Difference Between Mice and Rats

Mice and rats are quite different from one another, but there is one strong similarity that ties them together. Both of them pose a serious health threat to humans and pets. They carry and transmit obnoxiously dangerous diseases that often have fatal results.

Knowing the difference between the two rodents can save you money on pest control companies. Instead of calling a pest technician, who will come and spray around your property for rats or mice, you can tackle this problem yourself.

Here are few easy steps for eliminating rat/mouse infestations:

1. Sanitise
Rats and mice need easily available food sources. Proper sanitisation can make all the difference in eliminating them. Store food in sealed plastic or metal containers, this includes dry foods and pet foods.
Remove clutter such as paper and cardboards, which rodents can use to build nests. If you have a garden make sure to properly trim bushes to avoid places where they can hide. Furthermore, make sure to clean bush and grass clippings as rats and mice might use them to build nests.
Store firewood away from your house and discard any fruits and nuts, which may have fallen from nearby trees.

2. Eradicate the existing population

There are two popular methods to eliminating rats and mice, traps and baits.

There is a variety of effective traps, snap traps, glue traps and humane live traps. Traps should be places in areas with noticeable rodent activity.

Baits come in many different forms. Most common used ones include pellets, blox, cake and liquid. Baits should be placed in enclosed areas with little to no access from pets and children.

3. Rodent-proof the area

Rodent-proof the area or the structure to ensure new infestations don't occur. Check the foundation and repair any large cracks or holes with copper mesh or sheet metal.
Check all doors, windows and make sure they have a tight seal, be sure to repair any damage. Rats can fit in any hole the size of a quarter or larger. Mice can fit in any hole the size of a button on your shirt.

These are the 3 steps to eliminate rats and mice from your property, sanitise, eliminate and proof the area. If you follow these three steps rodent infestations can be easily avoided.

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1. What is the Difference
Between Rats and Mice?

2. THE 3 BEST WAYS
TO SEPARATE THE TWO ARE

3. 1. DROPPINGS
2. APPERANCES
3. TENDENCIES

4. MICE

5. MICE
can produce
80 or more droppings
per day

6. A mouse's body
RANGES
FROM
1
INCH
5
INCHES
TO

7. 5 inches are
ABOUT THE LENGTH
OF YOUR PALM
Their tail is the exact same length as their body

8. MICE
INFESTATIONS
A MUSK
OR
usually carry
ODOUR
AN

9. THEY LIKE
TO
GNAW
LOOK FOR
DAMAGED GOODS

10. RATS

11. RAT DROPPINGS
ARE THE SIZE OF OLIVE
PITS

12. RATS LIKE TO
GNAW
AND CONSTANTLY
DO SO
LOUD ENOUGH
for you to hear them

13. RAT SPECIES LIKE TO
DWELL IN TWO PLACES:
HIGHER DWELLINGS
TREES, ATTICS
BASEMENT, BURROWS
GROUND LEVEL

14. RATS ARE VERY LARGE
IN COMPARISON TO THE
MOUSE
IN LENGTH THE TAIL IS
ABOUT THE SAME OR SHORTER
THEIR BODY IS
5-7 INCHES OR MORE

15. DARK BROWN
RATS USUALLY ARE

16. OR
BLACK

17. The Black Rat
is referred to as
ROOF RAT
AND
THE BROWN RAT AS
NORWAY RAT

18. THE MOUSE
is the most difficult pest world wide
DID YOU
KNOW?
capable of producing
12 or more young at litter
adding to over a thousand a year.

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