Inspection Checks

The key to effective inspections is to identify the primary harborage, feeding and activity areas of rodents also known as "rodent zones". The rodent zones are those areas between the nest and food sources. Since finding rodent nests can feel like a game of hide and seek, we are providing you with a few tools to give you the leg up!

Below is a listing of the most common harborage sites utilized by the House Mouse, Norway Rat, and Roof Rat...

Top 10 High Activity Areas of Rodents

House Mouse

Secluded corners
Beneath cabinets
Furniture voids - couches, chairs, dressers
Bases of kitchen appliances - refrigerator, stove
Ceiling and wall voids near corners and heat sources
Top of basement and crawl space foundation walls
Cluttered, neglected office drawers in desks
Storage boxes in closets
Cluttered garages
Bases of water heaters

Illustration of mouse crawling through a small hole in a wall

Norway Rats

Basements
Beneath wood piles
Near or beneath outside dog pens
Garage walls near heaters and stored food
Beneath low-lying decks
Beneath slab walkways
Within brick foundation wall voids
Beneath low-lying and cavernous shrubbery
Within 100 ft of dumpsters and garbage cans
Beneath slabs supporting food bins

Roof Rats

Attics
False ceiling areas
Within fruit trees
Wall and floor voids in upper floors
Within dead fronds of palm trees
Among overgrown vegetation along fence rows and utility poles
Within brick foundation wall voids
Beneath low-lying and cavernous shrubbery
Among utility lines connected to exterior of home
Beneath slab walkways