How to Do DIY Rodent Control for Your Home

This is our DIY Rodent Control tips cover by Shimmy Pest Control OC. We will proceed to providing you with steps on how to do rodent exclusion by yourself at your home for your garage doors. Want more information and are in the Orange County, California area? Visit us at Shimmy Pest Control OC to learn more.

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The main differences between rats and mice are as follows: Rats are larger around 12-18 inches in size and have hair-less tails and have a shorter snout. Mice are smaller and around 5-8 inches with hairy tales and have a more pointed snout. You can see how much larger the rats are in the image with the garbage bags and you can see their tails are hairless. Next to it we have attached an image of a mouse and you can see the tail has hair.

As you can see, even a relatively small hole like this is a perfect entry point for a rat or a mouse. In fact, a baby to adult rat can fit 1/3 to 1/2 inch size holes because their skull is hard but their body is flexible so anything their snout and head fit through their body will conform to fit through too. A mouse can fit through 1/4 of an inch roughly the size of a dime.

We added the supplies above and there are various types of Thermo trim and rubber seals but the rodent proof one will help you with rodent proofing. This garage door had a rubber trim that was broken and uneven.

To seal all entry points you can install Thermotrim intially. And later seal it down at the bottom.

Using caulking and Thermotrim, we have sealed the entry points as you can see, and you should too.

Using a rodent proof seal will ensure that rodents cannot go through the space in the door. We added this here as you can see and so can you.

Once you seal all the entry points, rest assured your home will be rodent free unless you leave doors wide open and tempt those vermin to visit you. All of these rodent control tips and images are ours. If you are in the Orange County, California area, and looking for pest control, be sure to contact Shimmy Pest Control OC.