Guides and advice

Mice are persistent, fast-breeding, and far more destructive than most people realise. Whether you have spotted one mouse or found clear signs of an infestation, this guide walks you through what actually works and when it makes sense to bring in professional help.

Rats are one of the most damaging pests a UK homeowner or business can face, and getting rid of them takes more than a trap and some determination. This guide walks you through what works, what to do first, and when calling in a professional is the right call.

Rats are largely nocturnal, but their activity patterns are more nuanced than that. Understanding when and why they move around can help you catch a problem early and act before it gets out of hand.

Yes, some rats in the UK have developed genuine genetic resistance to certain rodenticides, meaning poisons that worked reliably decades ago can now fail entirely in affected areas. Understanding why this happens, and what to do about it, is the key to getting rid of rats for good.

Finding out a neighbour has rats is unsettling, and the worry that they might spread to your property is completely understandable. The honest answer is that the risk is real but not inevitable, and there is quite a lot you can do about it.

Mice are secretive by nature, so by the time you spot one running across the floor, the infestation is usually well under way. Knowing what to look for earlier can save you time, money and a great deal of stress.

Mice are resourceful, persistent, and far smaller than most people expect, which is why keeping them out of your home takes more than a few traps scattered around the kitchen floor. This guide walks you through every layer of a genuinely effective mouse prevention strategy.

Finding small dark droppings in your home is often the first sign that mice are present, and knowing exactly what you are looking at helps you act quickly and effectively.

Finding rats in the garden is unsettling, but it is a problem that can be solved with the right approach. This guide explains what draws rats to outdoor spaces, how to spot an infestation early, and what you can do to get rid of them safely and for good.

Finding a dead rat or mouse in your home or business is unpleasant, and it can also be a genuine health hazard if it is not handled correctly. This guide explains what to do, what to avoid, and when it makes sense to call in a qualified technician.

Mice get in through gaps of about 6mm, and the ones they use are almost never the ones people check. The single most common entry point we find is the hole cut for pipework behind a kitchen unit, which is invisible until somebody takes the plinth off.

Scratching at night is usually a rodent, and you can narrow down which one before anyone visits. Weight, timing and location tell you most of it: mice are light, quick and start shortly after dark, rats are heavier and slower, and squirrels are daytime.

A mouse in a wall cavity is treated through the routes it is already using, not by opening the wall. The two things that make it worse are blocking the entry hole while the mice are still inside, and assuming the noise is confined to the room you can hear it in.

For mouse and rat control in West London, Mice Pest Control is the strongest local choice: an Uxbridge-based rodent specialist rated 5.0 out of 5 on Google, built around proofing rather than repeat baiting. For urgent or non-rodent work across a wider area, JG Pest Control, a Tyro Group company, is the national operator across the rest of the country.

Mice proofing is the part of the job that decides whether the problem stays fixed. Treating an infestation deals with the mice that are in your property today, but only proofing stops the next ones walking in through the same gap.

Super-proofing is our whole-property option. Instead of sealing the one gap the mice are using today, we work the entire building, inside and out, and close every route a rodent could realistically use.

We are based in Uxbridge, so a mouse problem in UB8, UB9 or UB10 is a local job for us rather than a long drive. Every treatment we carry out is backed by a written guarantee.

Rats are a bigger job than mice and a more urgent one. We are based in Uxbridge, we deal with rats in UB8, UB9 and UB10 every week, and every treatment carries a written guarantee.

Rodents move indoors every autumn. This year the countryside stopped feeding them early, so the move is starting sooner, and the survey you would normally do in October is worth doing in September.

A council in West Yorkshire is being asked to bring back the pest control service it phased out. In much of West London the same change has already happened, so it is worth knowing who deals with rats and mice where you live, and what to do when the answer is you.

If rats or mice get into your house, the cost of dealing with them usually falls to you. Insurance treats an infestation as something you were meant to prevent, not a sudden event, and the exceptions are narrower than most people expect.

Street litter bins are not designed for household food waste, and filling them with it turns them into a reliable feeding station. A village council spelled this out to its residents this week, and the same rule applies on any residential street.