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Keeping Mice Out of your Home
Dated: May 7 2021
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Keeping Mice Out of your Home
There’s no doubt about it. Preventing mice from entering your home is much easier than evicting them once they’ve moved in. If you take just a few simple precautions, you can avoid the trip to the store to buy traps or the call to the exterminator.
Here’s what the experts recommend:
· Install mouse-mesh in the drainage slots of exterior brick or siding. There are many types available on the market. (Note: make sure you don’t block water drainage!)
· Trim back tree branches that are within two feet of the siding or roof. Mice can jump horizontally as far as 15 inches.
· Make sure weather-stripping on doors and windows seal tightly. Mice can easily squeeze through weak spots and gaps, especially where stripping meets at a corner.
· Don’t leave open packages of any type of food — birdseed, apples, etc. — in the garage. That’s like telling the mice, “The buffet’s open!”
· Inspect the outside of your home and look for evidence of mice near walls, doors and windows. Look for mice droppings, which look like black rice.
· If you see a mouse outside your home, don’t shoo it away. Instead, watch where it goes. The mouse might show you how it’s getting in.
Taking these precautions will significantly reduce the chances of mice becoming unwanted guests in your home.
Irene Jooyeon Hwang
As a dedicated real estate professional since 2019, my journey in this vibrant industry has been guided by a simple yet powerful creed: "The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say I cannot....
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