Obviously, mice are not dangerous in the way that, say, lions or poisonous snakes are dangerous; but mice can pose serious health risks for you and your family in two ways. The first one is by leaving their droppings in your (unsealed) food. Mice can carry salmonella, leptospirosis, or the hantavirus and may transmit those through their droppings. The second way mice pose a danger is that they can also cause damage to your home or property. For example, they can chew through electrical cables, thus posing a fire hazard. For all those reasons, it is important to call the mouse control Ottawa experts at Get Em Out Wildlife when you find (or suspect) that you have a mouse in your home.