No Such Thing as One Mouse in Your Northern New Jersey House
Rats have invaded the Gowanus section of New York City, drawn by the savory smells and garbage from the food vending trucks. Rats have become so prolific that residents say they play like puppies in the streets and are invading homes. Rats also caused the health department to close down a KFC/Taco Bell restaurant.
Here in northern New Jersey, home and business owners are more likely to find mice nibbling on the birdseed in their garage or sneaking across the kitchen floor to sample the dog’s food. Just because they’re smaller doesn’t make them any less dangerous than rats. Both mice and rats can introduce fleas, mites, parasites and a host of nasty diseases into your northern New Jersey home. Rodents foul food preparation and eating areas and food supplies with their urine and feces.
A New Jersey homeowner may see just one mouse, but there’s no such thing. Rodents are prodigious reproducers. A female mouse can have 10 litters a year with an average 5 pups in each litter. Do the math. One mouse can produce 50 more mice in a single year! And because it takes only 8 weeks for mice to reach sexual maturity, several generations of mice can be producing offspring in your home at the same time resulting in hundreds of mice annually.
Their numbers, canny survival instincts and ability to slip through holes the size of a dime, make a mouse in the house a job for a northern New Jersey mouse control professional.