There was a good reason that creatures might have been stirring in Clement Clarke Moore’s famous poem about the night before Christmas: winter. While Moore’s night in “Twas the Night Before Christmas” was absent nocturnal movement, stirring mice are a common occurrence as the temperatures drop and food becomes scarce. In fact, rats and mice […]
Deer Mouse vs House Mouse
What’s the Difference Between Deer Mice and House Mice? There are many similarities between the house mouse and the deer mouse… and there is often confusion associated with identifying the deer mouse and the house mouse. So, what are differences? To start, they do not come from the same family of mice, so rodent control […]
What is Rat or Rodent Exclusion?
Rodents like mice and rats are among the most common pests in the Seattle area, in urban, suburban, rural, and shoreline settings. The number of rodents in the area makes it very likely that most local homes and businesses will eventually be forced to deal with an infestation. While our Cascade Pest technicians can certainly […]
What are the Mouse Proofing Essentials?
What is Mouse Proofing? While mouse control is getting rid of the mice that have infested your home or business, mouse proofing is the process of PREVENTING a mouse or rodent infestation – and PREVENTING them from entering your building structure. What are the Mouse Proofing Essentials? The Seattle and greater Puget Sound regions are […]
Difficulty Keeping Mice, Rats & Squirrels Out
What Rodent Control Includes The rodent control process includes many things. We at Cascade Pest Control believe in starting with preemptive and proactive steps to stop pests or rodents from getting inside your home or business in the first place. Our goal is to prevent the type of invasive procedures shown in this video. Mice, rats, […]
Why Use a Pest Control Company to Control Rats?
Obviously rats spread filth and disease. They are disgusting and can be aggressive. And, importantly, it is estimated that rats in the Seattle region do between $500,000 and $1 Million in damage to homes each year. We need to stop rats when they infest our homes. Even better we all need to prevent rats from […]
Where Do Rats & Mice Go When it Gets Cold?
Rats and Mice Take Cover for Fall and Winter Every year as we start to bundle up a bit, and keep the doors and windows closed, we seem to get uninvited guests that want to winter right along with us—rats and mice. It’s true that we at Cascade Pest Control get more calls for rodents […]
Finding a Mouse Infestation Entry Point
Rodent Inspection for Mice Infestation In this video Cascade Pest Control’s quality control manager, Kris Novak, takes us on a rodent inspection to find the entry point of a mouse infestation. Entry points are where rodents get in. The rodent inspection is the process of learning as much about the home and the rat or […]