You may think that having a mouse trap or any other pest mice control means or methods would immediately deal with the problem at hand and you can now then retire peacefully in your couch without having to worry about the eventual gnawing damages that might take place anytime soon. However, that shouldn't be the foreseeable scenario after placing pest control measures as you can't be utterly dependent on them. Like all other devices in this world, it will always have advantages and as well disadvantages to some extent or respect and that said, confidence should be appropriated only when there's already the deliverance of positive or better yet, the desired result.
But that wouldn't come too easy, considering that there are quite a number of pros of cons you have to reckon or even undergo first before you will be able to ultimately enjoy the benefits of the pest control methods. And I believe it would be wise that you know them first before you can ever move to making any purchase decision or investing time and effort on a specific pest mice control measure. As an aggrieved party in the entire household pestilence fiasco, you should be very well aware that it is you that should be making the critical stand on utilizing any available options. It would be imperative that you employ critical thinking and analysis, logic as to which device to purchase or methods to use and even then, when already in application. Having bought a pest mice control device or using a technique is not the end of the story already. You have to make sure that the devices are properly placed and executed as well as the techniques properly prepared to grant you the results that you want. And that would employ you using your brain to work things out. If you will fail at this aspect, then your fight against pest mice is already a lost cause before it even began.
Remember: No measure or method for catching mice is good enough by itself.
So, in order to become a very efficient and effective mice catcher, what are the things that you would have to take into consideration of? Apart from the obviously needed parts like your brain and hands and of course the device and methods to be used, what other things should you have in mind? And for the record, they aren't anything physical at all, not an item even.
They are actually a set of skills and characteristics that you will have to develop and hone over time to become a highly effective mice catching homeowner. They will guide you to properly locate your traps and develop a keen instinct and an impeccable intuition as to where these pest mice could possibly be roaming or hiding.
Here are some tips on how to effective develop a "pest mice exterminator" instinct:
1. Patience
Normally, not all people have this. If they find out that their first traps didn't worked as well as they thought it would they would immediately jump into another means that other people (particularly salespeople) would say to be more effective and therefore he would deem as well to be more effective. In lieu of that, he would have probably squandered amounts of investments over different devices from time to time, without even fully optimizing the effectiveness of the initial devices that were employed. That is just practically unwise. The key here is patience. Every measure, trap or method is potentially effective in dealing with the pest mice problem. It just needs to be properly executed. Therefore, you must wait until you can finally find that very conducive spot or location for the device to optimally work. Don't immediately dump an investment just because it didn't work as you expected at first run.
2. Pause and Assessment
Take time to pause and assess not just the device but as well as yourself. Contemplate if you're placing the devices right or are you using the right accessories of the method. For example, with traps, they sometimes do not work because of the mice's highly intuitive nature. They have a knack in becoming curious and investigative over new things introduced into their turf. If they're animal instincts would tick them off, they will eventually evade your traps. If that's the case, take the initiative to transfer the traps to another location. Vary them every once in a while to avoid the suspicion from the vermin. They may not look like it, but they're wise and cunning thus, the expression "shrewd as a rat".
3. The Frugal Life
You don't have to purchase the most expensive mice catching or exterminating device because they are not necessarily always the most effective. Try as much as possible to be cost efficient. Find a device that would genuinely work but doesn't have to cost a fortune. This way you hit two birds with one stone. You were to able implement a pest control mechanism, plus you were also able to save-up money. There's no way of knowing whether the device or measure will fail or not and if it does fail, even if you have employed all the possible measures necessary to make things work, then it simply means you need to make another investment. By then you will still be able to use the thrift savings you have had since the last purchase to invest on a new measure to deal with the mice problem.
4. Practicing the Right Mindset
Like on crime forensics, law enforcements may never be able to catch the person responsible for a crime unless if they do not put themselves in the criminal's shoes. One must know how to think like one in order to catch one. This same principle applies to catching pest mice. In order to know where they are going, you have to understand their nature first. Know those certain bits and pieces of facts about their species. What do they do? How do they do it? When do they do it? And all of these questions can only be answered if you follow the next tip.
5. Hone the Investigative Instincts
Knowing how things work with pest mice would entail some amount of effort. And this means you have to work on gathering data through observation in order to figure out the routines of your resident pest mice. You may be able to do this by researching through written documentations about mice. The internet itself offers a hefty amount of information regarding your query. You could also compound your research by developing a keen observation skill. Pay close attention to the movement of the mice across the walls and the ceilings and eventually you will be able to determine their entry and exit points. If you have successfully identified those points, you may now move immediately to seal those points to limit their access and narrow down your search's perimeter. You can now then easily pinpoint their possible access routes because you have already limited their coverage area. But then again, you have to compound this with patience. Otherwise if you give up so easily, then everything will be in vain.
6. Avoid Procrastination
If you thing everything has been set up. Your research has finally dawned to its end results, sealed all possible vermin exit points, and you have probably already have had enough data to come up with a criminal mindset, then it is time for you to act upon it immediately. Strike while the iron is hot as they say. Do not give the pests the opportunity to adapt to the changes you have made just recently, lest underestimate the intuitiveness of the pests. Do not ever procrastinate. As soon as everything is ready, place those traps where it has to be placed. Employ those measures you have either learned or purchased. And pretty soon, you will no longer have any problems concerning pest mice anymore. This is how you become a mice exterminator nowadays.
All the best,
Sergiu Zburatoru
