Category: Mice & Rats
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How to ID a Mouse Nest
Mice are highly adept at figuring out how to enter homes and raid kitchen pantries and cupboards. Not all mice come in from yards or other outdoor areas, though. Some make themselves at home inside residences by building nests, especially when it’s cold out. Knowing how to identify these nests can help you determine if…
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Could the Rats on Your Property be Norway Rats? How to Know
Rats from Norway? Actually not. Amplified over the years resulting from a mistaken 18th century theory, this Central Asian rat goes by a slew of aliases, including common rat, brown rat, street rat, sewer rat, Hanover rat, and wharf rat. How can you tell if these Norwegian nincompoops have hijacked your home? Their mangy mugshot……
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How Small Can You Go – Mice and Rats Are Squeezing Into Your Home
If you have ever seen mouse droppings in your home or had your heart rate triple in nothing flat because one scurried across your floor, the first question you asked (after you finished with the expletives) is “how did it get in here?” Collapsible bone structure? This video of mice taking advantage of an unguarded…
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Can Mice and Rats Be Present Together?
Do you have a mouse problem? Or is it a rat problem? Maybe you’re not sure, or maybe it’s both! Here at Allison Pest Control, we get so many questions about mice and rats. Some people are sure they have seen rodents big and small, so they assume they must have them both in their…
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Is It a Rat or a Mouse? How to Know
It’s dusk and you see something small and dark scurrying across the floor of your garage, deck, backyard patio, or one of the rooms in your home. You don’t have an indoor or outdoor pet, it isn’t a flying squirrel, and you don’t have any critters that may have gotten loose from their pen like…
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What Steps Should You Take Now to Prevent Mice from Moving In?
As the nights turn frosty, mice start looking for a cozy place to hole up for the winter. Your Monmouth County, NJ home offers these furry, four-legged pests a warm and inviting place to set up housekeeping. If mice start nibbling around your home, NJ pest control experts recommend yanking up the welcome mat –…