Notes from the Green Truck

Excluding disease-harboring rats or mice from your New Jersey home or business can be a complicated process that requires the skill and knowledge of a trained and experienced rodent control expert. Rodents’ narrow skulls and flexible bodies allow them to enter through very small holes and cracks under doors, in foundation walls, up sewer and [...]

Although mice and rats are active year-round, spring and fall are when rodents cause the most trouble for New Jersey home and business owners. Their narrow skulls and flexible bodies allow rodents to squirm through small cracks and holes to get inside buildings. A mouse can wriggle through a space no bigger than a dime; [...]

Mice are everywhere in New Jersey and New York City, and it is not surprising that many schools are experiencing mouse problems. School cafeterias provide a great source of food for mice, and they are the main reason for the infestations. According to the Freedom of Information, a total of 545 cafeterias in NYC schools [...]

Other diseases that mice transmit include:
7) Lyme disease is an inflammatory disease that is transmitted when a person is bitten by ticks that are found on mice. It is characterized by the initial occurrence of a type of skin lesion called erythema migrans as well as fever, fatigue, and chills. If the infected person is [...]

Mice are known to carry bacteria and parasites that can cause serious health problems. Here is a list of diseases that are commonly transmitted by mice:
1) Salmonellosis is a form of food poisoning that occurs when a person is infected with the Salmonella bacteria. This usually happens when food is contaminated with the feces of an [...]