Mice In The Roof In Essex

Right, so you have heard the scratching or you have seen the rapid little fellow running across the floor ! Yes, you have seen the common house mouse or a field mouse invading your home. Recently we were called to deal with a mouse job in Brentwood, Essex. Nothing new there but the customer was complaing of hearing the mice running across the conservatory roof towards the first low level roof. ( this was a bungalow with annex).

The customer was pretty upset, they have called out two other companies in the past four months and they had still heard mice & in fact, they were now at the rear of the property. So MR Customer called Pest Control Essex in to survey the situation and try to resolve this situation. As you can imagine Mr Customer was not happy because (A) at still having mice and (B) not very confident when it came to pest control companies after the money he had all ready spent…about £600 with other pest controllers.

Anyway, we quoted for 6 visits to resolve this issue and got straight to work, we placed tracking dust ‘ultra violet’ along the roof area. I had already noted climbing plants that mice could use but I thought ‘best I let the tracking dust do the work for me.'( see this video for how we use UV tracking dust) Not the same job but a good example of the way we use it.

We also placed some bait in the property and let nature take its course, two days later we returned, the tracking dust had done it’s job and we traced the problem to the next door neighbours climbing plant. We also found the location of where the mice had been gaining access to the property (see photo). We asked the neighbour to move the climber to another area as it was only in a pot.

We took the tiles off to find dropping, lots of them, plus in the photo you can see bait that a previous company left behind. (see my blog on CRRU)

We baited and the customer wanted the job proofed to stop further access by mice. We did all the work and left the job as a water test for for 8 days with no further mice activity in the house or outside.

Not only was the customer very happy with our service, he only had to pay half the bill, as we completed all the work in half the quoted visits. We removed all bait & moved onto the next job.

Another happy ending from Pest Control Essex

Rat & Mice Control In Essex.

Last week was without doubt a busy week for us here at Pest Control Essex. We have seen mice and rat phone calls fly through the roof. We are in the midst of what I think is a perfect Storm here in the Essex County.

Let me explain more of what I mean by the perfect storm situation.

To create a perfect storm, there are a number of factors that have to happen or come together at a certain time for this to go ahead.

There is less baiting by local councils now, after the cut backs that have been forced on to them, secondly, there was a wet summer than has seen sewers flood and overflow. This allows rodents to begin living above ground, thirdly, a jump into to colder temperatures that will force rodents into homes and businesses.

Yet, there is a fourth factor.

And it’s at this point that you are probably looking for a pest control company to help you resolve the rodent issue that you are facing.

But for now, back to the perfect storm situation, a fourth factor, this is one that so many people really don’t understand, it is the use of DIY bait that is bought from shops & from over the Internet.

Let me explain in more detail the damage that this bait can do, imagine that you buy 2 kilos of brodifacoum pellets. Firstly read my blog on DIY pest control, but anyway, you place the bait down in the area of trouble, you have noticed the bait is eaten but the problem is not going away?

Well, imagine that the bait is outside…at this point you should stop, go back to your bait and pick it up, notice its says this bait is only for “indoor” use only. You are breaking the law, secondly and this is my point regarding the perfect storm, rats and mice will eventually become resistant to the these products.

We are already seeing these issues in other parts of the UK. Oxford is the latest area to be hit by this problem. If this issue is not brought under control then we could be sitting in the eye of the storm in Essex in the near future.

Pest Control Essex is part of the campaign for rodenocide use and we proactively remove any bait from sites after treatments have finished. We follow to the letter the 35 day rule on bait monitoring and keep detailed reports as part of the legislation we work under.

We cover the whole of essex and have found large amounts of activity for both mice and rat call outs. Always use a trusted company you can trust to complete the job right, but also to remove any bait.