Rodent Tips

Attic cleanup after rodent activity is the job Truckee homeowners least expect when they call about a mouse problem — and the one they most need. A trap catches the mouse you see. Attic decontamination addresses the season of activity you didn’t see: the droppings, the nesting material, the urine-soaked insulation, and the scent trails…

Every week we talk to Truckee homeowners who’ve already spent $150 at the hardware store — snap traps, bait stations, foam can, steel wool from the bargain bin — and are calling us two months later when the scratching never stopped. This isn’t a sales pitch against DIY. It’s an honest breakdown of what DIY…

The single most cost-effective thing a Truckee homeowner can do for rodent prevention is not call us in December when scratching starts — it’s call us in September when it doesn’t cost nearly as much to fix. Here’s the complete pre-season inspection and prevention checklist we recommend for every Truckee, Tahoe Donner, Northstar, and Donner…

Every fall in Truckee, we take calls from homeowners who’ve been cleaning out their attic and want to know if the mouse droppings they disturbed are dangerous. The honest answer: if those droppings came from deer mice — the most common rodent in the Sierra Nevada — the answer is potentially yes, and the cleanup…

The most common question we get before a first inspection: “What’s this going to cost me?” Fair question. We publish our ranges upfront — no bait-and-switch quotes at the door — and this guide explains exactly what drives rodent control costs in Truckee, Tahoe Donner, Northstar, and the surrounding North Tahoe area. Rodent Control Cost…