A female mouse can have four or five litters per year, so their population increases very quickly. Getting rid of house and deer mice is essential with the first sighting. Aardvark Ant & Pest Control
in El Cajon
has professional mice exterminators that understand how they get into your home. We treat the immediate problem and make suggestions for the prevention of future infestations. In homes, rats are generally a bigger problem than mice, but you can identify a small rat from a mouse because its head and feet will be out of proportion to its body.
Rats are a bigger problem when they have no predators to control their numbers. They carry over thirty different diseases that are harmful to humans, and it's estimated that they are the cause of 26 percent of the damage to electrical cables throughout the country. Norway and roof rats are the most common types in urban populations.