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Mouse's Wood: A Year in Nature

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Mice have a need to mark their territory with their urine and due to their sporadic eating habits, build nests near food sources. They communicate mostly by scent marking using pheromones, which are biochemicals found in urine and faeces. A cat may help to deter rodents, but it’s not likely that the cat will eliminate the problem entirely.

Environmental Health Officers or General Enforcement Officers can issue enforcement notices to business owners who don’t have adequate pest management procedures in place. Five of these are native, the sixth, the edible dormouse, was introduced to Hertfordshire as an escapee in 1902.Additional nesting material is used in autumn and winter; often the mouse blocks the entrance to the burrow with leaves, twigs or stones. Mice also have long slender tails covered in hair, while rat tails are relatively shorter, thicker, and have no hair. However, due to their habits, traditional baiting techniques and trapping frequently do not work, and a combination of rodenticides may be necessary.

This can make them more difficult to control with toxic baits than a rat, which will happily gorge on one food source. If a neighbouring property has an infestation, this can spread very quickly into your home or business. Owners of food businesses also have obligations to keep premises pest free under the Food Safety Act 1990. While both rodents make the same sounds, generally, those from a rat will be louder because of its larger weight and greater strength. Mice are rodents – a scientific classification that groups animals that have a pair of continuously growing incisors.They can then recommend a proofing strategy and decide on the best course of action in terms of control; this could be traps, rodenticides or a combination of both. They are highly adaptable and won’t hesitate to take advantage of a cosy human structure during the winter months. These include the House mouse (Mus domesticus), the Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus, also known as the Common or Norway rat), and the Ship rat (Rattus rattus, also known as the Black rat or Roof rat). Property and land owners have a legal obligation under the Prevention of Damage by Pests Act 1949 to keep premises rodent free, or, if rodents pose a threat to health or property, to report infestations to the local authority.

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