The common house mouse can be identified by its naked tail that is longer than its body and large ears. It can range in color from grey, brown to black. The house mouse can live in homes its entire life and reproduce with amazing speed. A female mouse can begin bearing litters of six pups when she is 56 days old. If the offspring begin begin reproducing at the same time, that means almost 8,000 mice per year can result from one female mouse.
Mice can eat almost anything.
Whatever humans eat, mice can eat. The USDA has said billions of dollars of damage occurs each year through contamination of food from mice. Mice can nest in walls, attics or cabinet space and can accumulate shredded paper and other soft material as bedding. Piles of nest material within the walls or under appliances can pose a fire hazard. Mice gnaw on just about anything, they can even chew through metal, concrete, and wall boards.