Besides eating our food they spoil it by contamination with their feces, urine, or fur. They can be found not only in our homes, but supermarkets, restaurants, warehouses, food processing facilities, livestock facilities, and farm fields. They reproduce rapidly with major activity at night.
Rats tend to be cautious and mice are more curious.
Rats tend to eat most of their food at one time, where mice will nibble a little at a time. It is important to remove their food sources-but do not disturb the rodent habitat, until knockdown and elimination occurs before they move to another area. A successful rodent control program includes a combination of baiting and trapping for the highest rate of success. If the population is large, you will want to begin with a high quality rodent bait, to quickly knock down a population and prevent rapid growth. When baiting intially , try not to disturb their original habitats or they may run to another area.