Rodents such as mice and rats are the most common species of wildlife that find their way into homes and businesses. While wild at heart, rodents have come to somewhat rely on people for their basic needs. They enter into our structures seeking safe, temperature-controlled nesting spots and easy access to food. Unfortunately, rodents do not make good house guests and cause a variety of problems. They damage the structure of our homes and businesses, contaminate our food with their saliva and excrement, destroy personal property such as books, boxes, clothing, furniture, and pictures, and introduce bacteria, diseases, and parasites onto our properties.
Rodents are mammals and belong to the group Rodentia. All rodents, no matter their species, have a single pair of front incisors in their upper and lower jaws that grow throughout their lifetime. To prevent their teeth from overgrowing, they gnaw on just about everything. When living and nesting inside, they chew through wires, pipes, insulation, drywall, and more. Their chewing habits cause fires and create water damage inside homes and businesses. Rodents live and thrive in a wide variety of climates and conditions and live successfully in homes, businesses, farmland, gardens, open fields, parks, and wooded areas – making them difficult to control.
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