Finding evidence of mouse activity in your living space is always troubling. This can be especially difficult to deal with when residing in a townhouse complex. For mice removal to be effective the entire row of townhouse units must be addressed. Like it or not, mice see all these units as one big continuous playground. To resolve the issue before it becomes an infestation, every single unit requires preventative measures.
Firewalls Offer Zero Protection
You may think the presence of firewalls in multi-unit dwellings will protect your home from pests that reside in neighboring units. Nothing is further from the truth.
- Firewalls do not extend past the soffit line.
- While you are protected against fire, it’s wide open for mice to freely travel between all attached units.
- Mice often reside in the attic. Not only can they access all units but they can do so undetected as they travel through the insulation.
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Reasons Not To Delay Mouse Prevention
Aside from the obvious irritating sounds and evidence of their overnight foraging; there are more pressing reasons to want these critters evicted:
- They are prolific breeders – a single mouse can have up to 10 liters annually, each consisting of 5-8 offspring. These offspring are able to start breeding within 30 days. As you can see, it gets out of control quickly.
- Mice contaminate 10 times as much food as they consume. Through either their urine or saliva, they will soil everything they come into contact with.
- These rodents carry disease, viruses, bacteria, and parasites. Whether on their bodies or through their feces and urine; these filthy creatures pose a significant health risk if left unattended for any duration of time.
Main Areas That Need Addressing For Mouse Proofing
When dealing with wildlife prevention for a townhouse complex the process is identical to how we would approach mouse prevention for a traditional free-standing structure. There are three main areas to consider:
- Ground level access – main floor windows and doors, wall vents, breather bricks, garage, foundation.
- Roof line access – drip edge or flashing on roof boards and securing where the roof and soffit intersect.
- Roof – protecting roof vents, plumbing exhaust vent, chimney caps.
All these areas must be addressed in order to ensure permanent removal of your unwanted, growing mouse population. No shortcuts or partial measure will suffice. Every individual area must be protected, period.
Finacial Upside to Dealing With All Units
It may take some initial coordination with the other residents of your community to get the process started. However, once we get everyone on the same page we will be able to pass along savings immediately:
- As our technicians become familiar with the layout, the work will progress at a quicker pace. Keeping labor costs down.
- No travel/set up time between jobs.
- When working on two or more units at a single location we are able to offer savings of anywhere between 10%-25%. Give us a call to find out how this applies to your current situation.
The Problem Will Not Just Go Away
Neglecting to address even one potential entry point the size of a dime is all it takes. If you want to rid yourselves of these critters once and for all it is imperative that all units be addressed as a single project. Half measures will not work when dealing with mouse prevention. Contact a professional wildlife company immediately if want this resolved once and for all.
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