Remove mice.

Professional mouse removal ensures the infestation is handled humanely and effectively, preventing a few stray rodents from becoming a full-scale colony. Prompt action is essential to protect your property’s value and your family's health.

What Does the Work Involve?

• Initial Inspection: A thorough survey of the property to identify nesting sites, droppings, and potential entry points like air bricks or pipework gaps.
• Treatment Plan: Deploying professional-grade traps or tamper-resistant bait stations in strategic locations away from children and pets.
• Proofing: Sealing entry holes using specialist materials like wire wool, metal mesh, and quick-setting mortar that mice cannot chew through.
• Sanitisation: Removing contaminated nesting materials and droppings using professional PPE and disinfecting the area to eliminate pheromone trails.
• Monitoring: Scheduled follow-up visits to check bait take, remove carcasses, and ensure no new activity is present.

Typical Costs

Prices vary based on the severity of the infestation and the size of the property. Most professional pest controllers offer a fixed-price package for three visits, which is typically the minimum required to ensure a colony is fully eradicated.

How Long Does It Take?

• Initial Survey and Setup: 1 to 2 hours depending on the accessibility of lofts and crawl spaces.
• Follow-up Visits: 30 to 45 minutes per visit, usually spaced 7 to 14 days apart.
• Proofing Work: 1 to 4 hours, depending on how many entry points need sealing.
• Total Eradication: Typically 3 to 4 weeks from the first visit to the final clearance.

DIY or Professional?

While DIY traps can catch an individual mouse, they rarely solve a colony issue. Professional pest controllers have access to high-concentration rodenticides and tracking dusts that are not available to the general public.

Professional intervention is highly recommended if you hear scratching in the walls or find droppings in multiple rooms, as this indicates an established nest.

Choosing the Right Tradesperson

• Look for membership in the British Pest Control Association (BPCA) or the National Pest Technicians Association (NPTA).
• Ensure they hold Public Liability Insurance (minimum £2 million is standard).
• Check for Level 2 Award in Pest Management (RSPH/BPCA) qualifications.
• Questions to ask: Do you offer a guarantee? Are your bait stations pet-safe? Will you provide a written report of the entry points found?

UK Regulations

• CRRU (Campaign for Responsible Rodenticide Use): Professionals must follow the "stewardship" code to prevent poisoning non-target wildlife.
• Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981: Certain methods of control are restricted to protect endangered species like bats that may share the same spaces.
• The Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949: Local authorities have the power to compel homeowners to deal with infestations that pose a risk to the public.

Common Problems

• Treating Symptoms, Not Causes: Killing mice without sealing entry points (proofing) ensures they will return within weeks.
• Secondary Poisoning: Poorly placed bait can be eaten by pets or local wildlife; always use tamper-proof stations.
• Ignoring Hygiene: Failing to remove food sources like spilled birdseed or unsealed cereal boxes makes baiting much less effective.
• Incomplete Treatments: Stopping after seeing one dead mouse often leaves the rest of the nest to multiply.

Frequently Asked Questions