Mouse infestations in are base while the winter when they infest lofts, wall cavities, and out buildings. As the mouse moves around your home they will contaminate the area with urine and droppings. When mice are present in the kitchen there is a risk of food poisoning.

Mice are able to squeeze through the smallest of gaps if you can fit a pen or pencil into a hole, then a mouse will be able to squeeze through it. Two species of mice are base pests in the Leeds and Yorkshire areas they are house mouse and the wood mouse. House mice are as the name suggests is most often found indoors. The wood mouse generally lives in the countryside but is more than happy to share your home. Rodents along with mice have a compulsive need to gnaw this is in order to keep their incisor teeth down to a constant length.

Mice

Mice live in nests which they often built inside your home. The mouse will make its nest wherever there is entrance to a good food source. Spaces under floors wall cavities and lofts are favoured places for mice to make their home the nests are made of cloth, wool, paper and plastics in fact any favorable material the mouse can find.

Mice are sporadic feeders, They will eat exiguous and often nibbling at many sources of food rather than taking repeated meals from any one source. The mouses former food is cereal grain seeds etc. But they will will eat approximately anything. Mice do not need to usually drink water they will get moisture from their food.

The proximity of mice in Leeds is usually detected when droppings are discovered. The droppings will appear approximately wherever the mouse travels, mice are for real incontinent, the average mouse will furnish around 60 droppings in a 24 hour period and will urinate oftentimes to mark its territory. Mice become sexually mature at around eight to ten weeks old and can furnish up to eight litters per year each litter can number 15! Mice can cause damage to water pipes, cables and woodwork. Instances of electrical fires and floods have been attributed to mouse infestations.