How to Get Rid of Mice?

Management of Disease Spreading Mice – Why It’s Still Important How to Get rid of Mice?? Mice Control There are still a lot of home owners who have become a little complacent about controlling the common house mouse and other rodents over the decades. It may be partly because we now frequently see rodents for sale as pets, and so don’t feel as threatened by mice and rats as we once did. It may also be because our generation hasn’t had to witness anything like the deadly Bubonic Plagues around the early 1900s and then perhaps we would sit up more and take notice when mice visits our home. The fear factor may have been reduced but there are still very good reasons for keeping these rodents away from your home or farm. Look at why mice are still a problem: Mice still carry the same diseases they did back in the 1900s. We know much more about them now and of course, in some cases, advances in modern medicine have rendered some of the viruses and infections transmitted from mice to humans or pets less deadly. Nonetheless, we still don’t want to be on the receiving end of some of the conditions that mice and rats can spread like: Toxoplasmosis – a parasitic infection that may result when a parasite is transmitted from mice to cats and then to humans. In healthy humans, the risk of illness is considered low however, where other conditions have reduced immunity, eye damage and inflammation of the brain, among other problems may occur. Leptospirosis which is also known as Weil’s disease – infection is thought to come from food, water or soil that has been contaminated by rodents. Recently Olympic rower Andy Holmes died of this disease in 2010 apparently after coming into contact with contaminated water. Read More