House mice, as their name suggests, have always had a close bond with man. These angry creatures live in nests, which are often built in houses, especially in the winter months. Our comfortable houses provide mice with the three essentials they need to survive: food, water, and warmth.

House mice breed fairly quickly throughout the year, producing 5-10 litters each of 4-8 pups, so you can see how soon you’ll have a worrying pest control problem. The length of its body is from 6.5 to 10 cm. They typically have grayish-brown fur with lighter underparts.

There are many reasons why we do not want to share our home with house mice, mainly:

• Food contamination: Mice will contaminate their environment with urine, droppings, and hair.
• Property Damage: May cause a fire hazard by gnawing on wires.
• Health Hazard: Serious health hazard including typhus, jaundice, and salmonella.

If you are in any doubt as to whether you have a pest control problem, there are a few signs to look out for:

• Mouse droppings: These can be found in places where you keep your food, like drawers and cabinets. It can also be found on mouse trails, for example along beams, on top of walls, or behind sinks.
• Nest signs: You may find balls of shredded paper, fabric, or furniture stuffing. These can be discovered under dressers, behind kitchen appliances, or inside furniture.
• Chopped food or food boxes
• Evidence of gnawing: Mice will gnaw on just about anything. Their teeth are continually growing, so in an effort to keep them short, you may find bite marks on hard materials like legs of meat!
• Smell: In a closed room, you may detect a strong musty smell
• Scratching Sound: Mice are normally more active at night. You may hear scratching sounds on walls or ceilings, but you may never see anything unless you have a particularly large infestation.

There are several ways to get rid of mice that can be found on the market today. Traditional mousetraps, while undoubtedly effective, can cause injury and therefore unnecessary suffering to the animal. Various poisons are also available, but similarly these cause suffering to the animal and can also be a danger to family pets and children if accidentally digested.

Humane mouse traps provide a way to get rid of mice without injuring them so they can be released into the wild far from home. These have the added bonus that you don’t have to handle the animal or come into contact with it in any way! It should be noted that these are obviously live animal traps and need to be checked frequently; otherwise, they cease to be humanitarian traps and become instruments of torture.