Things You'll Need:
- Spray Bottles
- Protective Clothes
- 1 Gallon Liquid Bleach
- HEPA Or N-100 Safety Masks
- Brown Paper Bags
- Fine Steel Wool
- Mops
- Rodent Traps
- Wet Vacuums
- Fine Steel Wool
- Peanut Butter
- Latex Gloves
- Measuring Cups
- Paper Towels
- Paper Towels
- Buckets
- Caulking Guns And Caulking
- Safety Goggles
- Screen Wire
- Safety Goggles
- Paper towels
- Measuring cups
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Step 1
Block entryways into buildings. Use weather stripping, flashing, caulking, and fine steel wool for openings around doors, windows, roofing, and points of entry for pipes and utility lines.
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Step 2
Set snap traps - not "humane" or "live-catch" traps - if there is any suspicion of rodent infestation in a building. Bait traps with peanut butter and place in open paper bags near sides of walls and runways. Wear latex gloves and a HEPA face mask (see Glossary) when disposing of a trap containing a dead rodent.
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Step 3
Eliminate brush and storage piles, which are nesting sites for rodents.
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Step 4
Remove food normally left out for pets and wildlife.
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Step 5
When camping, select sites away from rodent nesting, feeding and drinking places. Sleep off the ground in an enclosed tent or on a ground tarp. Seal all food sources and protect food from contamination.
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Step 1
Open up and air out, for at least 30 minutes, a building that rodents may have entered.
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Step 2
Make a 10-percent solution of bleach and water. Use a cup of household bleach per gallon of water or 1 part bleach to 9 parts water.
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Step 3
Put on protective clothing: boots, thick long pants and shirt, vinyl gloves, goggles and a HEPA face mask.
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Step 4
Douse droppings with the bleach solution, or soak thoroughly using a spray bottle. Allow to stand for 10 minutes.
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Step 5
Use the bleach solution and a mop, paper towels or a wet vacuum to pick up the droppings.
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Step 6
Dispose of the droppings and paper towels in tightly sealed plastic bags.
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Step 7
Immediately clean all garments, coverings and tools with a 10-percent bleach solution.
