As cold weather arrives, the mice and rats start searching for more comfortable places to live than outside in those harsh winter environmentsIf your home is close to their summer homes you're at risk for rodent invasion.

As cold weather arrives, the mice and rats start searching for more comfortable places to live than outside in those harsh winter environmentsIf your home is close to their summer homes you're at risk for rodent invasion.

Those heated areas you make available are mighty tempting to them, and they know that human presence normally means an abundant, and readily available, source of food that they won't need to work hard to find.

Act now to defend your home from the rodent onslaught, and minimize the threats to your family's health that rat and mouse infestation brings to your home.

The first step in fortifying your home is barricading the outside perimeter against rodent access.

Check the foundation for any openings large enough for a mouse or rat to fit throughPlug all that you findThe best materials for this purpose are metal, or concrete, that completely closes the holeWood works if you make the plug thick enoughJust remember that mice and rats can chew through woodThe more solid the closure looks, the more motivation for the rodent to look for entry elsewhere.

Once you have all the openings closed off you'll get extra protection if you place bait boxes around the foundationI recommend at least two on each side of the structure, one near each end of the outside wallFor long stretches of wall place a third box in the middle.

Act now to defend your home from the rodent onslaught, and minimize the threats to your family's health that rat and mouse infestation brings to your home.

The first step in fortifying your home is barricading the outside perimeter against rodent access.

Check the foundation for any openings large enough for a mouse or rat to fit throughPlug all that you findThe best materials for this purpose are metal, or concrete, that completely closes the holeWood works if you make the plug thick enoughJust remember that mice and rats can chew through woodThe more solid the closure looks, the more motivation for the rodent to look for entry elsewhere.

Once you have all the openings closed off you'll get extra protection if you place bait boxes around the foundationI recommend at least two on each side of the structure, one near each end of the outside wallFor long stretches of wall place a third box in the middle.