Mouse Control Services London
24/7 Emergency Mouse Control
At Project Multi Pest we employ a swift, safe and highly effective method for ridding your home of mice without the trauma. We believe in dealing with the problem as fast and kindly as possible, to reduce the suffering that poison can cause. Our method uses a combination of well trained dogs and traps to flush out the problem.
Humane mice control methods
Our two beautiful dogs, a Parson’s Jack Russell called Gracie and a Parson’s Jack Russell mix called Monty have both been trained to the highest standard in the art of rodent hunting.
Monty and Gracie can flush the rodents out of the walls and cleanly dispatch of them in seconds, making our service one of the most humane ways to clear an infestation. Both dogs have lovely natures and are safe around children and other animals.
The benefits of our London mouse control service
- Fast and humane disposal
- Zero environmental impact
- No risk to other animals in the house
- Avoid unnecessary cruelty
- An ancient tried and tested techniques with our rat catching dogs
- Certified with the National Pest Technicians Association
- 10/10 Checkatrade rating – plenty of happy customers
Professional mouse exterminators
We cover areas all around London and Kent, the charming seaside locale where we live. Being beside the sea means we raise happy healthy dogs who enjoy a wonderful balance and business and play.
If you suspect your home may have fallen victim to a mouse invasion, then please do not hesitate to pick up the phone or drop us a line. You can contact us via email or telephone to discuss your problems with mice, and together we can put together a plan of action.
Mice problems at Home
When heading into the kitchen for a late-night snack, you catch sight of the dreaded tail slipping beneath the counter. You take a deep breath, tell yourself its only one tiny mouse. Shrug and go back to bed.
A week later and you are finding droppings in your cutlery drawer and a baby mouse curled up in your wine glass – it’s official, the rodents have taken over. For centuries mice have been invading homes across the world, often creeping in when the weather changes and they want somewhere warm to nest.
While softer souls may feel tempted to let these squatters stay – mice and rodents can cause chaos in the home. Mice are smart, sassy, and breed at an alarming rate – they are also super resourceful, they will tear your place apart to make a bed and find food, and getting on top of the problem can quickly spiral into an endless battle.
A mouse in the house may seem harmless, but these fuzzy creatures carry disease, chew electrical wires, steal insulation, and won’t think twice about urinating on all your stuff. In short, a mouse problem is exactly that – a problem, and any unsuspecting home can fall victim to an invasion of the four-legged kind.
Commercial mouse control problems
While mice in the home and garden can turn into a riot, the sight of them in offices and commercial space is most certainly bad for business. With plenty of commercial spaces linked by pipes and cables – these places become highways for mice to travel from destination to destination.
Once in your space, they go to work – happily munching through your precious firewire cables, rummaging in the tea cupboard, and defecating on your keyboard. Even worse, if you are in a business that deals with food and drink, before you know it – environmental health could be banging down your door.
From losing work before you have had the chance to hit save, to colleagues catching nasty diseases – if you have rodents running around your commercial or office space – this is not the time to bury your head in reports.
Other rodents and the problems they cause
We may have been naming and shaming the humble mouse, but he is not the only culprit in our cause. The one to send a shiver down your spine is the dreaded rat. Still carrying the bad name from delivering the plague – wild rats are the last lodger you want inside your home.
The most common rat in the UK is the Norwegian or brown rat. These larger than life rodents can grow up to 25cm not including the tail, and they will eat just about anything. While the plague days may be over, rats can still carry shudder worthy parasites and nasty diseases such as ringworm and Weil’s disease.
These rats can climb, swim, and love to gnaw on anything in sight to keep their long teeth in check. They also start producing babies at as little as 6 weeks and are capable of throwing out five litters a year. With between 6-14 babies in each litter, the numbers quickly spiral out of control.
The house mouse is another common foe for homeowners. As the name suggests, these critters like to stay and play indoors. The house mouse is something of a magician and can squeeze itself through a hole of less than a quarter inch. The house mouse likes to rampantly breed; often delivering a litter of 5-7 pups almost 10 times a year.
Countryside dwellers may stumble across the wood mouse in their garden. These little creatures are small and chunky with large eyes and ears. While they often set up shop in hedgerows and gardens, they are fickle beings simply searching a spot that offers the most food and warmth.
Signs of a mouse infestation
Even though the little mouse can be stealth, it cannot remove all traces of its stay. The first sign you have a problem is when you catch a glimpse of the furry ninjas coasting through your home. Don’t just depend on your eyes to do the detective work – things that go bump in the night can often mean a mouse invasion. You can sometimes hear them scuttling in the walls, clashing through the cupboards, and sometimes an occasional squeak will erupt.
Droppings
Another sign of a small rodent invasion is the droppings. Mice will leave a hint of their existence in the form of small dark droppings wherever they have wandered. Take a close look in the pantry, the cupboards and the cutlery drawer. Newly formed droppings will be shiny, whereas older droppings will be dry and crumbly – helping you to identity whether you are dealing with a fresh problem or an old hand.
Telltale odour
Active infestations may also have a nose wrinkling odor of musty unpleasantness.
Hiding spaces
You can check for mice in their favourite hiding spaces. Mice love to make a home in the loft and eaves. They will carry stashed fabrics up into the roof to make their bed and duck down in the night to search for food. They can also be found chilling out behind kitchen appliances – the back of the fridge has the same real estate value as a two-bed apartment for a mouse. They like to be close to pipes where they can scurry in and out at will. Cavity walls are another firm favourite, especially if they feel out of sight. Check closely all your small crawl spaces, suspended ceilings, airing cupboards and under the stairs.
Dealing with a mouse control problem
The sight of a mouse darting through your house may not seem like time to panic, but it is a sign of bad times ahead. Mouse infestations are best dealt with quickly and effectively before the damage is done. Mice can cause structural damage to your home – they love to burrow through walls and steal insulation- in short, they can take your wall apart to set up their own comfortable stay.
They don’t just stop at walls either – wood, paper, cloth – whatever they can get their little paws on. They don’t care if that’s your precious antique tablecloth or the script for your new novel. Mice will also chow down on insulation around wiring, which leads to a fire hazard within your walls. Speaking of wires, they may also build their nests in major electrical appliances which can lead to short circuiting your system.
Not only will a mouse happily destroy your home without a second thought, but they also aren’t polite enough to be toilet trained. Everywhere they go they leave a trail of urine and fecal droppings- across the floor, kitchen surfaces, cupboards, plates, food and upholstery. With this, they leave a scent that sends a message to other mice to come on in. This is where you run the risk of also spreading disease and getting sick.
It’s not a pretty picture. The mouse comes into your house, tears it apart to make a bed, steals all your food – leaving traces of salmonellosis behind, and then gets to work making babies. Before you know it – there’s a full-blown riot on your hands.
The humane alternative to using rodenticides and poisons
So, we’ve painted a vivid image of life with a mouse infestation – time to skip the horror and go straight to the solution. One of the most common methods for flushing out a mouse problem comes in the form of poison. If the word makes you wince, it should. Poison – while effective, is far from the most humane way.
A mouse can take 4 days to die after ingesting poison and there is a great deal of suffering involved. After ingesting poison, a mouse will crawl away to die, usually within your walls making it difficult to dispose of the aftermath. As time passes, unpleasant odors start to seep through and there is little you can do but wait for them to fade.
Pet owners may also feel uncomfortable with the idea of poison as it can potentially pose a threat to their beloved fur babies, through accidental ingestion or secondary poisoning.
Fortunately, there is another solution…
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