Photo Album: Mice Chewing Their Way Into Crawl Space in Colts Neck, NJ
What's This Here
The homeowners mentioned that they found fresh mice droppings in their crawl space, so that's where I began inspecting. As I did, I noticed one of the vents in the crawl space seemed damaged and found an abundance of mice feces and debris throughout the crawl space.
That's How
I took a closer look and discovered that one of the vents was badly damaged and a 2 inch gap in it. This is how the mice were able to infest the home.
A Chewed Out Opening
I also found another vent that had a tiny, chewed out mouse hole in the hardware cloth. Mice can chew through wood, plastic, vinyl, and aluminum so flimsy hardware cloth is no problem for them.
Bait the Mice
I carefully cleaned up all the rodent droppings and installed several Ready-to-Use (RTU) rodent bait stations throughout the crawl space, along the exterior of the home, and in several rooms of the first floor where I found mice droppings.
Replace and Seal the Vents
I'm also going to replace these damaged crawl space vents with new, sturdy ones and schedule several follow-up inspections to monitor the mice infestation and replace the bait in the rodent bait stations.