Tips to ensure rats and mice are not an unwelcome visitor this winter

IT might be hard to credit, but there has been a downside to the remarkably mild year we have enjoyed. The prolonged fine weather and abundance of food created ideal breeding conditions for rats and mice and is resulting in a current boom for pest control firms which are hard-pressed to meet demand for their service.

With winter upon us, the expanded population of ‘’furry fellas’’ is seeking shelter from the cold. They have countless ways of getting into buildings, even through what might appear to be tiny holes and crevices. A mouse can squeeze through a 6cm opening while all a rat needs is 12cm to gain entry.