If so, you likely have a rat or mouse in the house. To address this annoying issue properly, you’ll need to find out which critter is invading your home. From a distance, it can be tricky to ...

A photo of a rat drinking ContraPest, from a ContraPest user. The rat is on top of a bait station with a clear lid. Courtesy Tom Ohmart, FYXX Foundation.

Mouse and rat traps are your best bets for removing rodents already in your home. Bait the traps with food like cheese or peanut butter, and place them throughout your home, out of the way of pets ...

Mouse droppings are black and can be mistaken for those of rats or cockroaches. Both types of rodents can produce a large number of droppings daily—40 to 100 for mice and 20 to 50 for rats.