It’s not just mice that will cache food. Rats and squirrels will hoard food as well. Squirrels usually establish food caches in an attic, often more food than they could ever eat. One pest control professional found 30 pounds of dog food that had been hoarded by pine squirrels in the attic of a heated garage.
VIEW MOREMice are part of the Lyme disease cycle because they are important hosts for the disease. You probably already know that deer are part of the Lyme disease cycle because deer are what adult blacklegged ticks usually feed on. However, the immature larval and nymphal ticks feed on birds or on smaller mammals like mice, rats, chipmunks, and voles. These smaller mammals act as “reservoirs” for the disease which means that they can carry the disease organisms in their bodies (usually with no symptoms) and can then pass them on to feeding ticks. An uninfected tick can pick up Lyme disease when feeding on an infected mouse. The disease multiplies in the tick’s body and can then be passed on to the next animal, or person, that it feeds on.
VIEW MOREThis last month Southern New Hampshire and Massachusetts have had lots of melting snow, and the water table has risen accordingly! It is not surprising to find increased rodent activity in times of flooding, especially if the water table rises for an extended period. Like all rodents, mice and rats cannot breathe under water. Rats
VIEW MOREIn past winters, we’ve had a problem with what we’ve been told are voles tunneling under the snow cover and destroying our lawn. Have you heard about this? Is there anything we can do to prevent the damage? L. B., Candia, NH It’s true that we usually think of voles as spring or summertime pests
VIEW MOREWe’ve had an ongoing problem in a bedroom with what we’re told are Indian meal moths. I thought these moths fed on people foods and were found in a kitchen. We never see them in the kitchen but have found dozens on the walls of the bedroom. Any idea where they’re coming from? A. W.,
VIEW MORESo you’ve got mice. You’re working on getting rid of them but you’re trying to figure out how they got in in the first place. There are so many possibilities and they vary depending on the construction and the condition of your home. You just might need professional help. Probably the most common way that
VIEW MOREPodcast with Zack Ciras, a service technician at Colonial Pest about rodent exclusion.
VIEW MOREFind out what common rodents you have to worry about with your home and what you can do about it with our podcast with Zack Ciras.
VIEW MOREQuestion In one of your blogs, you said that people should use tamper-resistant bait stations when they are putting out mouse bait. What do you mean by “tamper-resistant”? Answer That’s a very good question. The labels on rodent bait packages have a statement that says that the bait must be placed in sites inaccessible to
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