MICE CONTROL / MICE REMOVAL
HERTFORDSHIRE & BEDFORDSHIRE
Mice Control Hertfordshire – We provide mice control throughout Hertfordshire to rid you of mice infestations. The most common type of mouse to cause problems in the home around the UK is the house mouse. The house mouse likes to live close to humans, rarely venturing outside into the wild in order to avoid wet and damp environments.
Because of this, mice will enter homes and outbuildings, especially during the colder and wetter months. Once they have entered a building they will begin to gnaw at packaging and start eating whatever food they can get hold of. Whilst exploring the home, mice can move across food preparation areas, tables, cooking areas and work tops. Whilst it might not be visible, this can cause areas to become contaminated with mouse hair and urine.
If you have a problem with mice in the home, or place of work, get in touch with us now to arrange an appointment.
House Mice (Mus musculus) usually live in close proximity to humans, in or around houses or fields. They live in a wide variety of places near food sources and construct nests from soft materials.
House mice have an adult body length of 7.5-10 cm and a tail length of 5-10 cm. They have short hair and a light belly. Mice are very good jumpers, climbers and swimmers and can easily access a range of surfaces in the home. House mice eat grains, fruits, seeds or anything they find available.
Some of the diseases carried by mice can be deadly, they produce a very large number of droppings and urinate frequently so are a very unhygienic pest to have in or around the home.
Field Mice (Apodemus slvaticus) inhabit woodlands, grasslands and cultivated fields. They are almost entirely nocturnal and burrow extensively, building nests of plants and in the winter sometimes moving into sheds and outbuildings that are not inhabited to seek shelter from the harsher weather. The field mouse mainly eats seeds, especially seeds of trees like oak, beech, ash, hawthorn, lime and sycamore. In addition they also eat berries, fruit and roots. Field mice do not hibernate but their activity does decrease during severe winter seasons.
The field mouse breeds from February to October and the gestation period is between 25 and 26 days, with each female producing on average five young. These young become independent after three weeks and then become sexually active after two months.