Mice can squeeze through a gap roughly the size of a dime, which makes them significantly harder to fully exclude than rats — a house that seems well-sealed can still have entry points a mouse can use. Columbus's older housing near German Village, Victorian Village, and the dense rental blocks around Ohio State's campus are especially prone to mouse activity, since a century of settling and utility work tends to leave small gaps that add up.
We trap based on identified activity — droppings, gnaw marks on food packaging, nesting material in quiet areas like closets or behind appliances — rather than blanket-placing traps everywhere. Because mice reproduce quickly, a small problem can become a larger one within weeks, so we treat mouse calls with real urgency once activity is confirmed.
As with rats, exclusion matters more than trapping alone for a lasting fix. We inspect thoroughly for the small gaps mice are able to use — around pipes, at foundation cracks, where siding meets the foundation — that are easy to miss without specifically looking for them.
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