective rat poison. When ingested the rodent's vitamin K1 reductase is
blocked, a necessary factor in blood clotting. This process turns the
mouse into a hemophiliac. As the
final stages of the rodenticide
take effect, the mice become extremely thristy, typically seeking
sources of water outside that are normally available to them.
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