Should I Be Worried About Mice in My Garage?

If you have an affinity for little furry animals, perhaps it is better to direct your love toward cats, small dogs, or guinea pigs.

Mice in your garage can be a problem. While one mouse or rodent sighting in your garage or outbuilding doesn’t automatically denote an infestation, it could be the precursor to one if not addressed. At Mosquito Squad of Las Cruces, we understand that many of our clients are avid animal lovers. However, there are potential perils that come with allowing rodents – cute as they might be – to set up house and home inside your domain.

You Can Have an Infestation Without Seeing a Rodent

Rodents try to hide and avoid contact with humans and can be quite successful in their elusiveness. They can live inside your garage, storage shed, or crawl space without a single sighting. However, there are other signs that you should be aware of that signal a rodent infestation.

• Rodent droppings
• Chewed walls, baseboards, insulation, or other
• Chewed wiring inside your home or your car
• Scattered nesting materials
• Scratching sounds inside walls or attics
• Broken or chewed food packaging inside cabinets or pantries

Rodents Can Make You Sick Even if You Never See Them

Rat waste, including feces, urine, and saliva, can all make us sick. Hantavirus is an illness that seriously afflicts the lungs by filling them with fluid. This illness, which is breathed in when rat DNA is interrupted in small spaces, can even lead to death.

Leptospirosis is a second illness that infects humans and animals through bacteria found in rodent urine. We might come in direct contact with soil or other surfaces that are contaminated with urine, or breath it in without direct contact. Leptospirosis feels much like flu, and includes fever, chills, vomiting, diarrhea, and sore throat.

The Verdict: Mice and Rats Should Not Be Allowed Shelter Inside Your Personal Spaces

In addition to the aforementioned potential issues, rats could bring pests with them, causing a secondary bug infestation around or inside your home. And since rodents are prey to snakes, a rodent infestation could lead to snakes living way to close to your home.

 The bottom line is that though it might be hard to turn them out or get rid of them, we should not risk allowing rodents to live with us – not even in our garages, outbuildings, or crawl spaces – because they can cause huge problems even if we never encounter them face-to-face.

Search for rodent control near me and choose Mosquito Squad.

Mosquito Squad is a rodent control company you can trust! We are eager to help defend your property against not only rodents, but also the wide array of Las Cruces pests. What’s more, we stand behind every Las Cruces pest treatment with a 100% customer satisfaction guarantee!

Get in touch with Mosquito Squad of Las Cruces by filling out our form online  or calling us at (575) 221-1787 for a free quote.

Also read: Can rodents bring pests into your house?