11/06/2020
Pest of the month: The MIGHTY MOUSE
November is here the temperatures are dropping outside natural food sources will become less plentiful and downright cold nights can start setting in. Mice, just like people, can survive outside in winter with makeshift shelters and some ingenuity, but why on earth would you want to.
There is a perfectly good temperature controlled warm box packed full of food and bedding materials (Your House). The perfect environment to raise a nice family of 5-7 babies every few weeks, up to 8 litters a year. If left unchecked a single mating female will have 30-35 pups per year. That is right baby mice are called pups.
Mice typically have a lifespan of 1 year or slightly more, they can swim, climb, jump and breed year round.
Mice are omnivorous but prefer grains or cereals. Mice only need 3 grams / 0.1 ounces of food a day. Mice prefer to nibble on things as opposed to having a large meal if you want to call 3 grams large. Having a keen sense of smell they can find food with ease. Mice will travel back and forth from bedding location to food supply leaving urine and droppings along the way. They typically have a roaming radius of 10 – 30 ft.
Another interesting fact most people do not know is the mice will drink water if available but can usually survive off the moisture from the food it eats. They can survive without standing water.
Mice also have incisor teeth that never quit growing and they gnaw on everything. They can gnaw through wire, walls, wood, mortar, and even soft concrete. Gnawing damage, being a host to fleas, add a little urine, f***l droppings and you have a critter you really do not want in your house.
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