Using Old-Fashioned Mouse Traps VS Hiring Rodent Control Companies

The moment you discover that you have a mouse infestation in your home, your first instinct would probably to find a way to get rid of them fast. And rightly so, mice can carry up to 25 kinds of diseases including some fatal ones. They are also a fire hazard with their constant chewing of walls and wires.

Trying to remove them yourself may mean going to a hardware store and picking up a good old-fashioned mouse trap. But is this really the best way to handle the situation? Most commercially available mouse traps are extremely inhumane. They cause the animal to suffer and may even injure you.

Differences Between Hiring Animal Control Specialists & Mouse Traps

Mouse traps work via a spring action that traps the critter with a piece of metal. This often ends up hurting and even more likely killing the mouse on the spot. The downside to using this method is the limit in the number you can place in different part of your house for better coverage. For a mouse trap to be effective, you will also need to use food as bait. You will end up spending more money when you use a mouse trap, because of the food you have to use and the  number of traps you need.

While it may be effective at catching a few mice, these traps also pose a danger to you and your family. First, it can accidentally snap your finger during set-up. Second, when small kids and pets come into contact with the traps, they can be easily be hurt by it. You also need to spend time keeping track of the mouse traps you set up. If it ends up catching and killing your target rodent, it needs to be removed from the premises carefully to avoid spreading any diseases or having the dead mouse create odor as it starts to decay.

Hiring professionals to get rid of mice, on the other hand, takes away a lot of the hassles of catching mice yourself. They often use more humane methods for live trapping the animals. Even better, they can help you detect how the mice are accessing your home and help you set up exclusion barriers.

By hiring professionals, they will also help you prevent mice from coming back to your property. They will teach you where to place food where the rodents will have a hard time getting to them.