SIZE: House mice are very small and rarely go over 2 inches long and only weigh close to one ounce.
DESCRIPTION: Next to deer mice this is also the most common mice issue to be found in the GTA. House mice are gray in color but sometimes appear much darker.
BEHAVIOR: Not many people have a love for rodents or mice, and nobody wants them in their home. Rodents live everywhere and anywhere outside and could enter whenever they want, however luckily, this doesn’t happen frequently. Typically, most home intrusions happen in the fall, not in view of cooler climate, but since the seeds and plants on which rodents feed on outside are gone. Rodents and mice then go looking for new food sources. Unfortunately, one of these sources might be in your home. Mice are incredible climbers and are fit for picking up passage through openings around soffit vents, around wiring entering the structure, through gaps in vent screens and through turbine and box vents on rooftops, but the main entry for mice in homes is through garage doors as they give enough gap for mice to enter freely and eventually find access to the whole home.
HABITATS: Mice are found in pretty much found in all areas from urban to rural but are much more populated in urban and suburban areas. Mice are found in buildings more regularly than rats due to their small size allow them access to small entry points. Surprisingly mice can fit through a split or opening one-fourth of an inch or bigger – or about the width of a pencil. Mice will make their homes in numerous regions in and around the home, particularly in stacked kindling, stones and brick piles, and heaps of leaves or different garbage.
TIPS FOR CONTROL
The best way to keep this pesky rodent out is by not providing them with the harborage they desire. Follow these tips to prevent mice from entering your home:
