You have gone above and beyond to make your home as comfortable as possible. Unfortunately, your comfortable home makes an ideal space for rodents, including mice, to make themselves comfortable. Knowing what is attracting mice to your home is the first step to ensure that your house remains pest-free all year long.

Here are a few ways you can unknowingly attracting mice to your home.

Potential Attractants in Your Yard

Knowing what is attracting mice to your yard is the first line of defense against preventing rodents from entering your home. Here are a few ways that your yard is attracting mice to your home and property:

• Tall grass—Cut your grass and keep your hedges and bushes trimmed. An unkempt lawn provides plenty of hiding spaces for mice and an undetectable way to get into your home.
• Debris—Pick up any large branches, your kid's toys, pet food, and other debris from your yard. These items also provide a great place for mice to hide.
• Bird feeders and fruit trees—Move bird feeders away from your home and pick up anything that falls out of your bird feeders and off your fruit trees immediately. These are easy sources of food that will attract mice.

Keep your garbage can be covered as well and pick up any garbage that has fallen on the ground immediately.

Easy Entry Points into Your Home

A small mouse can squirm their way through a very small hole or crack in your foundation, siding, and window frame. Check every square inch of your home's exterior and look for any points of entry. Repair any cracks in the foundation or fill cracks and other damage in your siding and window frames with caulk. Make sure there is no damage to your window screen and repair any broken windows as well.

Easy Access to Food and Water Sources

Finally, look around the inside of your home and around your home's perimeter and remove any sources of food and standing water. For example, fill in any holes in your yard, get rid of bird feeders, and empty flower pots in your backyard. Check for depressions and low spots in your yard, which is where water can pool. Consider building them up or grading your yard to prevent these low spots in the future.

From allowing your grass to grow to high to easy ways to enter your home and readily available food and water sources, there are several ways you might be unknowingly attracting mice to your home. Contact rodent treatment services to learn more about getting rid of mice.