I'll definitely be doing a walk around on my property

@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

Very good idea! Let me know if you have any additional questions after the walk around.

thank you for showing so many examples!! it rlly helps :)

@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks for the great real examples to watch out for! All the best!

@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! -Gabe with Pest Patrol

Very informative. Thanks broski

Great video. This is the key: sealing the entries! I live in a studio apartment. Trapped 3 mice in a week and noticed they were always around the stove. Pulled it back and saw huge holes I patched with steel wool. Keeping my fingers crossed now.

@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

Yes sealing up entry points is the most important make-it or break-it step. It also makes trapping about 100X easier because it controls the access to outside food sources. If you have access into a crawlspace under the apartment you might consider setting some traps to make sure you eliminate those mice so they don't chew back through somewhere else. - Gabe

@bigphilly7345

2 жыл бұрын

Update: caught 4 mice total in exactly one week. Left traps for 2 months without a new catch. Steel wool was the key. I won the war! Very satisfying to eradicate vermin and fortify your home.

@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

@@bigphilly7345 Excellent! Very well done. Yes, good exclusion is the most important aspect of rodent control!! Great work.

@Joopsmann

2 жыл бұрын

@@bigphilly7345 Steel wool is smart! Never thought of that.

@bigphilly7345

2 жыл бұрын

@@Joopsmann You can buy a thicker grade very cheaply from walmart or amazon. they can’t chew through it because it cuts their noses. it’s also very malleable so you cant break it and twist it to fit crevices.

Thank you so much for these tips! We see that we have a lot of these entry points.

@pestpatrol6499

Жыл бұрын

Happy to help! - Gabe

Good overview! Great information for homeowners to have.

@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jonathan! I'm glad it was helpful.

The incisors of rodents are continually growing. To prevent them from growing into their lower jaw they must often chew on something that will wear them. This wear also makes them very sharp.

@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

Yes absolutely. Thank you for the additional info! -Gabe with Pest Patrol

That was excellent teaching, thank you!

@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful! - Gabe with Pest Patrol

Thanks. This was a really good video!

Great Introduction to this subject. Thank You.

@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

Great! Glad it was helpful. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions!

@ricklogan7889

2 жыл бұрын

@@pestpatrol6499 I will. Thank You.

Very helpful, thank you!

@pestpatrol6499

Жыл бұрын

Glad this was helpful! - Gabe

Great video!

@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

Thank John! - Gabe

Definitely a useful vid.

@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Lawrence!

Thanks this was a big help. We have so many holes around our house I don't know where to start.

@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

If you ever want to jump on a FaceTime call reach out and we can set something up. - Gabe

@chia_pet7121

2 жыл бұрын

Start by buying a new house? If you have a wi-fi camera like wyse or similar, just place it around suspect locations and work them first. If you have a friend that is a machinist, ask him for the turning scrap as they produce a lot of it and just stuff it into anything you can. You can use that sealant foam to solidify the mass.

Tip: do yourself a favor and use a mirror for inspections. It gets you into the not so obvious entries

@pestpatrol6499

Жыл бұрын

Great advice!

Great Tips!!!!

@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike! Glad it was helpful. - Gabe with Pest Patrol

Thoroghness is key, and when you find a spot follow the path it took to the next points, block those holes too with steel or copper pot scrubbers use steel wool if its big but not big enough.and place traps facing the wall at every hole, both sides of it. Where theres poop theres critters. Its alot like detective work, follow the clues

@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

Great advice!

So helpful!!

@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad it was helpful - Gabe

Thank you

This was a great video but you didn't put much in about how to prevent it what what would you do to seal those holes up what products should you use

@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

I'll try to make another video with those details

Thanks! We live right next to water mice and rats have been a big struggle for as long as i can remember i want them to stay out of our house permanently

@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

Professional exclusion work is the best solution for long term rodent prevention - then preventative trapping/baiting on the exterior of the home is helpful as well. - Gabe with Pest Patrol

I have a bigggg woodgap that holds up my ac but the rat just pushes through what can I seal it with ?

@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

Is it around a portable AC unit in a window?

ty!

@pestpatrol6499

Жыл бұрын

Glad this was helpful! - Gabe

Curious if it is common for mice (not rats) to burrow under a concrete foundation footer (2 to 4 ft deep)?

@pestpatrol6499

Жыл бұрын

Darren, I wouldn't consider that common - usually going to be a larger animal like a rat, skunk, etc. - Gabe

How deep does a hole have to be for mice to get through? I don't know any terns about walls. But there's a hole in a wall in my room. If I stick a pencil in there, it cannot go very far. Not because of the width/height but because there is something hard there. I don't know if it's sheetrock, concrete, fiberglass, or what. I can't see it. I want to know if anything can get through that.

@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Robin, a mouse needs a very small space (the size of a dime) to fit through. The most important aspect will be making sure that the exterior of the building is sealed up. Usually mice are coming from a crawlspace under the home. Sealing up an interior wall might be helpful in the short term but could make the problem worse down the road. - Gabe

@robinfa1477

2 жыл бұрын

@@pestpatrol6499 Alright. Thanks for answering.☺

got a roll of stainless steel wool on line and went around me entire house, tucked up under shingles, filled in foundation holes with cement, get on the ground and see what they see, steel wool is very sharp, dont pull on it, i know, where gloves, can be cut with sissors, get new ones at dollar store, good luck

@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

Great ideas! Love it.

So basically if they want to get in they will easily find a way

@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

Sort of - you just need to be very thorough in your exclusion work and know what to look for. -Gabe

Nice examples very easy to see and hear would love to see actual fixes for your examples. What's the best way to fix those vent screens or burrow holes near the foundation or any of your other great examples of rodent intrusions? some of your viewers might be far away from Portland. Some may resort to DIY from remote sites when trades and service professionals are reluctant to make the long trek out into the boonies..

@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

We generally recommend sealing holes with 1/4 inch steel mesh. You can buy this at most local hardware stores. if the hole is in an awkward place like around a pipe we recommend sealing most of the hole with steel mesh and then filling gaps with a steel wool/spray foam combo.

@tompem

2 жыл бұрын

@@pestpatrol6499 should it be the specific mouse-proof spray foam...or doesn't it matter...T

@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

​@@tompem any spray foam will work well just make sure to add either steel mesh or steel wool into the foam so the mice don't chew through it. - Gabe

@tompem

2 жыл бұрын

@@pestpatrol6499 Thanks for your expertise.

Ill take a Look at my estate..

@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

Great! hope you can make sure everything is all sealed up!

1/4'' vent screen (mice can still weave through)

@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

Hey Robert, thanks for the comment. I would disagree - in our extensive experience 1/4" mesh properly installed is far small enough to exclude mice. 1/2" begins to be borderline too big for mice (but will exclude rats well). And anything larger is fairly useless for rodent exclusion. Thanks again for your comment, and if you have a product that works better than 1/4" please let me know so I can check it out!

Where you located

@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

Hey @dreamland Autospa - we are in Portland, Oregon and the surrounding area.

Yet another exterminator is trying to tell me that the mice infestation in my UPSTAIRS master bathroom , far corner upper level & no signs of nests in bathroom- is coming in from garage, through all those rooms, stairs, hallway w no trapping and no droppings?! Come on man! Ugh I need help. I moved out! I can’t stay there!

@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

I would guess if it is upstairs like that it's coming from the roof or that it's a rat infestation coming from a chewed sewer line.

@crawleyr4919

2 жыл бұрын

@@pestpatrol6499 I’ve had confirmation that they are mice...

@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

@@crawleyr4919 So they must've found droppings somewhere, correct? Or seen physical mice? -Gabe

@crawleyr4919

2 жыл бұрын

@@pestpatrol6499 I have and I was poops in my master bathroom. I just moved in six months ago so it’s not like there’s a lot of clutter. No one found any nest yet we have trapped 10 mice. The exterminators that tell me they must be coming from the garage is full of bullshit. There’s no way that we can catch So many mice in one area without any evidence of mice on the long journey up to the top level of my home in the very corner. I need someone else to figure it out

@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

@@crawleyr4919 If there is ever anything we can help with feel free to reach out anytime. - Gabe with Pest Patrol

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@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

AWESOME!!!!!! (Not exactly sure what you're talking about).

@almaburns6562

2 жыл бұрын

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@jblaze0382nj

2 жыл бұрын

@@pestpatrol6499 you look like Brian Laundrie

@pestpatrol6499

2 жыл бұрын

@@jblaze0382nj Not sure who this Brian guy is but he must be handsome. - Gabe

@almaburns6562

2 жыл бұрын

@@pestpatrol6499 He was a well-known murderer.