Mice

A service is provided by Environmental Health for the eradication of mice at domestic properties at a subsidised rate (see fees and charges).

The Pest Control Officer will visit your property and lay poison inside bait boxes. The boxes must not be touched. The mice must go inside the boxes to feed on the poison bait.

One feed will not be enough to kill, therefore several feeds will be required. The operator will continue to visit until the bait is no longer taken. The operator will remove any dead mice that he can easily find. On rare occasions you may notice a smell during the treatment, which will probably be due to dead mice. Although this will pass after a couple days, you may need to use an air freshener until it does.

The chances of a rodent infestation ever affecting you will greatly reduced if the following advice is adhered to:

• clear away rubbish and keep the garden tidy
• if you feed the birds, do not put food on the ground, use a bird table
• put household refuse in a secure container
• check your house to see where mice could be getting in. Look for broken air-bricks, badly fitting or rotted doors, holes around any pipes.

If in the event that you have cause to contact the Council to treat a problem with mice, a treatment can be arranged over the phone and every effort will be made to visit your property the next working day.

If you require further information or would like to book a treatment you can contact us by

post:
Environmental Health
Shepway District Council
Civic Centre
Castle Hill Avenue
Folkestone
Kent CT20 2QY

phone :
01303 858660

email :
Environmental Services