The common house mouse can live inside or outside your home, either way it is not good. No matter if they are indoors or outdoors the common house mouse likes to be in secluded places, corners and dark areas. When the common house mouse is inside a house it can be found in these areas:
- Behind rafters.
- Near food.
- Inside of walls.
- Within ceilings.
- Behind things like refrigerators, furniture, cupboards, bathtubs and counters.
- Near a boiler, if you have one.
- In the basement or attics, because there is often stuff stored there.
Outside the common house mouse makes its home in:
- Wood piles.
- It can also burrow anywhere in the ground that is secluded.
- Storage areas.
- Near any food that is kept outside.
- An outdoor refrigerator or freezer.
- Near garbage.
- Under bushes.
- In thick grass or vines on walls.
A pantry is a perfect example of a common house mouse’s dream home. They can eat straight through the cardboard and plastic, and become a homeowner’s worse nightmare all at the same time. Keep an eye out where any food is stored, as it is one of the common house mouses favorite places. Also seeing any food or food storage destroyed might tell you there is a common house mouse in your house.
This pantry is a dream for a common house mouse. There are so many boxes to chew on, and they all have a surprise inside.
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Once you have located a good pest control company to solve your pressing infestation problem they should be able to help you determine a strategy to stop the problem from recurring. Listen to their suggestions and implement them as soon as you possibly can. You should also consider calling the pest control company back in on at least an annual basis so that an inspection can be performed to catch any new problems in the bud before pest infestation becomes a problem again.