Your San Antonio home is a safe, welcoming retreat filled with all the creature comforts from soft beds to full pantries. More than 30 native species of mice and rats agree. These furry pests are on the lookout for a warm spot and an easy meal. You don’t intentionally set the table for them, but these rodents relish moving into your home.
An Attractive Appetizer
Mice are always looking for shelter where they can settle in and raise a family. Urbanization has moved field rats into town and forced their city cousins into tighter quarters. This pest housing crisis makes your home an enticing hors d’oeuvre filled with tiny holes and cracks in the foundation, walls and floors. Pet bowls on the porch and bird seed in the backyard become trails of crumbs that invite four-legged invaders into your house. Once they move in, it’s too late to put up the sneeze guard. They’ve already seated themselves.
The Warm Main Course
These vermin quickly set up house with all the conveniences that your home provides. Mice and rats don’t consider insulation an entree, but they love how easily it shreds for building warm nests. They favor toasty spots near your furnace with no concern for the fire hazards they create. These are not polite customers who use the facilities. Rodents contaminate their surroundings with an unhealthy disregard for hygiene that can affect your family’s health. Gnawing is a natural part of setting up a mouse household, so damage to carpets, sheet rock and wiring are all on the buffet.
That Delicious Dessert
Cheese on the counter rates five stars with mice, but they prefer grains and fruits. Your pantry and cabinets are filled with goods that present a white table cloth of irresistible desserts to four-legged pests. Feeding the furry family is easy once the nests are established. Height is no object, walls are easy to climb, and even hidden pipes serve as entryways to shelves full of delicious goodies. By the time you notice holes in the bread box, you’ve got a problem that’s bigger than one mouse.
Don’t give mice and rats a place at your table. Seal up small cracks and holes around your home’s exterior. When the weather gets cold, keep an eye on the attic and an ear to the wall. If you suspect you’re serving uninvited guests, check with our friendly staff at ABC Home & Commercial Services in San Antonio. Our pest control pros can keep your house off the rodent menu. Call us today, or visit our website for a free estimate.