Originally Posted by lyndeeloo:
“I doubt if it kills people but anyone who thinks mice and rats ( and birds) do not run over all food and drink in a supermarket warehouse needs to go visit one at night.
mice and rats pee continuously..
Why do we need pest control for mice?
"Pet mice can be cute and good fun but pest mice can bring unwanted problems to normal life and must be taken much more seriously. They can affect us in several ways.
House mice carry bacteria and viruses the most significant being Salmonella and Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV). Salmonella is an important food poisoning bacteria and so mice in kitchens (and they will certainly be seeking out food) is definitely taboo. Pest mice habits of feeding sporadically in many different areas makes food contamination a certainty and food surfaces, utensils and cutlery and crockery is also likely.
Although mice cannot carry and transmit Weil's disease, they do carry another form of leptospirosis, which, although not fatal, can cause mild illness.
LCMV is a rodent-borne viral infectious disease that presents as aseptic meningitis (inflammation of the membrane, or meninges, that surrounds the brain and spinal cord), encephalitis (inflammation of the brain), or meningoencephalitis (inflammation of both the brain and meninges). Individuals become infected with LCMV after exposure to fresh urine, droppings, saliva, or nesting materials. Pet rodents can also carry LCMV but this is less common.
Mice can produce some 50-60 droppings per night and urinate frequently all over the place"
http://www.mousetraps.org.uk/mouse-t...secontrol.aspx”
“I doubt if it kills people but anyone who thinks mice and rats ( and birds) do not run over all food and drink in a supermarket warehouse needs to go visit one at night.
mice and rats pee continuously..
Why do we need pest control for mice?
"Pet mice can be cute and good fun but pest mice can bring unwanted problems to normal life and must be taken much more seriously. They can affect us in several ways.
House mice carry bacteria and viruses the most significant being Salmonella and Lymphocytic choriomeningitis virus (LCMV). Salmonella is an important food poisoning bacteria and so mice in kitchens (and they will certainly be seeking out food) is definitely taboo. Pest mice habits of feeding sporadically in many different areas makes food contamination a certainty and food surfaces, utensils and cutlery and crockery is also likely.
Although mice cannot carry and transmit Weil's disease, they do carry another form of leptospirosis, which, although not fatal, can cause mild illness.
LCMV is a rodent-borne viral infectious disease that presents as aseptic meningitis (inflammation of the membrane, or meninges, that surrounds the brain and spinal cord), encephalitis (inflammation of the brain), or meningoencephalitis (inflammation of both the brain and meninges). Individuals become infected with LCMV after exposure to fresh urine, droppings, saliva, or nesting materials. Pet rodents can also carry LCMV but this is less common.
Mice can produce some 50-60 droppings per night and urinate frequently all over the place"
http://www.mousetraps.org.uk/mouse-t...secontrol.aspx”
Mr B used to deliver catering equipment to restaurants such as Jamie's Italian. He used to deliver in the early hours before opening time and he said that the kitchen surfaces and chopping boards had mice all over them. They wouldn't even run away when the delivery men went in.




Sadly it never lasted very long.
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