How Can You Get Mice Out of a House in Saint Ives?

Rodenticides are controlled products used under a stewardship regime, and how they are deployed matters at least as much as what they are. In a household with children or animals, that is the whole conversation.

How the Risk Is Managed

• Tamper-resistant housings that a child or a dog cannot open. Not loose bait on a surface or in a tray
• Placement out of reach — inside voids, behind kickboards, under and behind fixed equipment, in a loft
• Secured in position, so nothing can be moved or carried off
• Recorded and checked, and removed at the end of the job rather than left in place indefinitely
• Searched for and removed where anything has died within reach

When We Would Not Use Rodenticide

• Small, contained problems that trapping resolves cleanly
• Where the household would rather not have it, which is a legitimate preference and one we will work with
• Where non-target wildlife is a real consideration — a property with owls, kestrels or a lot of foraging wildlife nearby
• Where the honest answer is proofing and food storage rather than any product at all
• Where a child or an animal in the household makes it the wrong call, which is a judgement made with you rather than for you

Tell Us Before We Start

This changes what we do and where it goes, so it belongs in the booking conversation rather than on the doorstep:

• Children in the household, and their ages
• Dogs, cats and any free-roaming pets
• Rabbits, chickens, aviaries or a pond
• Anyone in the household who is vulnerable or has limited mobility
• Whether you would prefer a non-rodenticide approach
• Any part of the property children or pets have unsupervised access to

What to Do During the Treatment

• Leave the placements alone and do not move them
• Keep pets out of any area you are told to, for as long as you are told
• Do not add your own products alongside ours
• Tell us if a pet gets into anything, immediately, and contact your vet
• Keep dry goods sealed, which helps the treatment and reduces what is around

And the Thing Genuinely Worth Avoiding

Loose bait in an accessible place. Behind a shed, in the back of a cupboard, on a garage floor. It is reachable by anything, it is unrecorded, and it stays there long after anybody remembers putting it down. If you would not be comfortable with a professional doing it that way, it is not safer because you did it yourself.