Welcome to Pest Animal Pittsburgh! We are a wildlife removal company servicing Pittsburgh, PA. We pride ourselves on quality customer service and humane yet effective removal of wildlife species. We commonly handle situations such as squirrels in the attic, bat removal from buildings, mole control, raccoon trapping, removing skunks from under sheds or decks, groundhog trapping, opossum removal, bird control, and even the occasional snake removal. We offer a full range of wildlife control services, from attic cleanup, to odor control, wildlife damage repair, and we give a guarantee on our wildlife repairs to your home to keep critters out permanently in the future. We have several highly trained field technicians, and we can usually offer same-day or next-day appointments at your convenience. Call us now at 412-228-4945 for your Pittsburgh wildlife control needs.
About Pest Animal Pittsburgh and Our Services:
House Mouse Trapping
If you are on a mission to trap Pittsburgh mice, there are definitely plenty of strategic advice you can find
to make the job easier. On the hand, if your desire is to simply remove a house mouse one way or
another, going by the simple principle of using snap traps would be a simple solution. However,
since trapping and releasing live mice is also acceptable, you can do that with putting in just
a little more extra effort. Whichever method of removing Pittsburgh mice from your home you choose, a thorough
inspection of your space and the situation is an initial and most important step.
Before you actually get into trapping Pittsburgh mice, the best thing for you to do would be to assess the situation.
You should try to determine the exact number of mice you have in your home. Pay attention to the possible
presence of the rat baby nest. If you discover a nest of live mice babies in your Pennsylvania home, the advice would be
to trap the mother alive and remove the family together. The next important step for you to take would be to
inspect your home for any holes and gaps that mice might use to get inside. The rule is, any gap or hole wider
than an inch is a possible mouse entry point. Since trapping and releasing Pennsylvania mice while simultaneously allowing
more mice to enter your home is pointless, you should repair and seal these soft spots in your home before you
start trapping.
When it comes to trapping mice, there are some specific Pittsburgh mice behaviors you should consider first. Unlike other
critter pests and wild animals, you can’t really count on mice to leave traces of specific moving patterns. You
can, however, note some clues that might tell you which spots in your home mice use to move around and hide. The
presence of mouse feces and urine is a reliable sign that the animals will go back to that spot, or at least move
around within the area. For example, if you find mice traces behind your fridge or china cabinet, these are good
spots to place your traps. Logically thinking, these are also the spots Pittsburgh mice will use to hide and move around without
being noticed.
The next step is to choose and place a right type of trap. What some people recommend is to set a snap trap and place it
inside of a paper bag. This way, you have a chance of trapping the mouse and you also can remove a live mouse from your
home if you spot it in time. If you only have a single Pittsburgh mouse to trap and you want to release it afterward, there are several
ideas for you to do that effectively. For those who have the time to monitor mice and traps constantly, some claim simply
placing the bait inside of a paper bag and waiting for the mouse to get inside would be enough. You can pick up the bag along
with the mouse inside and release far from your home. This is also a quite sanitary solution because you will not get in contact
with either the animal or its feces or urine. The next type of humane traps people often use on mice is simple tall glasses
or other narrow, tall dishes with the bait placed inside. Place the bait inside a tall glass, for example, and use a metal
string or any other type of a thin tool to create a climbing tool for the mouse. Once the Pennsylvania animal gets inside the trap,
it will remain live and unharmed, without the possibility of escaping.