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Correct identification is an important first step in pest control.
The house mouse is brown-gray in color and a lighter colored belly with large ears. Their tail doesn’t have any hair and is about the same length as the head and body combined.
House mice prefer to nest in protected areas near a food supply and heat. If they are nesting indoors, they will be in dark corners and behind appliances that produce heat.
Learn more by reading our blog post: Public Health Watchlist.
Identify the pest with our House Mouse gallery 
Mice do play a role in transmission of diseases to humans. Pathogens canoe transmitted through a rodent’s bite directly or from a flea, tick, or mite, that has bit the rodent and then bites a human. Pathogens can be also be transmitted via direct contamination of food or water via rodent feces or urine.
Name:
Mus musculus
Size:
2-4 inches long
Dropping:
1/8-1/4 inch in length
Tips For Keeping House Mice Away 
Install tight-fitting door sweeps, seal exterior cracks/crevices, areas around pipes/electrical conduits that enter buildings through walls.
Reduce any clutter you may have indoors and outdoors which will help minimize nesting habitat around the property.
Move dumpster to at least 50 feet away from the building.
Keep all exterior doors closed and store food in pest-proof containers.
Clean food preparation areas throughly.
Monitor mice with non-toxic bait blocks in tamper-resistant bait boxes.
You can use snap traps placed with triggers toward the baseboards, especially in dark corners.
Use multiple baits like peanut butter, hot dogs, floss, etc.
Learn more by reading our blog post: Electronic Rodent Monitoring.
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