Rodent proof file storage

They may even have storage restrictions. The vast majority of storage lockers are NOT completely sealed, which means that rodents often find their way in. This makes them the perfect place for an infestation. Mice and insects only need the tiniest space or hole to get into neighbouring lockers as well.

Mice and rats are a leading concern in this type of environment because they reproduce quickly. In fact, a female house mouse can give birth to up to a dozen babies every three weeks! Before signing the rental contract and moving your things into a self-storage locker, be sure to visually inspect the facility, as well as your storage unit. Unfortunately, most self-storage facility operators have little to no control over the types of things their customers choose to store.

So, if a renter is storing items that are especially attractive to pests, such as food, live plants, or paper goods, there is a higher likelihood an infestation can occur. Once inside a unit, rodents can cause severe damage in a short amount of time.

They will eat and chew just about anything including cardboard, paper, furniture, bedding, clothing, wiring and even plastic materials. In particular, the health hazard those droppings can cause is an illness called Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome see more on this below.

Beyond the damage that rodents can do to your personal and household items while they are in storage, these situations also pose major health risks to us humans. This illness can be extremely dangerous to humans causing a number of damaging effects.

The deer mouse lives primarily in rural areas, so storage facilities located near open fields on the outskirts of a city, or near wooded areas and farms are more susceptible. They squeeze through the tightest of spaces! You need to invest in chew-proof garage door seals, but until you do that you need rodent-proof storage bins for holding everything from extension cords to wild bird feed. My extension cords were in a box on a bottom shelf in my garage, and the last time I need one I pulled out a nest and had to wash off mouse urine.

I realized they used car insulation to make their nests. In the meantime, I shopped for mouse-proof garage storage containers and cabinets, and they had to be solid metal.

The difference between the garage door seal above and the regular kind is the impenetrable center. The mice had somehow reached a heavy-duty bag of sunflower seeds on an open garage shelf and gnawed holes in it. When storing birdseed in a garage or a shed it must be kept in a metal container with a tight-fitting lid if you want to keep mice and other pests out.

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