Most professional pest control companies offer rodent control as part of their services. This often includes inspection, trapping, and monitoring.
If you’ve been dealing with mice or rats on your own and it’s not working, then you’re probably wondering whether calling a professional is worth it. And that’s a fair question, especially if you’ve already spent money on traps and repellents that haven’t solved the problem.
The short answer is that professional rodent control is different than DIY methods because it considers the full picture, not just the mice you can see. When professionals do pest control, they start by inspecting your property. They want to find entry points, droppings, gnaw marks, nesting sites, and travel routes. Professionals take in all this data, size up the problem, and determine how to best go about controlling it.
From there, treatment usually involves some combination of trapping and exclusion. Trapping targets rodents that are already inside. Exclusion means sealing gaps, cracks, and openings that let them in. That second part is most often missed by DIY methods, and allows more mice or rats to come in from outside.
Common entry points include gaps around pipes and utility lines, foundation cracks, damaged vent screens, and spaces under doors. Mice can fit through openings as small as a dime, so the inspection needs to be thorough. Professionals use materials like steel wool, metal flashing, and caulk that rodents can't chew through.
Many companies also provide ongoing monitoring. This is extra useful if you live in wooded or rural areas where rodents are more of an issue. Others use rodenticides (like poison bait), but this approach has trade-offs. Bait can work, but it can be dangerous for pets, kids, and wildlife if not used properly.
If you’re a Moultonborough homeowner dealing with rodents, Mosquito Squad of New Hampshire Lakes Region can help. Mosquito Squad provides rodent control as part of its Complete Home & Yard protection. A trained technician inspects your property, identifies entry points and nesting areas, and custom-makes a control plan to target the problem at its source.
