Those inquisitive petite mice that spent the summer scavenging outside are now looking for a warm home to hide, eat and nest in while the weather turns to rain and dark days. Mice are attracted to warm air that escapes a home, which may be carrying the smell of food with it. Approximately 75 per cent of all the homes in Delta have had a rodent run through in the last year, regardless of the age of the structure, how expensive it is, how messy or clean it may be. Mice can get though a gap the diameter of your thumb, any gap under a door, garage door or a crack in the foundation of a house is open door for mice. But, 80 per cent of the time, mice will merrily scamper through an open door when you are not looking. In most cases, mice head right for the kitchen or pantry, following the scent of food. Although most rodents are inherently scared of everything, mice seem to lack the gene that tells them to stay away from humans, as rats do. Mice will happily scurry around the kitchen while you may be standing right above them. Usually, the first indication that you have a mouse infestation is the telltale feces they leave behind the size of a grain of rice, but dark brown. Besides leaving their droppings everywhere they go, mice also urinate constantly. Mice mature in about one month and have the ability to reproduce every 30 days.
