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Hearing scratching in the walls at night? Finding small dark droppings in your kitchen cabinets? Rodents — mice and rats — are one of the most common and most damaging pests in the Kansas City metro. They chew through wiring, contaminate food, spread disease, and reproduce alarmingly fast. A couple of mice in October becomes a full-blown infestation by December if you don’t act.
Miller Pest Solutions provides comprehensive rodent control for Edwardsville homes and businesses. We’ve been solving rodent problems across the metro since 2007.
Signs of a Rodent Infestation
- Droppings — Mouse droppings are small, dark, and rice-shaped. Rat droppings are larger, about 1/2 to 3/4 inch. Check along walls, in cabinets, under sinks, and near food storage.
- Gnaw marks — Mice and rats chew constantly. Look for gnaw marks on food packaging, baseboards, door frames, and even wiring insulation.
- Scratching or scurrying sounds — Rodents are most active at night. Sounds in walls, ceilings, or attic spaces usually mean rodents running through the structure.
- Grease marks — Rodents follow the same paths repeatedly. Their oily fur leaves dark smudge marks along baseboards and around entry holes.
- Nesting material — Shredded paper, fabric, insulation, or plant material gathered in hidden areas. Mice build nests in wall voids, storage boxes, drawer backs, and appliance housings.
Why Rodents Are Common in Edwardsville
Rodents go where people are. Every home offers what they need: food, water, and shelter. Kansas winters drive the issue — when temperatures drop in November, mice and rats push indoors through gaps as small as a dime (mice) or a quarter (rats).
Edwardsville’s mix of residential homes, agricultural land, and light industrial areas provides diverse rodent habitat. Field mice move in from surrounding farmland and undeveloped lots. Norway rats may travel along sewer lines and drainage infrastructure. The Kansas River corridor supports wildlife populations that include rodents at every level.
Older homes are more vulnerable due to foundation settling, gaps around utility penetrations, and worn weatherstripping. But new construction gets hit too — builders often leave small openings that rodents exploit before homeowners even move in.
Our Rodent Control Process
Thorough Assessment: We inspect your home inside and out. We’re looking for entry points, active pathways, nesting locations, and the extent of the infestation. Every hole, gap, and crack gets evaluated.
Trapping: We use professional snap traps and other mechanical devices placed strategically along rodent travel routes. Trapping is the fastest way to reduce an active population inside your home.
Exclusion: This is the critical piece most DIY efforts miss. We seal entry points using steel wool, metal flashing, caulk, and hardware cloth. If rodents can’t get in, they can’t infest. We address gaps around pipes, utility lines, dryer vents, garage doors, foundation cracks, and roofline openings.
Exterior Bait Stations: For properties with persistent rodent pressure — especially those near open fields or commercial areas — we install tamper-resistant bait stations around the exterior perimeter. These reduce the population surrounding your property before rodents ever reach the structure.
Follow-Up and Monitoring: We check traps, monitor bait stations, and re-inspect exclusion work. Rodent control isn’t a one-visit job. It takes consistent follow-through to fully resolve an infestation.
Why Choose Miller Pest Solutions
Rodent work requires attention to detail. You can trap all day, but if you don’t seal the entry points, new rodents move right in behind the ones you caught. Miller Pest Solutions combines trapping, exclusion, and population management into a complete program.
QualityPro Certified. NPMA member. In business since 2007. Joel Miller didn’t build this company by doing half the job. We do it right, and we stand behind our work.
Get a Free Phone Bid Today
Rodents in your Edwardsville home? Don’t wait for the problem to multiply — literally. Call Miller Pest Solutions at (816) 815-0498 for a free phone bid. We’ll talk through what you’re experiencing and lay out a clear plan to get them out and keep them out.
Visit millerthekiller.com or call now. We handle this every day — let us handle it for you.
