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Mice are the most common reason Londoners call us once the weather turns. Toodaloo Pest Control removes mice from houses, apartments, rentals and businesses across London, Ontario. A technician finds how they are getting in, sets professional traps where they travel, and seals the gaps so new mice cannot follow. Same-day service is available: call 519-914-0478 at any hour, or request a quote.
For ongoing protection, monthly rodent control programs start as low as $39.99 per month, for homes and businesses in London.
Health Canada lists the usual evidence. You rarely see the mice first; you hear or find what they leave behind:
Health Canada says mice can squeeze through cracks as small as a dime. Common entry points in London houses are gaps where utility lines and pipes enter, worn door sweeps, garage doors that do not close tight, unscreened dryer and bathroom vents, and window wells. The City of London’s wildlife guidance recommends a spring and fall exterior check of shingles, eaves, soffits and vents, capping or screening roof, dryer and bathroom vents with secure mesh, and covering window wells.
Food left outside matters too. The City’s Public Nuisance By-law (PH-18) treats feeding that causes “excessive attraction of rodents (including mice or rats)” as nuisance feeding of wildlife, and the City notes that spilled bird and squirrel seed draws mice and rats to a yard.
Indoors, mice nest close to food and out of sight: in clutter in basements and garages, inside wall and ceiling voids, behind kitchen appliances and in stored boxes. Health Canada recommends removing cosy nesting sites in unused clutter around the house and garage, storing dry food and dry pet food in metal or glass containers, and keeping garbage in containers with tight-fitting lids. Doing this before and during treatment means traps are the most attractive food source left.
If you want to start on your own, follow Health Canada’s trap guidance: set about one trap per metre along walls, or five to ten traps around a visible mouse hole; set uncovered traps at right angles to the wall; leave baited traps unset for three to four days so mice get used to them; then set them and check them every day. If you are still catching mice after a couple of weeks, they are still getting in, and sealing is the missing step.
London’s rental market turns over at the same times each year: many leases near Western University and Fanshawe College start on May 1, with others in September, according to Western’s off-campus housing listings. Moving day is a good moment to look behind the stove and under sinks for droppings, and to report any to the landlord in writing before your own things are unpacked.
Health Canada warns never to sweep or vacuum dry droppings, because the dust raised can cause illness, and names the deer mouse as the most common carrier of hantavirus. Wear rubber gloves and a dust mask, dampen droppings and nesting material with a bleach and water solution first, then wipe them up and bag them.
Report mice to your landlord in writing as soon as you see signs. Ontario’s Landlord and Tenant Board says landlords “must also take steps to control pests such as cockroaches and mice”, and the City of London’s Property Standards By-law (CP-24) requires buildings to be kept free of rodents; if nothing is done, a tenant can file a Request for Service with the City (519-661-2489).
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It depends on the size of the building, how many entry points need sealing and how many visits it takes. Call 519-914-0478 or request a quote.
They look for warm, sheltered places with food as it gets colder outside. Sealing gaps before then, and checking the outside of the house in spring and fall as the City of London recommends, keeps most of them out.
Health Canada says poisons should not be the only method, because without sealing and clean-up new mice keep arriving. Bait must be in tamper-proof stations wherever children or pets can reach.
They contaminate food and surfaces, and Health Canada names the deer mouse as the most common carrier of hantavirus, which is why droppings should be dampened with bleach solution and never swept or vacuumed.
Most homes need an inspection and treatment visit followed by at least one check-back; the exact number of visits depends on how many entry points there are.
Along walls where you see droppings, about one per metre, set at right angles to the wall, as Health Canada advises. Check them every day.
Neither seals the gaps mice use, so new mice keep arriving. Health Canada’s approach is to proof the building, remove food and nesting sites, and trap.
Ask in writing and keep a copy. If it is not fixed, file a property standards Request for Service with the City of London (519-661-2489 or [email protected]), apply to the Landlord and Tenant Board (1-888-332-3234), or both.
