I just discovered some rodent droppings in my garage. I suspect it's mice, but I did see what I thought was a vole scurry across my deck the other day. He was short and fat (size of a computer mouse).
I left a bag of grass seed in the garage over the winter and apparently mice love grass seeds, so that's where I found a majority of the droppings. I haven't checked inside the house yet, but the garage door is usually closed. What are the chances the mice will find itself inside my house?
I've set out a couple of snap traps near where I found the droppings. This morning, no mice yet.
I'm tempted to call an exterminator out to deal with the problem before it gets out of control. Has anyone gone this route, and would they recommend it? Is it completely hands off, ie do they move things around in the garage, find any holes and seal them up to keep the mice out of the garage? Or do they pretty much want me to clean up the garage and they just go in to kill the mice?
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