Mice are a nightmare to restaurant-owners. They scare customers away and risk making them sick by contaminating their food. Provincial and municipal governments demand that all restaurants be pest-free to open, but the critters are determined to get inside! If you want to keep mice away from your restaurant, you will need to train your staff, keep it clean, and hire ongoing professional help. Call Mouse Control Burlington for high quality mouse control services.
The first thing you can do to keep mice away is to train your employees to recognize the signs of an infestation and to encourage them to speak up if they see any. Then, implement a rigorous sanitation program to make the restaurant less attractive to rodents. Sweep and mop every day; ensure that all surfaces are clean and dry before closing. Remove food scraps quickly and discard them in lidded garbage cans. Empty those garbage cans multiple times per day and do not leave any food or garbage out overnight. Use lidded dumpsters and position them away from the doors to the restaurant to make rodent entry more difficult.
In addition to the sanitation program, you should store foods in tightly sealed containers. Use glass and metal containers that no mice can chew through. Declutter the kitchen and storage rooms to help prevent any mice from hiding or nesting inside. Outside, keep plants away from the walls of the restaurant and mow the lawn on a regular basis. Then, check the walls of the restaurant for any opening and seal them shut with caulking or mesh. Look closely for any gaps around window frames, doors, or utility lines. Cap wall vents with mesh and put floor sweeps to the bottoms of your doors.
Finally, if you want to keep the mice away, hire a pest removal company for ongoing mouse control. A licensed technician will assess the restaurant and service exterior bait stations on a monthly basis, keeping outdoor rodent populations under control and ensuring that your restaurant is as impenetrable as it can be. Remember that the tools and products that professionals use are much more effective than the ones you can buy in stores. Professionals are also trained in rodent control and they have the experience necessary to identify any weak spots in the structure of your restaurant. They can even pest-proof the building for you.
Mouse-proofing a restaurant is a lot of hard work, but it is necessary if you want to stay open. Mice are naturally drawn to restaurants for their food and water, so it is your responsibility to keep them out. If you are currently dealing with an infestation, or you are interested in establishing a long-term pest control program, call Peset Control Burlington. Our technicians share a wealth of experience in mouse control and would be happy to help. Call Pest Control Burlington for the best mouse removal and pest-proofing services: 647-496-5721.