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Text a photo to (913) 222-2847. Send the droppings, the gnaw marks, whatever you found. Most of the time we can tell you what you are dealing with the same day, free.
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Bug Shockers is a family owned pest control company, three generations in, serving Overland Park and the Kansas City metro. No contracts.
The Thing Most Companies Skip
Here is how a lot of rodent jobs go. Somebody comes out, sets traps, catches a few mice, and leaves. Two weeks later you hear scratching again.
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The mice did not come back. New ones walked in through the same gap.
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Traps remove the rodents that are already inside. Sealing the entry points is what stops the next ones. If nobody seals, you are on a subscription to the same problem.
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That is the part we care about most, and it is the part you should ask every company about before you hire anyone.
A Mouse Gets Through a Quarter Inch
That is about the width of a pencil. A young rat needs about half an inch.
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Their skull is the limiting factor, not their body. Once the head fits, the rest follows. They do not need to chew a hole. They just need a gap.
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That is why people say they cannot figure out how mice are getting in. They are looking for a hole when they should be looking for a gap.
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Where They Actually Get In
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Walk your foundation with a flashlight, low and slow. These are the spots, roughly in the order they turn out to be the answer.
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Garage door corners. The bottom seal wears out at the two bottom corners and leaves a triangle gap. This is the number one entry point in Johnson County homes and almost nobody checks it.
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Utility line penetrations. Cable, electric, gas, and AC line sets. The drilled hole is always bigger than the pipe, and the foam someone squirted in there years ago is chewable.
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Dryer vent. The flapper sticks open or the sleeve pulls loose from the wall.
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Bottom edge of siding, where it meets the foundation.
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Sill plate gaps, where the wood frame sits on the concrete.
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Basement window wells and egress windows. Very common in Johnson County. A cracked well cover or a gap around the frame is a direct route into a finished basement.
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Sump pit and radon pipe penetrations through the basement slab.
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Soffit and roofline gaps, especially where a lower roof meets a wall.
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Exterior door thresholds. Stand inside with the door shut and look for daylight at the corners.
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Plumbing penetrations under kitchen and bathroom cabinets.
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Seal It Right or They Chew Back Through
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This is worth knowing even if you never hire anybody.
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Expanding foam alone does not stop a mouse. They chew straight through it. So does caulk by itself. That is why most DIY fixes fail in about three weeks.
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Pack copper mesh or stainless steel wool tight into the gap first, then seal over it. Rodents will not chew through metal.
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Hardware cloth, quarter inch or smaller, for vents and window wells. A new bottom seal with corner blocks for the garage door. Door sweeps on every exterior door, including the one from the garage into the house.
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Why Finished Basements Make This Harder
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Johnson County is full of them, and that changes the rodent picture in two ways.
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You cannot see the wall. In an unfinished basement you can walk the rim joist with a flashlight and find the gap. Behind drywall, the first sign is usually sound, not sight.
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It gives them cover. A finished basement has soffits, dropped ceilings, and wall voids running the length of the house. A mouse that gets in at the window well can travel the whole structure without ever being seen.
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That is why the exterior inspection matters so much here. The entry point has to be found from outside, because the inside is covered up.
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Signs You Already Have Them
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Droppings. Dark, pointed at both ends, about the size of a grain of rice for mice. Along walls, in the back of cabinets, under the sink, in the garage.
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Gnaw marks on food packaging, cardboard, and wood edges.
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Scratching or scurrying in walls or the ceiling at night, usually just after dark.
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Shredded paper, insulation, or fabric tucked in a corner. That is nesting material.
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A musky smell, especially in a closed pantry or cabinet.
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Grease marks. Rodents follow the same routes and leave dark smudges along baseboards.
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Your pet staring at a wall or an appliance for no reason.
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Why Fall Is When It Starts
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Mice are not migrating in on a schedule. They are following warmth and food.
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The first hard cold snap pushes them toward structures. That is why the calls spike in October and November, and again in late winter when outdoor food runs out.
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Doing the sealing work in late summer, before the weather turns, is worth more than anything you can do in December.
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Why It Matters Beyond the Nuisance
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We are not going to run the horror-movie pitch on you. But two things are worth knowing.
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Rodents chew wiring, and chewed wiring inside a wall is a fire risk. They also contaminate insulation, and droppings and urine in a living space are a legitimate health concern.
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And the population grows fast. A single pair can produce dozens in a season, and young mice reach breeding age in about six weeks.
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That is not a reason to panic. It is the reason a few droppings in October are worth handling instead of waiting to see what happens.
Wichita & Kansas City Residential Pest Control Services
Protecting Your Home, One Pest at a Time
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How Our Rodent Service Works
Step 1. Text us a photo. Droppings, damage, whatever you found. We tell you what it is. No charge, usually same day.
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Step 2. We price it remotely. We use property measuring technology to pull your home's dimensions without setting foot on the property. That gives you a real estimate instead of a placeholder.
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Step 3. You get on the schedule. No sales visit. No consultation appointment. The one visit you book is the visit where the work happens.
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Step 4. Inspection and treatment. Your technician works the exterior for entry points, checks the garage, basement, and attic, and handles the rodents inside. You get told exactly what was found and where.
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No contracts, ever. You decide each service as you go.
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This Is a Team Effort, and You Are On the Team
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Rodent problems end when the structure gets closed up. Some of that is our work and some of it is yours.
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We find and address the entry points and handle the population. You keep the pet food sealed, the trash lids on, the bird seed in a bin, and the clutter off the foundation outside.
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The inspection is thorough. Exterior foundation, garage, window wells, basement, attic, and the interior penetrations under cabinets. We are finding the door, not just the mouse.
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The education is the part that sticks. Before your technician leaves, you will know where they were getting in, what we did, and what is still worth sealing yourself.
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We do not disappear between visits. Hear something at ten at night, text us. Find a new dropping, send a photo. You are not on your own between appointments.
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What We Will Not Do
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We will not tell you it is worse than it is.
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One mouse in the garage in November, with a worn door seal you can replace yourself for twenty bucks, is an afternoon at the hardware store. If that is what we find, that is what we will tell you, and you will not owe us for the answer.
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No contracts. Not now, not ever. If we earn your business, we earn it again next time.
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Treat people how we want to be treated. That is the whole business.
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Where We Work
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Rodent control in Overland Park, Olathe, Leawood, Shawnee, Lenexa, Mission, Prairie Village, and Kansas City, Missouri.
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If you are somewhere in the metro that is not on that list, call or text and ask. The answer is usually yes.
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Family owned and operated since 2011. A local KC number a real person answers. No call center.
