How to Get Rid of Rodents Naturally

Wild rats and mice do not make cute pets. They can pose both as a sanitation and health hazard. Rid your home of these destructive rodents without using harmful chemicals. Here are a few steps to get your home rodent free.

Things You'll Need

• Mousetraps
• Gift bows
• Vitamin D3 rodent bait
• Live animal traps
• Gift bags
• Glue boards
• Rodent traps
• Wrapping paper
• Gift ribbons
• Tissue paper

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Instructions

• 1

  Inspect your property regularly for signs of rodents. Look for telltale droppings both inside and outside of your home.

• 2

  Remove sources of water, food and housing from your closets, attics and gardens.

• 3

  Keep trash bins covered.

• 4

  Store cupboard food in metal bins.

• 5

  Remove wood piles, junk sheds and garden debris that attract rodents to nest on your property.

• 6

  Turn the contents of your compost bin regularly and check to make sure no critters have been feeding there.

• 7

  Seal up small holes around pipes, vents, doors and windows with 100 percent silicon caulk.

• 8

  Set mouse and rat traps in problem areas. Both live and snap traps are effective and can be baited with foods such as cheese and bread. Release live animals as far away from human dwellings as possible.

• 9

  Lay glue boards in pathways that rodents travel as an alternative trap.

• 10

  Use a natural rodent poison as a last resort. Look for brands of rodent bait made with vitamin D3. Rats and mice eating a small amount of this vitamin suffer heart failure within days. There is no chance of secondary poisoning of your pets even if they find and eat the dead rodents.

• 11

  Place the bait in areas that rodents frequent.