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Mice can enter buildings through remarkably small openings and may remain hidden inside walls, ceilings, storage areas and other protected spaces. Once indoors, they can contaminate food and surfaces, damage stored materials and insulation, and gnaw electrical wiring and other building components.
NorthPoint Pest Management provides professional mouse control and exclusion services for homes, multi-unit properties and businesses throughout Edmonton and surrounding communities.
Our Integrated Pest Management approach combines inspection, trapping or other appropriate control methods, exclusion, sanitation recommendations and follow-up monitoring to address current activity and reduce the risk of mice returning.
Mice are highly adaptable and can live close to people wherever food, water and shelter are available. They can enter buildings through openings as small as approximately 6 mm, making gaps around doors, foundations, utility penetrations and other parts of the building envelope important inspection areas. Alberta’s own mouse-control guidance recommends sealing openings larger than 6 mm with durable, gnaw-resistant materials.
Simply catching mice already inside a building may not provide a lasting solution if the entry points and conditions supporting the infestation remain.
NorthPoint’s approach focuses on answering three important questions:
How are the mice getting in?
Where are they active inside the property?
What conditions are allowing the problem to continue?
Based on the inspection, we develop a control plan that may combine trapping, appropriately selected rodent-control methods, structural exclusion, sanitation recommendations and follow-up monitoring.
Alberta has maintained a long-standing rat-control program and has no established resident population of rats.
Occasional rats can arrive in the province through vehicles, freight and other means, but confirmed occurrences are investigated and eradicated through Alberta’s Rat Control Program.
If you believe you have seen a rat in Alberta, safely take a photograph if possible, note the location and report the sighting to Alberta’s Rat Control Program.
Mice often remain hidden within walls, ceilings, storage areas and other protected spaces. Signs of activity may include:
Repeated daytime mouse sightings can sometimes indicate a larger or well-established infestation.
Mice seek protected locations close to food, warmth and nesting material. Inside buildings, activity may occur in:
Mice can travel through walls, ceilings and service spaces and may move between rooms or floors without being readily visible.
In multi-unit properties, activity in one unit may be connected to conditions or entry points elsewhere in the building.
Alberta’s current mouse guidance specifically identifies wall voids, ceilings, storage areas, cabinets, appliances, insulation and furniture as common indoor nesting locations.
We inspect the property for:
A detailed inspection allows us to develop a control plan based on the conditions found at your property.
Depending on the site and level of activity, control may include:
Where rodenticides are used, NorthPoint follows the registered Canadian product label and uses appropriate measures to protect children, pets and other non-target animals.
Long-term mouse management requires addressing how mice are entering the structure.
NorthPoint identifies appropriate openings and building-envelope deficiencies that may require exclusion. Depending on the location and construction, recommendations or exclusion work may include:
Exclusion work must preserve required ventilation, drainage and the safe operation of electrical, gas, mechanical and other building systems.
Mouse control should be evaluated after the initial service. NorthPoint follows up as appropriate to:
The goal is not simply to catch individual mice, but to understand and address the conditions allowing the infestation to continue.
We look for activity, travel routes, nesting areas, food sources and potential entry points before determining the control strategy.
Catching mice already inside the property is only part of the solution. Where appropriate, we also identify and address building openings that can allow new mice to enter.
Our approach combines inspection, population control, sanitation, exclusion, monitoring and evaluation rather than relying on a single control method.
Every building is different. Treatment and exclusion recommendations are based on the construction, infestation and conditions identified during inspection.
We evaluate treatment results and adjust the program where evidence shows that activity or entry points remain.
Reducing access to food, shelter and building entry points can significantly lower the risk of mouse activity.
Before your appointment:
Do not sweep or vacuum dry mouse droppings, nests or dead rodents.
Disturbing contaminated material can put particles into the air. Alberta Health Services advises wetting droppings and nesting material thoroughly with an appropriate disinfectant before cleanup and wearing appropriate gloves. Significant infestations or heavily contaminated enclosed spaces may require additional precautions.
Mouse problems in commercial and multi-unit buildings can involve multiple entry points, shared utility spaces and conditions extending beyond a single room or unit.
NorthPoint can support property managers and commercial clients with:
Effective building-wide mouse management combines population control with sanitation, exclusion and ongoing monitoring.
Catching one mouse does not necessarily mean the problem is resolved. A professional inspection can help identify where mice are active, how they may be entering the building and what conditions are supporting the infestation.
NorthPoint Pest Management provides professional mouse control, exclusion and monitoring for homes, apartments, multi unit properties and businesses throughout Edmonton and surrounding communities.
Professional residential and commercial pest management solutions serving Edmonton and surrounding Alberta communities.